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Senior Software Engineer - AWS - Microservices

Posted 1 day ago by Morgan McKinley

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

Over the initial 6 month contract, you will focus on driving primary delivery milestones: Cloud Migration (On-Prem to AWS): Transitioning existing core services over to AWS with an emphasis on high availability, fault tolerance, webhooks and third-party API connectivity.

Legacy Decommissioning & Pipeline Architecture: Eliminating legacy system dependencies by building brand-new, scalable product import pipelines from scratch.

Quality & AI Workflows: Building automated test frameworks and embedding modern AI-assisted tools for data transformation and streamlined development workflows.

Key Requirements

  • AWS & Infrastructure: Deep expertise in AWS cloud environments (hands-on familiarity with Kubernetes or serverless architecture is a major plus).
  • Systems Design & Architecture: Proven capability in designing resilient, distributed backend architectures (Java or general backend engineering background).
  • Quality & Testing: Strong track record of writing clean, highly testable production code and establishing automated test frameworks.
  • Modern Integration Experience: Practical knowledge of building and managing webhooks, REST APIs, and external third-party data integrations.
  • Agile Collaboration: High operational awareness, strong engagement with service health metrics, and a proactive approach to interrogating requirements rather than relying on assumptions.
Rate:
£600/day
Location:
Manchester
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior

Take-Home Pay

£8,400 per month

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