Senior Software Engineer

SF Technology Partners; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Excellent progression opportunities

30 days annual leave

Job summary

SF Technology Partners is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Manchester to lead new product development and AI innovation, working closely with the CTO to improve engineering efficiency through AI tooling.

The role suits Staff/Senior engineers with 8+ years' experience, offering hybrid work, flexible hours, and a strong progression path with a collaborative, autonomous team culture.

Qualifications

• Senior/Staff engineer with 8+ years' experience in a product-focused environment.
• Experience with Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation or similar IaC tools.
• Cloud-native architecture and design experience.
• Strong AI tooling experience.
• Delivery-focused with ability to ship software.
• Experience in Product or PaaS environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction and drive engineering outputs.
• Partner with the CTO on new product development and AI innovation.
• Own key engineering decisions and influence architecture.

Skills

Product engineering

IaC

Cloud-native design

AI tooling

Delivery mindset

PaaS experience

Tools

Terraform

CDK

CloudFormation

Job description

With recent investment, this Senior Software Engineer will play a crucial lead role in new product development and AI innovation, working closely with the CTO to 5x engineering efficiency using AI tooling. As a primary contributor, you will help move the dial on engineering output.

This role would suit a Staff or Senior Engineer with at least eight years' experience who is looking for the autonomy to set the technical direction of this high-growth, PE-backed company, while benefiting financially from the company's growth journey over the coming years.

The company offers a genuine commitment to a healthy work-life balance, with hybrid and flexible working alongside a collaborative, autonomous team culture.

This Senior Software Engineer should have most of the following:

• Hands-on product engineering experience, ideally operating at Staff or Lead Engineer level within a product-focused environment
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience using Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation or similar
• Cloud-native architecture and design skills
• Strong AI tooling experience
• A genuine delivery mindset – able to ship software as well as design solutions
• Experience working within a Product or PaaS environment

This Senior Software Engineer position offers:

• £90,000 - £95,000 starting salary (depending on experience)
• Short working week with flexible working hours
• Hybrid working (three days per week in the office)
• Excellent progression opportunities
• 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Regular salary reviews
• Well-structured training programme with external certifications

Location: Manchester

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