Senior Software Developer (AWDO-P15313)

AWD online; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AWD online is seeking a Senior Software Developer in a hybrid role based near Hounslow, West London. The position combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership across UK applications and integrations.

You will help transform requirements into secure, maintainable solutions aligned with platform standards, participate in planning, code reviews, testing and release readiness, and coach colleagues to improve tooling and development quality.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in modern programming languages, frameworks and API development.
• Good understanding of AWS or Azure, microservices and integration patterns.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, version control and automated testing practices.
• Skills in SQL, NoSQL or PostgreSQL database development and performance optimisation.
• Familiarity with unit testing and integration testing approaches.
• Ability to interpret architectural designs and apply technical standards to delivery.
• Knowledge of secure coding principles, performance and maintainability best practice.
• Strong engineering capability, attention to detail and a quality-focused approach.
• Effective collaboration with developers, analysts, architects and wider technology teams.
• Structured problem-solving, accountability and a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Ability to mentor and support junior and intermediate developers.

Responsibilities

• Discovery and Requirements: Provide technical input during early exploration, clarify requirements with analysts and architecture colleagues, and identify UK technical considerations.
• Planning and Scoping: Contribute to estimates, delivery planning, technical risk identification, dependencies and solution validation.
• Software Development: Design, build and maintain secure, high-quality applications, integrations and APIs aligned with coding standards.
• Technical Guidance and Code Quality: Support developers through code reviews, quality gates, problem-solving, coaching, pairing and knowledge sharing.
• Global Collaboration: Work with wider engineering teams where UK changes affect shared systems, following platform standards and integration patterns.
• Release and BAU Transition: Support testing, documentation, technical validation, deployment, issue resolution and post-release stabilisation.
• Engineering Improvement and Governance: Improve automation, tooling, testing and code quality while following security, audit and change-control processes.
• Progress and Communication: Provide clear delivery updates, elevate blockers early and contribute positively to a collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

API development

CI/CD pipelines

Modern programming languages

Database development

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Join a collaborative technology team where hands-on coding, technical leadership and continuous improvement come together. This opportunity suits someone with strong modern development, API, cloud, database and CI/CD capability who enjoys guiding other developers.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Senior Software Engineer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Senior Application Developer, Application Developer, Senior Systems Developer, Systems Developer, API Developer, Integration Developer

LOCATION: Hybrid Working. Minimum 2 – 3 Days per Week from the Office in Hounslow, West London

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

WORKING HOURS: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

JOB OVERVIEW

This is an opportunity to combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership across UK applications and integrations. Working with analysts and architecture colleagues, the Senior Software Developer will help turn requirements into secure, maintainable solutions aligned with wider platform standards.

The Senior Software Developer will contribute to planning, code reviews, testing, release readiness and technical problem-solving while supporting consistent engineering practices across the team.

With scope to coach colleagues, improve tooling and strengthen development quality, the Senior Software Developer can make a visible contribution to reliable delivery and continuous improvement.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Senior Software Developer include:

• Discovery and Requirements: Provide technical input during early exploration, clarify requirements with analysts and architecture colleagues, and identify UK technical considerations
• Planning and Scoping: Contribute to estimates, delivery planning, technical risk identification, dependencies and solution validation
• Software Development: Design, build and maintain secure, high-quality applications, integrations and APIs aligned with coding standards
• Technical Guidance and Code Quality: Support developers through code reviews, quality gates, problem-solving, coaching, pairing and knowledge sharing
• Global Collaboration: Work with wider engineering teams where UK changes affect shared systems, following platform standards and integration patterns
• Release and BAU Transition: Support testing, documentation, technical validation, deployment, issue resolution and post-release stabilisation
• Engineering Improvement and Governance: Improve automation, tooling, testing and code quality while following security, audit and change-control processes
• Progress and Communication: Provide clear delivery updates, elevate blockers early and contribute positively to a collaborative engineering culture

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Strong experience in modern programming languages, frameworks and API development
• Good understanding of AWS or Azure, microservices and integration patterns
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, version control and automated testing practices
• Skills in SQL, NoSQL or PostgreSQL database development and performance optimisation
• Familiarity with unit testing and integration testing approaches
• Ability to interpret architectural designs and apply technical standards to delivery
• Knowledge of secure coding principles, performance and maintainability best practice
• Strong engineering capability, attention to detail and a quality-focused approach
• Effective collaboration with developers, analysts, architects and wider technology teams
• Structured problem-solving, accountability and a continuous-improvement mindset
• Ability to mentor and support junior and intermediate developers

JOB REF: AWDO-P15313