R&D Software Engineer in Cambridge

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies. This full‑time Software Engineer role is located in Cambridge, United Kingdom (Hybrid). The position is part of our Cloud UE (Unified Engineering) team and involves designing, building, and operating services and streaming environments that deliver AVEVA’s Unified Engineering products to customers as a SaaS platform on Amazon Web Services.

This is an early‑career role for someone eager to learn, proactive, and excited to work across a broad and modern technology stack. The role will involve contributing to CI/CD, infrastructure automation, security and compliance, and service reliability.

• Build scalable AWS SaaS services: design, develop, and support highly available platform components.
• Develop integrations and serverless capabilities: deliver and maintain APIs with API Gateway, Lambda, event‑driven workflows, and identity/SCIM integrations with AVEVA CONNECT.
• Operate and improve cloud environments: support desktop streaming (Amazon WorkSpaces Applications) and Windows‑centric infrastructure (EC2, FSx, Active Directory, DynamoDB) with strong observability and cost/performance focus.
• Deliver securely with automation and teamwork: write clean, tested, documented, deployable code; contribute to CI/CD and infrastructure automation (Azure Pipelines, CloudFormation, Step Functions); collaborate in agile planning, troubleshoot issues, communicate risks, and continuously learn.

• Proactive, self‑starting, and ownership‑driven – takes initiative and cares about quality and production behaviour.
• Curious and growth‑mindset – eager to learn new technologies, approaches, and continuously improve.
• Able to work independently in a distributed team – manages time well, operates autonomously, and stays accountable.
• Resilient, collaborative communicator – positive with challenges, asks questions, shares knowledge, and communicates clearly in writing and verbally.

• AWS & cloud foundations: VPC, EC2, S3, IAM/security groups; awareness of serverless (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB), containers (Docker, ECS), and monitoring (CloudWatch, Datadog).
• Software engineering & languages: practical development experience in C# and JavaScript/TypeScript (Angular/Node.js), comfortable across multiple languages, with solid Git‑based workflows.
• DevOps & delivery: understanding of CI/CD principles and tools (e.g., Azure Pipelines) and infrastructure automation/IaC (CloudFormation, Terraform or similar).
• Windows & security fundamentals: Windows administration (AD, Group Policy, PowerShell), enterprise deployment/packaging awareness, and security best practices (SSO/SCIM, least privilege, encryption, network segmentation).

We work in a hybrid model. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on‑site 50% of working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions may be fully office‑based or remote depending on the nature of the work.

Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program. Benefits vary by country but are similarly comprehensive.

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, and credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third‑party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter.