Senior Software Engineer

Compare the Market; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead development efforts and mentor teams. The role involves working with technologies like JavaScript, TypeScript, and AWS. The ideal candidate will have a passion for innovation and a collaborative mindset in a hybrid working environment. Competitive benefits include generous leave, private healthcare, and professional development days.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Private healthcare

Electric car scheme

Paid development days

Wellbeing CSR days

Qualifications

• Experience with scalable and highly available systems.
• Designing and maintaining robust software pipelines.
• Expert in security engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Work with managers to design solutions considering technical and operational factors.
• Interact with engineering teams to improve efficiency.
• Ensure embedded testing and security standards.

Skills

Experience building scalable services

Experience designing deployment pipelines

Knowledge of security engineering practices

Creative problem solver

Experience with agile methodologies

Active learner

Tools

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Node.js

.NET

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Cloudflare

MongoDB

Job description

Overview

Our purpose is to make great financial decision making a breeze for everyone, and that purpose drives us every day.

It’s why we’re on a mission to create an automated quoting engine, with the simplest of experiences, wrapped in a brand everyone loves!

We change lives by making it simple to switch and save money and that’s why good things happen when you meerkat.

We’d love you to be part of our journey.

As the Senior Software Engineer, you will lead development of first-class technical solutions whilst also actively contributing to and leading a culture of innovation, enthusiasm and passion. You will work with Engineering Managers and Product Management to support the goals and objectives on your team. You will have a focus on end-to-end responsibility for the development, quality, observability, and testing of the software you build.

This role will offer you the opportunity to get hands on with a number of different technologies, including Javascript, Typescript, React, Node.JS and .NET.

Everyone is welcome.

We have a culture of creativity. We approach our work passionately, improve constantly and celebrate our wins at every turn. We are an inclusive workplace and our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic, whole selves to work. Everyone is welcome. Be you.

This means we’re excited to hear from people with a range of skills, experiences and ideas. We don’t expect you to tick all the boxes, but would love to hear what makes you great for this role.

Responsibilities

• Work with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and Engineering Leadership to design solutions and considering trading-off technical and operational considerations
• Interacting with cross-functional engineering teams across the company to improve efficiency and reduce bottlenecks
• Take responsibility for keys aspects of the development life cycle, from design to implementation, testing, security, and maintenance.
• Ensure testing and security standards are well embedded into the software the team produces.
• Active in a community of practice for engineering to develop and share knowledge.
• Leading design reviews, prototyping new technology and evaluating technical feasibility with your peers and colleagues.
• Addressing all aspects of technology and service readiness
• Effectively participate in the team's software development methodologies, such as pairing, code and documentation reviewing and continuous delivery
• Mentor other members of the team

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable, highly available services and products.
• Experience designing and maintaining build, test, and deployment pipelines as part of delivering robust software systems
• Knowledge of security engineering practices and methods
• Technical expert in a chosen domain, with a willingness to adapt to new technologies to support the team
• Creative problem solver who organises a team around a challenge
• Work with agile methodologies and lean thinking methods
• Active learner, both within your technical and professional area of expertise

Our people bring our purpose to life.

We champion a culture of innovation and challenge. We have over 300 tech experts across our teams all using the latest tools and technologies including Astro, Cloudflare, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, Java, Scala, Python, .Net Core, Node.js and MongoDB.

There’s something for everyone.

We’re a place of opportunity. You’ll have the tools and autonomy to drive your own career, supported by a team of amazingly talented people.

Benefits

And then there’s our benefits. For us, it’s not just about a competitive salary and hybrid working, we care about what matters to you. From a generous holiday allowance and private healthcare to an electric car scheme and paid development, wellbeing and CSR days, we’ve pretty much got you covered!