Senior Software Engineer (Platform)

hackajob; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Platform) to join their Platforms team in London. This role involves designing APIs, building services, and mentoring junior engineers while working with modern technologies like Java, Python, and GCP. You will play a crucial part in ensuring the reliability and scalability of their platform, contributing to a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Medical cover

Parental leave (6 months fully paid maternity leave)

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of Java and Python with relevant frameworks.
• Good experience with Terraform and GCP.
• Strong understanding of software design concepts and Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable software.
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure high engineering standards.
• Work with SREs to define and manage cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Java

Python

Terraform

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Elasticsearch

MySQL

API Development

Agile practices

CI/CD

Communication skills

Job description

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About The Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Platform) to join our high-impact Platforms team, where you'll play a key role in designing and building the APIs, services, and infrastructure that power our products, internal tools, partner integrations and syndication pipelines. This is a platform engineering role with a strong software development emphasis — ideal for an experienced backend engineer with a solid understanding of modern cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform-as-a-service practices

You'll work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to deliver end-to-end features and drive technical improvements across our modern Java (Spring Boot) and Python (FastAPI) stack both on Kubernetes and Serverless. Your responsibilities will include everything from working with SREs to define cloud infrastructure using Terraform, to building and testing backend services, and integrating with Apigee.

You'll take ownership of critical services and infrastructure components, ensuring reliability, scalability, and maintainability across the platform.

You'll be expected to support and mentor junior engineers, helping to foster growth and maintain high engineering standards across the team. A strong understanding of Spring Boot, FastAPI, GCP, Jenkins, and scalable cloud systems is essential.

You'll also work closely with our SREs to shape our internal Platform-as-a-Service on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-traffic software following engineering standards
• Build and maintain key Engineering blocks that other teams can rely upon (such as APIs and Cloud infrastructure)
• Ensure timely, high-quality deliveries
• Develop and lead an effective model for assuring engineering quality standards, best practices, and technical decision-making across the platform engineering team
• Ensure a globally robust and highly scalable approach to development to support our growing number of global users and services
• Promote the company and department internally and externally, evangelise the strategy, exhibit the Technology behaviours & company values, follow the Technology principles, and encourage your staff and/or colleagues to do the same
• Ensure code quality and adherence to best practices across CI/CD, security, and cloud standards
• Contribute to the various company tech guilds/chapters with training/ presentations/blogs
• Building CI/CD pipelines
• Working with the SREs to maintain, improve and automate the cloud infrastructure
  
  

Essential Skills

• Java - Advanced knowledge and experience of core Java design and development alongside Spring Boot framework
• Python - Advanced knowledge and experience of Python design and development alongside FastAPI framework
• Terraform - Good knowledge/experience of Terraform to define and manage cloud resources
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP){{:}} Good working knowledge of GCP services and architecture for designing and deploying scalable cloud solutio
• nGood knowledge/experience of Elasticsearch and MySQL databas
• ePassionate about the craft of software development and the delivery of a quality digital product. Able to enthuse others, aligning them to adopt and embrace the same characteristi
• cAdvanced knowledge of software design concepts, practices, and modern development methodologies, particularly agile, CI/CD and common architectur
• eGood understanding of Agile practices (TDD, Rigorous regular refactoring, Pair Programming, Continuous Integratio
• nStrong experience of API Development is a mu
• sGood communication skills (oral and written) to both a technical and non-technical audien
• cCapable of starting/building things/processes from scratch and seeing them throu
  
  

gDesirable Skill

• sEager to gain hands-on experience delivering software in high-traffic, high-volume transactional digital or media environmen
• tWilling to work in fast-paced development delivery - that balances frequency and very high-quality produ
• cBackground in designing and programming on a large scale / distributed systems is desirab
  
  

lBenefit

sThe nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balanc

eTraining and developmen

tWith support from your manager and colleagues, you'll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding caree

rOur commitment to inclusio

nAt Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief

.We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer as part of the government's Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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