Senior Software Engineer

Morson Edge (Technology); Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge (Technology) in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a back-office applications team in a hybrid setup. You will deliver new features and maintain Unicard products within an Agile environment, collaborating with Architects, Developers, Test Engineers and Project Managers.

The role focuses on scalable, performant software delivery, debugging, and mentoring for engineering growth across multiple microservices and AWS-based stacks.

Qualifications

• Senior Software Engineer with hands-on coding in an Agile environment.
• Deliver scalable, performant software and meet deadlines with the team.
• Mentor and coach engineers, contributing to technical excellence and learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, and support software applications for business units.
• Participate in design and implementation of complex applications using a mix of technologies.
• Compare development options to recommend best system solutions.
• Analyze behavior and optimize processing algorithms and performance.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Stay updated on new technologies and opportunities for learning.
• Provide coaching and educational opportunities to engineers.

Skills

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Java 17+

Spring Boot 4

PostgreSQL

Kafka (MSK)

Docker

REST APIs

OpenAPI

AWS

Terraform

Maven

GitLab CI/CD

TypeScript

AWS CDK

DynamoDB

CloudFormation

Job description

Glasgow / Hybrid - 4 times per week in the office

Starting Salary up to £55,000 + benefits

The Senior Software Engineer is working in a team of IT professionals (developers, testers, project managers and engineers) in an Agile environment. The individuals main responsible will be delivering code on a daily basis and working with their team and project managers to set realistic deadlines and expectations.

You will join our back office applications team to build highly scalable and performant solutions for our customers and partners.

Your main responsibilities will be delivering new features and maintenance of the Unicard products in a team of Architects, Developers, Test Engineers and Project Managers.

Essence of Role - Key Accountabilities:

• Develop, enhance, debug, and support, software applications that support business units or supporting functions.
• Participate in the design, development, and implementation of complex applications, using a mix of technologies.
• Recommend system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of development alternatives.
• Analyse existing application behaviour and apply optimizations or suggest improved processing algorithms
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks
• Update job knowledge by researching new internet/intranet technologies and software products.
• Participate in educational opportunities
• Support and develop software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
• Make informed decisions quickly and take ownership of services and applications at scale.

Core Technical Stack:

• Java 17+, JUnit 5 and Spring Boot 4
• PostgreSQL, Flyway and Spring Data JPA/Hibernate
• Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) and event-driven microservices
• Docker, Docker Compose and OCI container images
• REST APIs, OpenAPI and JSON
• AWS: API Gateway, ECS, CloudWatch, CodePipeline and Secrets Manager
• Terraform (Infrastructure-as-Code)
• Maven and GitLab CI/CD
• Ability to communicate and apply common architectural design patterns across a wide range of technical problems
• Payment gateways (auth/capture, debt recovery), Cybersource in particular Microservices architecture
• CloudWatch Logs Insights, metrics, alarms and reporting
• TypeScript, AWS CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB and CloudFormation