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Senior Core Services Software Engineer

OpenAsset

United Kingdom

Hybrid

USD 80,000 - 120,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Join OpenAsset as a Senior Core Services Software Engineer and be a key contributor to our cutting-edge backend solutions in a dynamic and innovative environment. Your expertise in software architecture and backend development will directly shape our technical direction, while you help mentor junior engineers and collaborate with multiple teams. We offer a rewarding workplace with a focus on inclusion, diversity, and personal growth opportunities.

Benefits

Work from home flexibility

Paid parental leave

Career growth and development opportunities

8 bank holidays

5-Day Working Abroad Policy Per Year

Qualifications

5+ years of backend systems development experience.
Expert in Python and/or Java.
Deep understanding of microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

Own design, planning, execution, and testing of projects.
Define software engineering practices across teams.
Identify and proactively fix issues in projects.

Skills

Backend development

Cloud infrastructure

Software architecture

Mentoring

Agile methodology

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Python

Java

Terraform/OpenTofu

Docker

AWS Technologies

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We are looking for a UK based Senior Core Services Software Engineer to join our talented, dynamic, and rapidly growing global team. We have an in-office requirement of 2 days per week for local employees (those located within the M25).

Company Description

OpenAsset is the only Digital Asset Management solution built for the Architecture, Construction and Engineering industries. We have over 900 clients and 20 years of experience delivering value. Our vision is to inspire people through visualization of the built world.

We are a diverse group of hard-working and entrepreneurial people dedicated to solving complex challenges, working hard on meaningful projects, and celebrating our successes. We are looking for extraordinary people to join our industry-leading and incredibly talented team! Our inspirational and fun working environment, innovation-driven, fast-growing company, and ambitious projects are just a few reasons why you will love working here.

As a company, we are passionate about ensuring that diversity and inclusion are championed and that everybody has a seat at the table. We promote a culture where everyone feels valued, and we have adopted policies to ensure we hire from a diverse pool of candidates.

OpenAsset employs 85 people and is growing rapidly. OpenAsset has partnered with Marlin Equity Partners, an $8bn private equity fund, to help the business scale its sales, technical and management capacity to meet accelerating demand for its B2B SaaS product.

Description

Join our team as a Senior Core Services Software Engineer at OpenAsset, where you will play a pivotal role in developing frameworks, infrastructure and shared backend systems, using modern software and cloud technologies. You will contribute and collaborate directly to the core systems, champion best practices, and guide the team through technical challenges, advocating for excellence in all aspects of software development.

Your expertise will shape the technical direction across all of engineering, ensuring we can build with scalability, performance, operational excellence and ease of maintenance. If you're passionate about all aspects of software engineering and architecture, building modular systems, mentoring fellow engineers, and making a tangible impact on product delivery, we invite you to be a driving force in our collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

Own the design, planning, execution, and testing of cross cutting projects.
Define frameworks for software engineering practices, to be leveraged across all teams.
Deliver well-functioning software with automated testing to prevent future regressions.
Estimate project timelines and deliver on those estimations.
Identify problems and risks in your own work and the work of others. Proactively fix issues as they arise.

Complexity & Scope

Serve as the go-to expert in one or more areas of the codebase.
Work with several vertical engineering teams, to guide and develop architectural and process decisions.
Work with cross-team stakeholders to define requirements.
Scope and stage work into well-defined milestones to avoid monolithic deliverables.
Approach all engineering work with a focus on security, reliability, privacy, and compliance.
Identify and address issues throughout the software engineering process, starting from the design phase.

Experience

Developed or worked with architectural frameworks and systems that form the underlying foundation of services and applications.
Have been the owner of an important area or system within previous roles.
Completed projects that incorporate multiple areas such as UX, product development, reliability, security, performance, and internal tools.
Be a go-to expert in at least one programming language and development framework, with experience in multiple languages and frameworks.
Ability to design and visually present ideas, to stakeholders at different levels.
Have deep experience with various technologies, including data stores, networking, and development tools.

Leadership

Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and work well with adjacent teams.
Mentor junior engineers and help them grow their skills.
Identify and communicate requirement problems early.
Receive minimal instruction on day-to-day work and require minimal direction or oversight.

Skills and Experience

5+ years of backend systems development, using modern technologies (Python preferred).
Infrastructure engineering experience, with cloud infrastructure.
High proficiency in programming languages such as Python and/or Java.
Strong systems architecture skills and experience working with multiple backend systems at scale.
Experience with designing and deploying systems to clusters of servers, with scaling considerations and operational processes.
Deep understanding of microservices architecture, continuous integration, and deployment for reusability and testability.
Experience leading and mentoring engineers without formal direct reporting relationships.
Proactive collaboration with different engineering teams and advocacy for team needs.
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum methodology.
Worked with legacy codebase and able to make targeted changes and/or migrations to modern software stacks.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.

Technologies We Use:

Python
Java
Terraform / OpenTofu
Docker
AWS Technologies such as Lambda, ECS, EC2, OpenSearch, Aurora
Github (and Github actions)
8 bank holidays
SSP
Work from home flexibility
Paid parental leave
5-Day Working Abroad Policy Per Year
Pension program
Bike storage/shower facilities in building
Career growth and development opportunities

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Axomic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We base our employment decisions entirely on business needs, job requirements, and qualifications—we do not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, health, parental status, personal beliefs, veteran status, age, or any other status. We have zero tolerance for any kind of discrimination, and we are looking for candidates who share those values. Applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups are welcomed.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology and Engineering
Industries
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