Software Engineer - Leeds

Overview

Locations: Leeds

Salary: Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history, typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

As a team

Accenture Software & Platform Engineering is powered by a community of 1,000+ experts and provides end-to-end product engineering solutions delivering tangible value, fast. We bring together an obsession for technical excellence with agility and scale to help clients move from project to product at speed. We partner with clients across all sectors—from fast-growing scale-ups to national and global blue-chip companies, as well as public sector organizations. Our teams regularly develop products that reach and impact millions of users.

Responsibilities

• Develop traditional and serverless applications and services in an agile and collaborative environment using source control that integrate with data storage services, message buses and other architectural elements.
• Deploy these applications using features such as containers to cloud leveraging CI/CD to support this process, backed with good observability when running these in production.
• Ensure quality through the creation of documentation and use of unit/integration/contract testing with a consideration of security/performance requirements.
• Design, develop, and implement cutting-edge digital applications to address unique business challenges across various industries.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative and effective solutions.
• Use modern deployment methods, such as containers and cloud services, supported by CI/CD pipelines and strong production observability.
• Ensure high-quality outcomes through robust documentation and comprehensive testing (unit, integration, and contract testing), considering security, accessibility, and performance requirements.

What we look for / Qualifications

• Industry experience in one of the following: Java, TypeScript, C#, Python, Go.
• Experience with Cloud Native technologies on AWS.
• Experience in building automation tools to support CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills; excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in diverse teams.
• Proven experience shaping and delivering work across small to medium-sized projects; experience in Financial Services is a plus.

What is in it for you

In addition to a competitive basic salary, Accenture offers an extensive benefits package which includes up to 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role with onsite requirements to spend time with clients and partners to enable delivery of services.

Closing date and notices

Closing Date for Applications: 31/08/2026. Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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