Senior Software Engineer

Ocho; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Growth opportunities

Impactful product

Job summary

Ocho is building a Belfast engineering hub to tackle CNAPP security challenges with a cloud-native platform. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will own the full development lifecycle—from design through deployment and monitoring—on a high-scale backend that delivers real-time insights and security capabilities.

You’ll work in a low-ego, engineering-led culture, collaborate with Frontend, DevOps and Security teams, and contribute to architectural decisions for scalable systems in a hybrid

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend development in high-performing environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Experience with microservices and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Own the full development lifecycle from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Make architectural decisions shaping high-scale security systems.
• Collaborate with Frontend, DevOps and Security teams.
• Lead design and code reviews to maintain engineering standards.

Skills

Backend development

Cloud platforms

Microservices

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Elasticsearch

Redis

RabbitMQ

TimescaleDB

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Elasticsearch

Redis

RabbitMQ

TimescaleDB

Job description

£50–100k DOE | Hybrid (3 days onsite, Belfast) | Go/Java | CNAPP/cloud security | Backed by £250m investment

About the Company

A rapidly scaling, well-funded software company operating in the Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) space, helping enterprises secure their cloud infrastructure through real-time data insights. Now embedded within both AWS and Azure as a core security solution, they're building out a Belfast engineering hub as part of a major growth phase.

Role Overview

As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll own the full development lifecycle — from design through deployment and monitoring — on a platform tackling genuinely complex, real-world cloud security problems. You'll work in a low-ego, engineering-led culture where decisions are trusted to the people closest to the work.

Key Responsibilities

• Make architectural decisions shaping high-scale security systems
• Improve performance, scalability and reliability of backend systems
• Lead design and code reviews to maintain engineering standards
• Collaborate closely with Frontend, DevOps and Security teams

What You'll Need

• 4+ years' backend development (any high-performing language)
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP
• Exposure to data-intensive systems (databases, messaging, event-driven architectures)
• Comfortable in a microservices environment with modern CI/CD
• Kubernetes, Docker, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ or TimescaleDB
• Understanding of cloud security principles

Benefits & Package

• Hybrid — 3 days onsite in one of NI's best office spaces
• High-growth, well-funded unicorn with genuine progression
• Work on problems with direct, visible product impact