Senior Software Engineer (Belfast, UK)

Congruity360; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Hybrid work options

Health insurance

Generous holiday leave

Flexible working policy

Volunteer policy

Job summary

Congruity360 in Belfast is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering team. You will implement Java-based solutions (Java 17+/21) and contribute to a cybersecurity-focused product in a fast-moving environment.

This hybrid role requires a minimum of two days in the Belfast office and the right to live and work in the UK. You will work with the Team Lead to drive technical decisions and deliver high-quality software for clients.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Proactive with strong communication and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Code in Java within a fast-paced development environment.
• Drive technical decisions within the team.
• Deliver high-quality software for a superior client experience.

Skills

5+ years Java

REST API design

Agile delivery

Communication

Education

University degree in CS/Math/Physics

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Redis Streams

Kafka

Docker

CI/CD

Azure

SQL

Job description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Department: Engineering
Reports To: Team Lead
Working Pattern: Hybrid – minimum 2 day per week in Belfast office
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (Role is NI based. Candidate must have right to live and work in UK)
Salary: Negotiable

Company background:

Congruity360 is headquartered in Boston with employees across the US, England and Northern Ireland. The Congruity360 flagship product, Classify360, enables clients to reduce their financial and data risk by increasing their data understanding, classification, and security, allowing clients to meet all of the current, new, and changing laws, regulations, and business drivers. In other words, making intelligent business decisions.

Job Summary:

A new product offering is emerging from concept phase, which expands our solution set from compliance and data governance into cybersecurity. This role offers the opportunity to work in emerging technologies with a primary focus on a Java skillset. The successful candidate will be an integral part of a dynamic team, coding in a fast-paced development environment, generating creative solutions to solve customer needs and challenges. The successful candidate will be actively involved in driving technical decisions within the team, with a desire to produce high quality software to provide a superior client experience.

Education requirements:

• A University degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related field

Experience:

• 5+ years relevant software engineering and development experience
• Proactive attitude with great communications skills, attention to detail, self-motivated, and the ability to work well with people are essential

Essential Criteria:

• 5+ years Java; Java 17+/21, Spring Boot or equivalent
• Stream/event-driven services at volume (Redis Streams, Kafka or similar)
• REST API design and ownership, contract-first
• Containerised services on Azure or another major cloud; Docker, CI/CD
• Strong SQL

Desired Criteria:

• ClickHouse or another columnar/OLAP store from the application side
• PostgreSQL with JSONB; in-process caching with invalidation
• Security telemetry: Windows event logs, Active Directory, M365/Graph API, NetFlow
• Insider threat / UEBA / SIEM product experience
• Porting or re-platforming an existing system against a live reference implementation
• Comfortable reading C# well enough to port from it
• Agile, cross-functional delivery

Company Benefits:

• Pension scheme.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work options.
• Health insurance and wellness programs.
• Generous holiday leave and paid time off.
• Flexible working policy
• Volunteer policy