Job Description

Role: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Birmingham

Mode: Hybrid

Type: Contract

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Key Accountabilities

Responsibilities will include:

Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant backend REST API services along with frontend client using Python, Golang, Docker and Cloud-Native services. Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps and Security teams, with a focus on traceability and regulatory controls. Manage, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure across GCP, ensuring resilience, cost-efficiency, and data security. Collaborate closely with infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to meet internal risk, compliance, and governance requirements. Support live systems, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks.
Qualifications and experience:

The ideal candidate for this role will have the below experience and qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience. Comes from Software Engineering background with infrastructure experience. 5+ years of development experience with a strong focus on large-scale, distributed systems. Proficient in Golang and Python. Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management and version control. Hands-on experience with GCP, including cloud-native services, networking, IAM, and cost optimization. Experience with other cloud providers such as AWS is desirable. Proven experience with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and containerization. Strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems. Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking. Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences. A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, using appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success.
Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 5 months

Pay: 350.00-400.00 per day

Experience:

Software Engineer : 5 years (required) GCP : 3 years (required) infrastructure : 2 years (required) Python : 3 years (required) Golang : 3 years (required) AWS : 3 years (required) * large-scale, distributed systems: 5 years (required)