Senior Software Engineer

Core Capabilities Team

• Owns shared product & application services
• Operates with clear product ownership and roadmaps
• Enables multiple software delivery teams
• Is supported by the Infrastructure function (cloud, runtime, networking)
• Focuses on usability, adoption, reliability, and long-term evolution

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will combine technical depth, product thinking, and systems design to ensure these shared services are robust, scalable, and developer‑friendly.

• Design, build and evolve shared application services used across multiple product teams (e.g. auth, audit, API gateway, customer‑facing tooling and developer portal)
• Treat platform capabilities as products with consumers, feedback loops and measurable outcomes
• Contribute to roadmap planning alongside Product and Engineering leadership
• Drive adoption and usability of shared services across squads

• Own end-to-end solution design for complex cross‑cutting services
• Make pragmatic architectural decisions balancing scalability, security and maintainability
• Improve performance, reliability and observability across shared services
• Define engineering standards and patterns adopted by other teams
• Lead by example through high‑quality, production‑ready codeli>
• Partner with product squads to understand their needs and integrate shared services effectively
• Work closely with Infrastructure to ensure cloud‑native, scalable deployments
• Provide guidance on API design, authentication patterns, access control and service integration
• Mentor engineers and raise technical capability across the organization
• Drive CI/CD maturity and deployment confidence
• Embed observability (metrics, tracing, logging) as first‑class concerns
• Perform thoughtful code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Continuously improve team practices and technical standards

• Strong Java experience (with ability to work across languages such as Type Script, Python or PHP where needed)
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures
• Experience designing and managing complex APIs
• Strong knowledge of authentication, authorisation and access control patterns
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud‑native deployments
• CI/CD pipeline experience (Git Lab, Git Hub or similar)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
• Experience with observability tooling (Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Strong testing mindset (TDD, automated testing, contract testing)

• Experience with API Gateway technologies (e.g. AWS API Gateway)
• Experience building or operating identity/auth platforms
• Experience building shared developer‑facing services (e.g. portals, internal platforms)
• Experience operating in a product‑led or Product Operating Model environment

If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know. We will work together to best meet your needs.

• 25 days holiday
• Buy up to 5 days additional holiday
• Birthday Day off
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Group Company Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discounted Gym membership at over 3000 Gyms
• Optical cover
• Company Sick Pay Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite parking
• Access to a variety of online discounts on major retailers
• Employee assistance program