Senior Software & Data Engineer — Hybrid, API & Backend

Technical Futures Ltd

Cambridge

Hybrid

GBP 85,000 - 110,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Private healthcare
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Job summary

Technical Futures Ltd is seeking a Senior Software / Data Engineer to design high-performance backend systems and APIs. You will work with engineers and scientists, applying modern Python tooling, Rust, and cloud/HPC concepts to build scalable platform layers.

The role emphasizes quality, collaboration, and shaping the architecture of complex engineering software, with hybrid work options and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

  • Strong academic background in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or Scientific Software.
  • Experience with modern Python tooling and packaging.

Responsibilities

  • Design and engineer systems and the APIs between them—services that coordinate work, manage state and handle failure.
  • Collaborate with engineers and scientists to shape the platform layer design.
  • Focus on code quality and robust backend architecture.

Skills

Python
Rust
API design
Cloud computing
HPC job management
Code quality
REST APIs
Linux
Containerized services

Education

Software Engineering / CS / Physics or Scientific Software related

Tools

Docker
Kubernetes
Ansible
OpenTofu

Job description

Technical Futures Ltd is seeking a Senior Software / Data Engineer to design high-performance backend systems and APIs. You will work with engineers and scientists, applying modern Python tooling, Rust, and cloud/HPC concepts to build scalable platform layers.

The role emphasizes quality, collaboration, and shaping the architecture of complex engineering software, with hybrid work options and a strong benefits package.

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