Senior Software Engineer (Typescript/AWS)

MCS Group | Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy; Belfast; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Modern engineering environment with strong technical ownership

Opportunity to influence product direction

Collaborative and innovation-driven culture

Job summary

MCS Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a fast-growing cybersecurity scale-up in Belfast. Join a high-impact engineering team dedicated to building scalable cloud-native applications. This role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful products in the cybersecurity sector.

The successful candidate will have strong experience in TypeScript and AWS, alongside frontend skills in React, Angular, or React Native. A collaborative culture with a focus on ownership and problem-solving is emphasized, ensuring impactful contributions.

Qualifications

• Enjoys ownership and solving complex technical problems.
• Product-minded engineer who enjoys collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Building modern, scalable cloud-native applications.
• Contributing to product direction while remaining hands-on in engineering.

Skills

Strong commercial experience with TypeScript

Strong experience working within AWS cloud environments

Frontend experience across React, Angular or React Native

Strong communication and stakeholder skills

Job description

MCS Group are delighted to be partnering with a fast‑growing cybersecurity scale‑up that is continuing to expand its engineering presence as part of wider European growth plans.

With a new CTO now in place and significant investment across technology, the business is entering an exciting new phase of product and engineering growth.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a high‑impact engineering team building modern, scalable cloud‑native applications within a highly collaborative environment. This is an opportunity to work on meaningful products within a business operating at the forefront of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection.

This role will suit someone who enjoys ownership, solving complex technical problems and contributing to product direction whilst remaining heavily hands‑on in engineering.

Tech-wise, the key focus is strong experience with TypeScript and AWS. The frontend stack is flexible and they are open to engineers from React, Angular or React Native backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with TypeScript
• Strong experience working within AWS cloud environments
• Experience building scalable modern applications
• Frontend experience across React, Angular or React Native
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills
• Product‑minded engineer who enjoys ownership and collaboration

Benefits

• Modern engineering environment with strong technical ownership
• Opportunity to influence product and engineering direction
• Fast‑growing cybersecurity company with genuine real‑world impact
• New engineering leadership and continued investment in technology
• Collaborative, flexible and innovation‑driven culture