Senior Software Engineer

Randstad Technologies Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in SRE to lead critical service migrations between Kubernetes environments. This role combines software engineering skills with a deep understanding of cloud-native operations and automation. The successful candidate will design and refactor applications, enhance monitoring and incident responses, and mentor engineers while collaborating across teams. If you're passionate about driving reliable transitions and solving complex technical challenges, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering and SRE background required.
• Proven success in leading large-scale service migrations.

Responsibilities

• Design and build applications for Kubernetes using best practices.
• Own service reliability and performance during migrations.

Skills

Software Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Java

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-Code

Incident Management

Job description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Manchester - Hybrid (Once in 2 weeks)
Contract Type: 6 months

A major tech organization is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong SRE expertise to lead a critical migration of services between Kubernetes environments. You'll combine software engineering skills, a deep understanding of cloud-native operations, and a passion for automation to ensure a smooth, reliable transition.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and refactor applications for Kubernetes using containerization best practices.
• Own service reliability and performance during migrations, driving zero-downtime and phased rollout strategies.
• Build automation to streamline migration, testing, validation, and operations (Infrastructure-as-Code).
• Architect scalable, observable systems tailored for Kubernetes.
• Enhance monitoring, logging, alerting, and lead incident responses during migrations.
• Solve complex technical challenges and optimize migration workflows.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate closely across technical and product teams.
  
  

Skills & Experience

• Strong software engineering and SRE background.
• Expertise in Java and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Proven success leading large-scale service migrations.
• Solid experience in observability, incident management, and infrastructure automation.

This is an urgent vacancy where the hiring manager is shortlisting for an interview immediately. Please apply with a copy of your CV or send it to raghav. removed)

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