Senior Software Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Project Recruit on JobServe
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Manchester, UK
Summary: The Senior Software Engineer role involves working for a leading global IT services supplier, primarily focusing on modern Front End frameworks like React, with a strong emphasis on Node.js and Typescript for integrations. This hybrid position requires attendance at the Manchester office two days a week and is a temporary contract lasting over six months. The candidate will be responsible for enhancing developer experience through automation, integration, and troubleshooting within a collaborative team environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain tools and processes that simplify and accelerate the development life cycle, from code creation to deployment.
- Create and maintain developer tools and SDKs that enhance productivity.
- Apply UX principles to improve developer experience.
- Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve developer efficiency.
- Establish and maintain feedback loops with developers to improve tools and APIs.
- Integrate various tools and services to build seamless development pipelines.
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in a timely manner.
- Share insights as a subject matter expert in Developer Experience technologies.
- Participate actively in platform development team meetings.
- Monitor and resolve Developer Experience issues from Jira Service.
Key Skills:
- Proficiency in modern Front End frameworks and libraries such as React, with a focus on Node.js and Typescript.
- Strong experience in Back End development using Node.js, Python, or Java.
- Working knowledge of automated end-to-end browser-based automation suites (Cypress/Puppeteer/Playwright).
- Expertise in CI/CD tools and practices, including GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CircleCI.
- Expertise in Google Cloud Platform and cloud-native development practices.
- Experience in a DevSecOps culture, including monitoring and observability tools.
- Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform) and scripting languages (Bash/Python).
- Experience with API Gateways (Apigee) and understanding of RESTful and GraphQL principles.
- In-depth knowledge of security protocols and standards including OAuth and Zero Trust.
- Experience with SQL (Cloud SQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
- Experience with microservices architecture, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT