Senior Software Engineer

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Senior Software Engineer Edenred Paytech

Location: Hybrid (London or Swindon office with remote flexibility)

Salary: Competitive with performance-based bonus and comprehensive benefits

Contract Type: Full-time Permanent

About Edenred

Edenred is a global leader in transactional solutions for the working world. Operating in 45 countries Edenred connects over 60 million users and 2 million partner merchants through innovative digital platforms. Our services span employee benefits fleet and mobility corporate payments and more driven by a commitment to digital transformation and improving everyday life for people at work.

Edenred UK is investing heavily in modernising its technology platforms and adopting agile cloud-native solutions. We are seeking a Tech Lead to help drive this transformation and lead the development of scalable secure and high-performing systems.

Role Overview

As Senior software engineer you will be responsible for the technical leadership of a cross-functional agile team. You will guide software architectural decisions contribute hands-on to development mentor engineers and ensure the delivery of robust software aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of enterprise-grade applications using Java and related technologies
• Define and enforce agreed coding standards architectural principles and engineering best practices
• Collaborate with Product Owners Business Analysts Solution Architects and Scrum Masters to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Mentor and support software engineers fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement
• Drive adoption of Dev Ops practices CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
• Ensure systems are secure scalable and maintainable across the full software lifecycle
• Participate in sprint planning code reviews and backlog refinement
• Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their potential for Edenreds platforms
• Actively contribute to the design implementation & testing of the platform within the sprint team ensuring software meets or exceeds published metrics and quality benchmarks

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as a Tech Lead or Senior Java Developer in agile environments
• Strong understanding of Agile framework & principles
• Strong proficiency in Java (preferably Java 17) Spring Boot and RESTful API development
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) containerization (e.g. Docker Kubernetes) and microservices architecture
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins AWS Code Pipeline Git Lab CI or Git Hub Actions
• Solid understanding of relational and No
  
  SQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL MongoDB)
• Knowledge of security best practices (e.g. OWASP) and performance optimization
• Excellent leadership communication time management and mentoring skills with the ability to influence technical direction

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience in fintech payments or enterprise SaaS platforms
• Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka RabbitMQ)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform Cloud Formation)
• Understanding of observability tools (Prometheus Grafana ELK stack)

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Required Experience:

Senior IC