Senior Software Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by BlueRose Technologies
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Burgess Hill, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Senior Software Engineer focuses on developing the mobile application service layer for a travel mobile application on iOS and Android platforms. The position requires a skilled engineer with experience in microservices, cloud technologies, and agile methodologies. The engineer will collaborate with various stakeholders to architect solutions, document technical requirements, and lead a team in delivering high-quality code. This contract position is based in Burgess Hill, UK, with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and design the service layer based on domain-driven design.
- Present solutions and seek feedback from senior leaders.
- Document architecture, technical requirements, and design specifications.
- Set up infrastructure and development environments.
- Write and deliver high-quality code in Kotlin.
- Lead code reviews and build monitoring dashboards.
- Monitor system performance and improve software quality.
- Prepare and present updates to product and technology leadership.
- Mentor junior team members and influence team improvements.
Key Skills:
- Software development experience in Kotlin or Java 17 and above.
- Experience with microservices and backend for mobile applications.
- Knowledge of cloud and CI/CD technologies.
- Experience in leading agile engineering teams.
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field.
- Strong documentation and presentation skills.
- Ability to conduct quantitative comparative analysis.
- Deep understanding of infrastructure technologies.
- Experience with observability tools like Sentry and ELK.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Burgess Hill
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Sr. Engineer – Mobile Application
Location Burgess Hill, UK (Hybrid)
Job Type: Contract
We are looking for a highly motivated, independent, and skilled engineer to build the mobile application service layer (backend for front end) for the upcoming iOS and Android travel mobile application
Essential Criteria:
- software development experience in a professional environment such as:
- Experienced in designing, programming, testing, and application design for microservices or backend for front ends for mobile applications using Kotlin or Java 17 and above, Spring and build automation with Maven or Gradle.
- Observability – Sentry, ELK, Dynatrace.
- Experienced technically leading an agile engineering team and contributing to agile ceremonies.
- Deep Knowledge of cloud and CI/CD technologies, and how to get code into production quickly and reliably with Github Actions, Circle CI.
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required, advanced degree preferred.
Application Solutioning:
- Architect and design the rails based on domain driven design in collaboration with solution architect, staff engineer, business architects and consumer partners.
- Present solutions on an ongoing basis in wider forums including senior leaders to seek feedback, make continuous adjustments and drive sign offs.
- Document architecture, technical requirements, high-level and low-level designs to include component design, data models, integration views, infrastructure design and software technology stack.
- Conduct quantitative comparative analysis on solution options.
Software Development:
- Sets up the infrastructure and the development environments.
- Writes and delivery high quality code in latest versions of Kotlin
- Leads review of colleague’s work
- Builds monitoring dashboards and logging & alerting strategies.
- Monitors system performance and availability and improves software quality through root cause analysis.
- Deep understanding of infrastructure technologies and components
- Has deep understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analysing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
Leadership:
- Prepares and presents solutions and progress updates to product and technology leadership
- Collaborates and communicates effectively across engineering and enterprise teams.
- Mentors and coaches junior team members
- Influences team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking.
- Demonstrates increased self-reliance to achieve team goals.