Senior Software & Data Engineer — Hybrid, API & Backend

Technical Futures Ltd; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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30 days holiday

Private healthcare

Pension Plan

Life Assurance

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.