Summary: The Senior Software Engineer role focuses on leading the orchestration, design, and delivery of complex product initiatives for a leading UK insurance company. The position requires a hands-on technical leader with expertise in AWS, Python, and Angular to drive architectural excellence and mentor engineering teams. The role emphasizes optimizing engineering delivery and ensuring adherence to enterprise standards. This is a 6-month contract based in London, requiring in-office presence two days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide development teams with hands-on expertise in AWS serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Step Functions, S3, SNS/SQS, Cognito, etc.).
• Actively contribute to back-end development using Python, ensuring best practices in clean code and performance optimization.
• Support front-end architecture and implementation using Angular, ensuring a seamless and scalable user experience.
• Ensure robust CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and deployment automation practices.

Key Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to technical leadership and architecture.
• Proven expertise in AWS serverless architectures, including hands-on experience with key services.
• Strong proficiency in Python for backend development.
• Experience building scalable front-end applications using Angular.
• Deep understanding of software design patterns, microservices architecture, and cloud-native principles.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation).
• Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to navigate complex technical challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of bridging the gap between business, product, and engineering teams.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT