Software Engineer in Belfast

Upwind is a place where opportunities happen. At Upwind, we are a team of hands-on, problem solvers and doers. We believe in empowering organizations to run their cloud environments securely and efficiently to accelerate their businesses. Working at Upwind is an exhilarating journey of innovation and growth. Every day presents new challenges and opportunities that fuel our passion and drive.

We are Driven by Customers. We listen closely to understand our customers’ deepest pain points, working backwards to deliver easy-to-use, innovative solutions that not only meet immediate needs but anticipate future ones. We prioritize long-term relationships and value over short-term outcomes, striving to exceed expectations and reinforce our customers’ trust in Upwind. We make decisions swiftly, recognizing many can be reversed or refined. We believe in failing fast and aren’t afraid to change course when necessary. With a bias for action, we take calculated risks – even in the face of uncertainty – knowing that urgency drives momentum and propels us forward.

We Improve Every Day. We believe in the power of incremental progress: every day, every meeting, and every decision is an opportunity to improve. Committing to getting 1% better with each cycle creates compounding gains, allowing us to build products that are 10x better over time. Improvement doesn’t stop with delivery; we follow up, adapt, and refine to ensure every outcome evolves towards excellence.

We Take Ownership. We get the job done and never assume that someone else will do it. When things aren’t going right, we take responsibility and step in to fix it. No task is beneath us, and “it’s not my job” isn’t in our vocabulary. As owners, we stay aligned with the bigger picture for Upwind, communicating efficiently, giving constructive feedback, and proactively escalating issues to keep everyone moving forward together.

We are Resourceful and Resilient. We create our own reality, accomplishing more with less by leaning on creative problem-solving and adaptability. When we face constraints and the path forward isn’t clear, we find ways to make it work without sacrificing quality or our commitment to high standards. We see setbacks as new opportunities to innovate, moving forward stronger and better prepared.

We Lead with Humility. We approach every interaction with humility, respecting and learning from others. We hold ourselves accountable, publicly owning mistakes and using them as stepping stones for growth. Integrity guides us to act in the best interests of the team, fostering a culture of trust, shared purpose, and mutual growth.

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our great Backend Engineering team. The team faces complex engineering issues on a daily basis, both solving new challenges and constantly improving the existing solutions. We work with all major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and use cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Neo4j, ElasticSearch, Redis, TimescaleDB, RabbitMQ, and more.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the entire lifecycle of various short-life projects, from initial design and development to deployment, monitoring and maintenance in a production environment.
• Performing reliability and performance analysis on Golang / Java based applications.
• Contributing to technical and architectural designs, performing capacity planning, defining SLOs and working with other teams to implement.
• Conducting design and code reviews as part of a wider engineering group.
• Interfacing with other teams (e.g. Frontend, DevOps, Product) to deliver best-in-class features.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field.
• 1+ years of experience with Backend Engineering in a high-level programming language (e.g. ideally Golang and/or Java).
• Experience with cloud platforms and products (e.g. AWS, GCP and Azure).
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).
• Experience with microservices based architecture.