Senior Software Engineer — AI-Driven Reliability at Scale

Energy Jobline ZR; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa in Basingstoke is seeking a hands-on Middleware PRE engineer to design and build automated, scalable reliability tooling for critical payment infrastructure. You’ll shape observability, automation, and AI-driven improvements across a globally distributed middleware ecosystem.

The role emphasizes production-grade software, distributed systems, and collaboration with teams across the US, Europe, and Asia in a hybrid, office-based setting in Basingstoke.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience
• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
• 1-5 years of software engineering experience, or equivalent SRE-DevOps experience with strong software development skills
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Go
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, system design, and distributed systems
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with CI-CD pipelines and automation tools including Jenkins, Terraform, or Ansible
• Working knowledge of observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in Linux-Unix environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Nice to Have (Not Required)
• Experience with middleware technologies such as Kafka, IBM MQ, DataPower, or Spring Boot
• Exposure to AI-ML concepts or modern AI development tools
• Experience with distributed, event-driven, or large-scale systems
• Familiarity with emerging engineering tools such as MCP, Cline, Aider, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot
• Open-source contributions, personal technical projects, or hackathon experience

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable automation platforms and reliability tooling
• Write clean, maintainable code in Python, Java, or Go
• Build systems for deployment orchestration, testing, validation, and rollback
• Develop self-service platforms that reduce operational toil and improve engineering productivity
• Enhance monitoring, alerting, and system visibility across critical middleware platforms
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement durable, long-term engineering solutions
• Improve performance, resiliency, and operational readiness
• Leverage metrics, logs, traces, and automation signals to drive reliability improvements
• Build intelligent automation and AI-assisted operational workflows
• Develop agent-based and LLM-powered solutions that improve reliability and engineering efficiency
• Evaluate, validate, and operationalize AI-generated outputs using sound engineering practices
• Partner with cross-functional teams to bring modern AI capabilities into production environments
• Work in an Agile, engineering-focused environment
• Contribute to architecture discussions, code reviews, and engineering standards
• Share knowledge and mentor other engineers
• Partner with globally distributed teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Linux/Unix

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Visa in Basingstoke is seeking a hands-on Middleware PRE engineer to design and build automated, scalable reliability tooling for critical payment infrastructure. You’ll shape observability, automation, and AI-driven improvements across a globally distributed middleware ecosystem.

The role emphasizes production-grade software, distributed systems, and collaboration with teams across the US, Europe, and Asia in a hybrid, office-based setting in Basingstoke.