Sr. Software Engineer

Overview

Engineering Hybrid Remote, London, United Kingdom

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced software engineer to join our growing API & Exports team s team is responsible for enabling programmatic access to data across the app—handling thousands of exports daily, improving API usability, and managing API integrations and performance  will work on expanding and optimizing our export functionalities, building scalable APIs, and integrating robust monitoring and management.

This is a high-impact team working at the core of our data delivery platform. As part of the API team, you will build the next generation of Meltwater’s AI and platform capabilities, focused on MCP (Model Context Protocol), OAuth, permissions, and enterprise-grade governance. Your work will help bring Meltwater’s intelligence into external AI workflows.

• Own the design, development, and optimization of API, export and MCP features.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and senior engineers to define functionality, while architecting systems that handle high-throughput data pipelines.
• Participate in building robust export pipelines, streaming architectures, webhook integrations and MCP servers.
• Maintain high observability and reliability standards using tools like Coralogix, Cloud Watch, and Grafana.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response for owned services.

• 4+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus. Proficiency in Golang is required.
• Demonstrated ability in using AI-augmented development workflows (e.g., Claude, Codex, Copilot).
• Experience designing and developing resilient REST APIs and cloud-native applications (preferably AWS).
• Good understanding of microservice architecture and backend design principles.
• Solid knowledge of Postgres, Redis, and ideally DynamoDB.

• Familiarity with asynchronous or event-driven architectures using tools like SQS, SNS, or webhooks.
• Exposure to Dev Ops workflows and tools (Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Experience working with data exports, reporting systems, or data streaming.
• Experience improving developer experience around APIs (e.g. OpenAPI, Swagger, static site generators).
• Familiarity with authentication, API gateways, and rate limiting strategies.
• Experience in compliance standards for APIs and data handling.
• Experience with observability tools and practices.
• Languages:
  
  Golang (primary) with some Type Script
• Monitoring:
  Coralogix, Grafana, Cloud Watch
• CI/CD & IaC:
  Git Hub Actions, Terraform

• Generous paid time off and flexible working arrangements.
• Comprehensive health insurance and wellness benefits.
• Family leave program that grows with your tenure.
• Inclusive work culture with a global team across 25+ countries.
• Opportunities to learn and grow—from new tech to leadership skills.

At Meltwater, we believe that when you have the right people in the right environment, great things happen. Our best-in-class technology empowers our 27,000 customers around the world to make better business decisions through data. But we can’t do that without our global team of developers, innovators, problem-solvers, and high-performers who embrace challenges and find new solutions for our customers.

Our award-winning global culture drives everything we do and creates an environment where our employees can make an impact, learn every day, feel a sense of belonging, and celebrate each other’s successes along the way. We are innovators at the core who see the potential in people, ideas and technologies. Together, we challenge ourselves to go big, be bold, and build best-in-class solutions for our customers.

We’re proud of our diverse team of 2,200+ employees in 50 locations across 25 countries around the world. No matter where you are, you’ll work with people who care about your success and get the support you need to unlock new heights in your career.

We are Meltwater. Inspired by innovation, powered by people.

Where You'll Work: 7th floor, 20 Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4AB

Meltwater is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind.…