Senior Software Engineer: Lead Scalable, Secure End-to-End Solutions

BGL Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the development of innovative solutions. The role requires collaboration with Product and Engineering managers to ensure quality and efficiency in software development. Candidates should have experience in scalable services and agile methodologies, and be ready to mentor team members. The position offers competitive salary and benefits, including hybrid working options and a focus on employee well-being.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Private healthcare

Electric car scheme

Paid development days

Wellbeing days

CSR days

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable, highly available services and products.
• Experience designing and maintaining build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of security engineering practices and methods.
• Technical expert in a chosen domain with adaptability to new technologies.
• Creative problem solver who organizes a team around a challenge.
• Work with agile methodologies and lean thinking methods.
• Active learner in technical and professional areas.

Responsibilities

• Work with Product Managers and Engineering Leadership to design solutions.
• Interact with cross-functional engineering teams to improve efficiency.
• Take responsibility for the development life cycle.
• Ensure testing and security standards are embedded into software.
• Lead design reviews and evaluate technical feasibility with peers.
• Participate in software development methodologies like pairing and continuous delivery.
• Mentor team members.

Skills

Building scalable, highly available services

Designing and maintaining build, test, and deployment pipelines

Knowledge of security engineering practices

Creative problem solving

Working with agile methodologies

Active learner

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Java

Scala

Python

.Net Core

Node.js

MongoDB

Job description

A leading financial services company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the development of innovative solutions. The role requires collaboration with Product and Engineering managers to ensure quality and efficiency in software development. Candidates should have experience in scalable services and agile methodologies, and be ready to mentor team members. The position offers competitive salary and benefits, including hybrid working options and a focus on employee well-being.