SeniorDeveloper
London|£70,000-£90,000+Benefits
Mostdevelopersfocusonbuildingthefeatures,thisroleisforsomeonewhothrivesonowningwhathappensonceitslive.
We'reworkingwithawell-establishedSaaSbusinesswhoseplatformisusedbythousandsofcustomersglobally.Overthepastfewyears,they'vegrownsteadily,expandedtheirengineeringfunction,andbuiltareputationforcreatingreliableproductsratherthanchasinghype.
Astheirplatformcontinuestoscale,they'relookingforaSeniorDeveloperwhoenjoyssolvingcomplextechnicalproblems,improvingsystems,andbuildingsoftwarethatstandsupinproduction.
The Good Bits:
- £70,000-£90,000
- Hybridworking
- Exposuretolarge-scaleSaaSplatforms
- Clearprogressionopportunities
- Acollaborativeengineeringculturethatvalueslearningandcontinuousimprovement
- Thechancetoworkonsystemsusedbythousandsofpeopleeveryday
ATypicalDayintheRole:
- BuildingandimprovingAPIsthatsupportcriticalplatformfunctionality
- Investigatingproductionissuesandtracingproblemsacrossdistributedsystems
- Workingwithproductandengineeringteamstodesignscalablesolutions
- Improvingreliability,observabilityandperformanceacrossexistingservices
- Reviewingcode,sharingknowledgeandhelpingraiseengineeringstandardsacrosstheteam
- Tacklingreal-worldchallengesaroundthird-partyintegrations,dataconsistencyandsystemresilience
- Debuggingcomplexissues,fromflakydependenciestopartialfailures,ensuringsystemreliability
TheKindofPersonwho'llEnjoythisRole
You'llhavespentseveralyearsbuildingandsupportingproductionsystemsandunderstandthatsoftwareengineeringisn'tjustaboutwritingnewcode,you’llvaluepracticalengineering,thoughtfuldecision-makingandwillbeabletobalancetechnicalexcellencewithdelivery.
YouWillHave:
- DesignedandmaintainedAPIsusedbycustomersorinternalteams
- 4-6yearsexperience,withatleast3+yearsatonecompany,ideallySaaS/platform/scaleup.
- Supportedsystemsinproductionanddealtwithincidentswhenthingsdidn'tgotoplan
- Workedwithcloud-nativeapplicationsormanagedinfrastructureenvironments
- Integratedwithexternalplatformsandnavigatedthechallengesthatcomewiththem
- Fixedbugsyoudidn'tcreateandimprovedcodebasesyoudidn'toriginallywrite
- LearnedhowtobalanceidealsolutionswithcommercialrealitiesDesignedandmaintainedAPIsusedbycustomersorinternalteams
OtherSkillsNeeded:
SolidbackendengineeringexperienceinC#,Java,orGo,withastronggraspofAPIdesignandarchitecture.
Hands-onexperiencemanaginganddebuggingproductionsystemsacrosscloudandself-managedinfrastructure.
Provenabilitytonavigatecomplexthird-partyintegrations,includingretrylogicandreconciliationworkflows.
Strongunderstandingofdistributedsystemresilience-partialfailures,retrystrategies,andcircuitbreakerpatterns.
WhyPeopleJoin:
Engineersherearegivenautonomyindecisionmakingandtrustedtodoso.Youwillhavetheopportunitytoworkonmeaningfultechnicalchallenges,influencehowsystemsevolve,andcollaboratewithexperiencedcolleagueswhocareaboutbuildingthingsproperly.
TheHardBits:
- Youwillbeuntanglingcomplexities,improvingreliabilityandleavingsystemsbetterthanyoufoundthem.
Weareanequalopportunityemployerandvaluediversityatourcompany.Wedonotdiscriminateonthebasisofrace,religion,colour,nationalorigin,gender,sexualorientation,age,maritalstatus,veteranstatus,ordisabilitystatus.
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