Software Engineer

Royal Mail; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Annual bonus potential

Permanent full-time employment

Hybrid working arrangement

Job summary

Royal Mail is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on event processing to support its digital transformation and development of large-scale technology systems. The role involves designing software, building event-driven components, and delivering reliable backend services in a hybrid work setting.

The candidate should have strong programming skills, experience with production systems, and a good grasp of scalable architectures to drive continuous improvement across engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience.
• Experience building production systems.
• Understanding of scalable software architecture.
• Strong programming skills.
• Experience with event-driven systems is beneficial.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software systems.
• Build event-processing solutions.
• Develop scalable backend services.
• Work on digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering teams.
• Improve system reliability and performance.
• Write production-quality software.
• Participate in technical design.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering practices.

Skills

Software engineering

Production systems

Event-driven architecture

Backend services

Collaboration

Job description

Royal Mail is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on event processing to support the company's ongoing digital transformation and development of large-scale technology systems.

About Royal Mail

Royal Mail operates one of the UK's largest delivery networks and is undergoing a major digital and technology transformation.

What you'll do

• Design and develop software systems.
• Build event-processing solutions.
• Develop scalable backend services.
• Work on digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering teams.
• Improve system reliability and performance.
• Write production-quality software.
• Participate in technical design.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering practices.

What we’re looking for

• Strong software engineering experience.
• Experience building production systems.
• Understanding of scalable software architecture.
• Strong programming skills.
• Experience with event-driven systems is beneficial.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent collaboration skills.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Company pension scheme.
• Annual bonus potential.
• Permanent full-time employment.
• Hybrid working arrangement.