Software Engineer (Cloud & Integration) in Coventry

Salary: £47,000 - £55,000 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Cloud Platform Manager

Department: IT

This role operates primarily on a remote working arrangement that will require little to no travel into our Coventry head office or local campus.

About Arden University

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

About our Department

This Integration Developer role sits within the Cloud Platform team as part of the wider IT Department. The Team is responsible for the design, development and continuous enhancement of the organisation's middleware solutions and integration services.

About the Opportunity

The role plays a critical part in enabling reliable message delivery, translation and validation between core business platforms through the ownership of a robust, scalable and future-proof middleware product. By embedding complex and non-standard requirements within a flexible middleware framework, the Integration Developer empowers the business to unlock advanced capabilities and realise process improvements that would otherwise be difficult to achieve.

Essential requirements

• Hands-on experience working in a DevOps environment, utilizing infrastructure as code (IaC), automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of software development principles, including design patterns, architecture, and methodologies – particularly in middleware and service integration.
• Proficiency in writing and debugging code using TypeScript (Node.js) and Python.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly AWS CDK and Terraform.
• Exposure to unit testing, integration testing, and automated test frameworks.
• Practical experience with Git-based workflows and operational methodologies such as GitOps.
• Proven experience designing and developing robust, scalable serverless applications in the cloud.
• Deep working knowledge of relevant AWS services – primarily Lambda, API Gateway, SNS/SQS, S3, DynamoDB, IAM and CloudWatch.
• Experience integrating with managed databases such as DynamoDB, Amazon RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL), or similar.
• Practical knowledge of event-driven architectures, leveraging services such as SNS, SQS, and Lambda triggers.

Desirable requirements

• Experience working within a security framework such as PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials, and ISO 27001, ensuring compliance and security best practices are met.
• Experience working with agile methodologies, collaborating in sprints, managing releases, and delivering incremental, high-quality software.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services, including Resource Groups, Service Bus, Azure Logic Apps, and API Management.

Why Arden

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students' journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits.

Benefits

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure.
• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%.
• SimplyHealth plan option.
• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles).
• Access to Perkbox benefits.
• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends.
• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education.

Closing Date: 27th January

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Sponsorship statement

Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points-based immigration system. However, we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.