Senior Software Engineer

Launch Ventures Private Limited; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technology firm in the City of London is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to act as a bridge between the development team and brand partners. This hybrid role combines technical expertise and client-facing responsibilities to ensure smooth onboarding and successful integrations. The ideal candidate is experienced in Typescript, Python, React, and AWS, with strong communication skills to present complex concepts clearly. Competitive salary and generous benefits included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

32 days holiday

600 annual wellbeing allowance

MacBook Pro

Regular team socials

Qualifications

• Experienced software engineer or developer with a solid understanding of backend and frontend technologies.
• Proven track record in a client-facing technical role.
• Strong problem-solver with the ability to independently manage projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to retail partners.
• Manage onboarding and translate complex brand requirements.
• Present technical information to diverse stakeholders.

Skills

Typescript

Python

React

AWS

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Solutions Engineer to bridge the gap between our development team and our brand partners. This hybrid role combines hands‑on technical expertise with client‑facing responsibilities to ensure smooth onboarding, successful integrations, and a best‑in‑class customer experience.

You will act as a trusted technical advisor to our retail partners, owning the pre‑sales technical process, managing onboarding, and translating complex brand requirements into scalable solutions. Your developer background will enable you to dive deep into our platform and integrations while your excellent communication skills will help you confidently present technical information to non‑engineering stakeholders.

If you enjoy solving complex technical problems and thrive in presenting and collaborating with diverse stakeholders this role offers a unique chance to drive impact both inside the company and with our brand partners.

Requirements

Who We Are

• We’re a small ambitious product team of experienced technologists.
• We care deeply about the products we build and take full ownership of them.
• We experiment regularly and iterate quickly.
• We build and evolve new products that make a difference to our customers, our team, and the business.
• We care about scale. Our business is growing rapidly and we use modern best‑practice approaches to stay ahead.
• We believe in collaborative design and architecture and empower each other to lead.
• We’re embracing AI development tools and look for measurable gains from using them. If we achieve 2x speed regularly we consider that a success.

Who We’re Looking For

• Key Skills: Typescript, Python, React & AWS
• Experienced software engineer or developer with a solid understanding of backend and frontend technologies, APIs and integration patterns
• Proven track record in a client‑facing technical role such as solutions engineer, pre‑sales engineer, technical consultant or developer advocate
• Comfortable communicating complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience working with e‑commerce platforms and integrations, ideally including Shopify, BigCommerce or similar
• Strong problem‑solver with the ability to independently manage projects from concept through delivery
• Enthusiastic about using AI and automation tools to improve workflows and efficiency
• Familiar with A/B testing, analytics and growth‑focused product development
• AWS experience is a plus
• Startup or scale‑up experience is highly desirable

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 32 days holiday (take public holidays whenever you like) with a 3‑day carry‑over policy
• 600 annual wellbeing allowance
• MacBook Pro
• Hybrid working
• Regular team socials

Required Skills

Python, AWS, Typescript

Key Skills

Spring, .NET, C/C++, Go, React, OOP, C#, AWS, Data Structures, Software Development, Java, Distributed Systems

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1