Senior Software Engineer

NearTech Search; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Regular team meet-ups

Job summary

NearTech Search seeks a Senior Application / Platform Engineer to shape a data-driven platform and define backend architecture in Edinburgh with remote options. The role involves building backend services, APIs, data workflows, and making architecture decisions with autonomy.

You’ll contribute to design, ingestion pipelines, and scalable processing, collaborating with product and infra teams. Join a small, senior team and influence the platform’s direction, not just implement tickets, with

Qualifications

• Senior Software Engineer with strong backend/API design experience.
• Experience building data-driven platforms and SaaS products.
• Proficient in PostgreSQL data modelling and system design.
• Ability to influence architecture decisions with technical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities.
• Shaping backend architecture, service boundaries, and system design.
• Contributing to ingestion pipelines, data workflows, and scalable processing patterns.
• Making pragmatic production trade-offs around performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Designing application patterns around tenancy, permissions, and authentication.
• Reviewing code and helping define engineering standards.

Skills

Backend API design

Technical judgement

Cloud experience

Team collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

SQLAlchemy

FastAPI

Docker

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

Senior Software Engineer | Application Platform | Python | £75,000 - £85,000

Edinburgh / Remote

Are you a Senior Software Engineer who wants to shape a platform, not just implement against a defined design?

We’re looking for a Senior Application / Platform Engineer to join a small, senior team building and evolving a complex, data-driven technology platform.

This is a hands-on senior role for someone who can confidently contribute to backend architecture, system design, and technical direction — not just delivery.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and building backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities
• Shaping backend architecture, service boundaries, and system design
• Contributing to ingestion pipelines, data workflows, and scalable processing patterns
• Making pragmatic production trade-offs around performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Designing application patterns around tenancy, permissions, and authentication
• Reviewing code and helping define engineering and AI-assisted development standards
• Working closely with product, data, and infrastructure teams

What we’re looking for:

• Strong experience as a Senior Software Engineer in a product-led, SaaS, or platform environment
• Strong backend API design (FastAPI or similar)
• PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, and solid data modelling experience
• Understanding of service-oriented architecture and system design principles
• Cloud experience (ideally AWS), plus Docker and CI/CD
• Strong technical judgement and ability to influence architecture decisions

Nice to have:

• Experience with data-heavy or integration-heavy platforms
• Experience with AI-assisted development workflows

Why this role:

• Join a small, senior engineering team with real technical ownership
• Influence architecture and shape how the platform evolves
• Work on complex engineering problems with autonomy and trust
• Opportunity to grow into technical ownership of a core domain
• Remote-first with regular team meet-ups

If you’re a Senior Engineer who wants to shape systems, not just build tickets, we’d love to hear from you.