Senior Software Engineer - EdTech, Hybrid (UK)

TES Global; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

State of the art offices

Learning & development

Eye care cover

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work

Employee assistance programme

Tes Socials

Learning & Development menu

Job summary

Tes (TES Global) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Technology team in either Sheffield or London. The role is hybrid, with 3 days in the office each week.

You will design, build and deliver scalable software used by educators and schools worldwide, collaborating with product managers, QA, and other engineers. You'll work in an agile environment, ensuring secure coding practices and driving engineering excellence, with responsibilities across the full software lifecycle and the

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and building scalable software.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, scalable software using modern front-end and back-end frameworks.
• Lead by example in applying engineering best practices.
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Conduct and guide high-quality code reviews, including complex changes.
• Take ownership of deploying your code to all environments and releasing it to customers.
• Collaborate with QA Engineers to define and guide testing strategies (unit, integration, functional).
• Monitor and proactively resolve system errors, improving observability and reliability.
• Mentor engineers across the team and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Ensure secure coding practices and respond to security-related issues.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

REST APIs

Relational DBs

NoSQL

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security

Architecture

Mentoring

Communication

Hexagonal architecture

Tools

CI/CD tools

API documentation

Job description

Tes (TES Global) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Technology team in either Sheffield or London. The role is hybrid, with 3 days in the office each week.

You will design, build and deliver scalable software used by educators and schools worldwide, collaborating with product managers, QA, and other engineers. You'll work in an agile environment, ensuring secure coding practices and driving engineering excellence, with responsibilities across the full software lifecycle and the