Software Engineer - Property Platform

Awaze; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous discounts on holidays across[

Flexible hybrid working, with two days

Careers progression across countries

Job summary

Awaze is seeking a Software Engineer for the Property Platform to design, build and operate reliable services that move property information between systems. You’ll work across backend services, APIs and cloud infrastructure to support websites, apps and internal tooling.

Collaborating with product, design and engineering, you’ll apply modern tech like TypeScript, AWS and Docker, participate in CI/CD and testing, and help shape scalable data flows that deliver accurate, timely property data for

Qualifications

• Commercial experience building backend applications and APIs.
• Experience with backend in TypeScript (Node.js) plus Python/Java.
• Cloud experience with AWS.
• Understanding of distributed systems or data integrations.
• Familiarity with SQL and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience with CI/CD and modern engineering practices.
• Focus on testing, clean code and craftsmanship.
• Collaborative and proactive learning mindset.
• Confidence using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain APIs, backend services and data pipelines for the Property platform.
• Contribute to front-end applications when required, across the full stack.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver value.
• Work with TypeScript, AWS and Docker.
• Contribute to CI/CD, testing, observability and delivery practices.
• Monitor and improve production health, reliability and performance.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

Testing

Code quality

AI-assisted development

Collaboration

Tools

TypeScript (Node.js)

Python

Java

AWS

SQL/NoSQL databases

CI/CD

Docker

Job description

Software Engineer – Property Platform

At Awaze we're simplifying and modernizing the way property information flows across our business. As part of our Property Platform team you'll help build the services that power our websites, apps and internal platforms, ensuring accurate, reliable and scalable property data is available wherever it's needed.

Your mission

As our new Software Engineer, your mission is to design, build and operate reliable services that enable property information to move seamlessly between systems.

You'll work across backend services, APIs, event-driven integrations and cloud infrastructure, while contributing to front-end solutions where required. You'll collaborate closely with Product, Design and Engineering to deliver high-quality solutions that improve the experience for our guests, homeowners and internal teams.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and maintain APIs, backend services and data transformation pipelines that power the Property platform.
• Contribute to front-end applications where required, working across the full stack.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver high-quality, customer-focused solutions.
• Work with modern technologies including TypeScript, AWS and Docker.
• Contribute to engineering practices such as CI/CD, testing, observability and continuous delivery.
• Monitor and improve the health, reliability and performance of production systems using tools such as New Relic.
• Participate in pair/mob programming, code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Take ownership of the systems you build, helping to shape technical solutions and improve the platform over time.
• Make effective use of AI‑assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Codex or Claude) to improve productivity, code quality and learning while applying sound engineering judgement.

Who We’re Looking For

You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy solving technical problems, building reliable systems and collaborating with others to deliver value.

We're Looking For Someone Who Brings

• Commercial experience building backend applications and APIs.
• Experience developing backend applications using modern technologies such as TypeScript (Node.js), with familiarity or an interest in languages including Python and Java.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS.
• An understanding of distributed systems, event‑driven architectures or data integrations.
• Familiarity with SQL and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices.
• An understanding of testing, clean code and software craftsmanship.
• A collaborative, curious and proactive approach to learning and delivering value.
• Confidence using AI‑assisted development tools to accelerate delivery, improve quality and support problem solving.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Build reliable services that become the trusted source of property information across Awaze.
• Deliver scalable APIs and integrations that support both customer-facing and internal platforms.
• Improve the reliability, performance and observability of our systems.
• Help shape the evolution of our Property platform through collaboration, continuous improvement and modern engineering practices.
• Contribute to a strong engineering culture where ownership, learning and innovation are encouraged.

Benefits

• Generous discounts on holidays across our brands.
• Flexible hybrid working, with two days per week in our Manchester office and the autonomy to work how you work best.
• Real opportunities to grow, learn and shape your role as well as careers progression vertically or horizontally, cross countries and responsibilities.