Overview

Coforge, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom — Senior Software Engineer (AWS)

role based in Sheffield / Birmingham / Edinburgh (onsite 3 days per week). We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer to support development of services hosted on Public Cloud platforms. You will leverage your Software Development and DevOps proficiency across AWS to design and implement resilient frontend client, backend services, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native solutions in a secure, high-availability environment at a major financial institution.

Key Accountabilities

• Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant backend REST API services along with frontend client using Python, Golang, Docker and Cloud-Native services.
• Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps and Security teams, with a focus on traceability and regulatory controls.
• Manage, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS, ensuring resilience, cost-efficiency, and data security.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to meet internal risk, compliance, and governance requirements.
• Support live systems, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks.

Qualifications and experience

The ideal candidate will have the following experience and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
• Software Engineering background with infrastructure experience.
• 5+ years of development experience with a focus on large-scale, distributed systems.
• Proficient in Golang and Python.
• Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, including cloud-native services, networking, IAM, and cost optimization. Experience with GCP is desirable.
• Proven experience with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and containerization.
• Strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills; ability to articulate complex information to varied audiences.
• Track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes with measurable success.
• Experience with:
• Public Cloud
• Infrastructure build and configurations (Compute, Storage, Networking)
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Integration services such as messaging and streams
• Building RESTful API Services
• Microservices, distributed tracing
• Logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Automation scripting (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
• CI/CD and continuous testing
• Agile workflow
• Cryptography concepts (authentication, data encryption)
• Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools.
• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) is plus.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting