Senior Software Engineer - Lead Cloud & Microservices

Aurora Energy Research Limited; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Parental Support

Salary-Exchange Pension

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Local Oxford Discounts

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Flu Jabs

Job summary

Aurora Energy Research Limited in Oxford, UK, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to turn product ideas into robust cloud-based solutions for the energy transition. You will work on microservices using TypeScript/ExpressJS/AWS Lambdas and React, delivering customer-facing software from design to deployment.

You will lead a talented team, drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure systems.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience building complex software with Node/TypeScript, ExpressJS, React.
• Proven track record delivering high-quality software.
• Experience mentoring engineers.
• Ability to lead projects from inception to completion.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience with unit testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Desirable: Python experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural decisions and set technical direction for major projects.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their growth.
• Work closely with stakeholders to innovate highly effective solutions.
• Champion a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Take end-to-end ownership of critical systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.

Skills

Node/TypeScript

ExpressJS

React

SQL

NoSQL

Cloud Infrastructure

Unit Testing

CI/CD

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

AWS

AWS Lambda

TypeScript

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Aurora Energy Research Limited in Oxford, UK, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to turn product ideas into robust cloud-based solutions for the energy transition. You will work on microservices using TypeScript/ExpressJS/AWS Lambdas and React, delivering customer-facing software from design to deployment.

You will lead a talented team, drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure systems.