Senior Software Engineer

Job in Manchester, Greater Manchester, M9, England, UK

Listing for: Sivara GmbH

Seasonal/Temporary, Contract position
Listed on 2026-06-21

Job specializations:

Software Development
Software Engineer, DevOps, Senior Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 29000 - 58000 GBP Yearly GBP 29000.00 58000.00 YEAR

Salary: £29,000 - 58,000 per year

Requirements

Demonstrable experience developing and testing bespoke built enterprise scale cloud-native applications
Experience with Java, Python, or another OO language
Experience with software quality tools such as Sonar Qube
Experience with relational database technologies such as MySQL or similar
Experienced advocate for practices such as TDD and Pair Programming
Experience with Microservices architectures, RESTful APIs, and message queues
Strong programming skills
Experience with source code management and version control (Git/Git Hub/Git Lab)
Experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques
Previous involvement in all stages of the software delivery lifecycle
Passion for mentoring and technical coaching of developers
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Define and implement testing for cloud systems (platform and APIs) in an agile manner
Implement testing frameworks; utilizing automation tools where possible
Support the investigation and resolution of issues
Work closely with the SRE team to develop strategies to meet required SLAs and SLOs
Define testing quality stages and gates
Define and implement testing and release processes
Implement tests stages in pipelines, testing tool configuration, and scripting where required
Set quality goals and measurables for the system, devise and ensure the system meets these goals
Establish a culture of maintaining continual testing and continual quality in our systems
Manage a junior software developer in test

Technologies

CI/CD
Cloud
Git
Git Hub
Git Lab
Support
Java
MySQL
Python
TDD
microservices
Marketing

We are a recruitment partner for a globally renowned brand, seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to join our team on a temporary contract until March 2027. The role will require working a couple of days onsite per month in Manchester for meet‑ups. If you are looking for an environment that embraces quality‑first coding and agile processes alongside experienced engineers, we encourage you to apply.

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