Senior Software Engineer

Simon James It; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Pension up to 11%

Private medical

Income protection

25+ days holiday

Hybrid working

Job summary

Simon James It in Bristol is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop and maintain software across web, mobile, and backend services. You will build customer-facing experiences with React and React Native where relevant, and design and consume REST/GraphQL APIs.

Join a team contributing to cloud-native, distributed systems with emphasis on automated testing and CI/CD practices. Hybrid working is offered in the Bristol area.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience with TypeScript and React.
• REST and/or GraphQL API experience; understanding of cloud-native development and AWS testing frameworks and automated testing.
• CI/CD awareness; accessibility best practice (WCAG).

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve software across web, mobile and backend services.
• Build customer-facing experiences using React (and React Native where relevant).
• Design and consume REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Write clean, secure, maintainable code and take part in code reviews.
• Contribute to cloud-native, distributed systems.
• Develop automated tests as part of the SDLC.

Skills

TypeScript

React

REST APIs

GraphQL

AWS testing frameworks

Automated testing

CI/CD

Accessibility (WCAG)

Job description

Join the team behind end-to-end investment journeys — from pre-trade decision-making through to order placement and execution — at a Bristol-based investment platform trusted by over 2 million clients.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop, maintain and improve software across web, mobile and backend services
• Build customer-facing experiences using React (and React Native where relevant)
• Design and consume REST/GraphQL APIs
• Write clean, secure, maintainable code and take part in code reviews
• Contribute to cloud-native, distributed systems
• Develop automated tests as part of the SDLC

What you'll bring:

• Commercial experience with TypeScript and React
• REST and/or GraphQL API experience; understanding of cloud-native development and AWS testing frameworks and automated testing
• CI/CD awareness; accessibility best practice (WCAG).

Nice to have:

• React Native in production, PHP, Java, backend/API contribution, microservices, regulated-industry (financial services) experience.

Strong benefits package including discretionary bonus, pension up to 11%, private medical, income protection, 25+ days holiday, hybrid working.

Senior Software Engineer Bristol City, United Kingdom