Senior Software Engineer

Bright Purple Resourcing; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work across Europe

Hybrid in Edinburgh

Excellent employee benefits

Contract options

Job summary

Bright Purple Resourcing is seeking a senior software engineer to design and deliver a cloud-native IaC platform from scratch. You will work with Docker Compose, Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, and Go to build scalable infrastructure tooling for AWS, with a goal of portability to other clouds.

You should have Linux admin experience, a collaborative mindset, and a track record in SaaS environments. The role offers remote work across Europe or hybrid in Edinburgh, UK, with a competitive £100,000

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering complex IaC capabilities from scratch.
• Background in cloud-native SaaS systems.
• Expertise in software design and development for cloud-native IaC platforms.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with a focus on quality.
• Proven experience with AWS, Terraform, Python, Go, and Bash.
• Familiarity with clustering, load balancing, networking and telemetry in AWS.
• Proficiency in Linux system administration and service configuration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a software engineering team to architect and build a new cloud-native IaC platform.
• Develop software using Docker Compose, Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, and Go.
• Provision and orchestrate open-source services like Loki, Redis, Grafana, Authentik, Netbird.

Skills

AWS

Cloud-native

IaC

Go

Python

Bash

Linux

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

Grafana

Loki

Redis

Authentik

Netbird

Python

Go

Bash

Job description

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• I am looking for a software developer experienced in designing and delivering complex Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) capabilities from scratch, rather than merely operating existing environments.
• I prefer a background in developing cloud-native systems software within SaaS organizations.
• I expect demonstrated expertise in software design and development for cloud-native IaC platforms.
• Strong communication skills, a collaborative spirit, and a commitment to quality are essential.
• I seek proven experience in early-stage projects utilizing technologies like AWS, Terraform, Python, Go, along with a solid understanding of Bash.
• Familiarity with clustering, load balancing in cloud environments, and a solid grasp of networking and telemetry, especially within AWS, is important.
• Proficiency in Linux system administration and service configuration is required.

Responsibilities:

• I want you to collaborate within a dynamic software engineering team to architect and build a new cloud-native IaC platform.
• You will develop software using technologies such as Docker Compose, Terraform, Kubernetes (K8s), Python, and Go.
• You will provision and orchestrate open-source services including Loki, Redis, Grafana, Authentik, Netbird, among others.
• I expect you to design and implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment processes.
• Initially, you will focus on AWS environments, with the goal of creating a solution portable to other public cloud or on-premises setups.
• You will engage in the full development lifecycle: design, define work, document, debate, code, debug, and support features from inception.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Architect
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• Grafana
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Load Balancing
• Network
• Python
• Redis
• Security
• Terraform
• DevOps

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last updated 40 week of 2026