Senior Software Engineer

Location: Hybrid, 3 days onsite in Birmingham

Duration: 3 Months

Rate: £525/day (Inside IR35)

The Opportunity We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in AWS and modern software development to join a high-profile programme at a leading global financial institution. This is a unique chance to work on cloud-native, large-scale, and secure systems that have a real impact across the business.

If you’re passionate about building highly available services, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and thrive in a collaborative environment—this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, high-performance backend REST APIs and frontend clients using Python, Golang, Docker, and AWS cloud-native services.
• Manage and evolve database schemas with Liquibase, ensuring compliance and audit readiness.
• Partner with Architecture and DevOps teams to enhance product capabilities and CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot incidents and performance issues, driving root cause analysis and long-term fixes.
• Contribute to best practices around security, reliability, observability, and automation.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years’ experience in software engineering with a focus on distributed, cloud-based systems.
• Strong hands-on skills in Python, Golang, PostgreSQL, and Liquibase (or equivalent DB change management).
• Expertise in AWS/GCP, including IAM, KMS, storage, and other cloud-native services.
• Proficiency in DevOps practices: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and containerisation.
• Solid understanding of security principles, encryption, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability (e.g., ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Agile mindset and proven track record delivering complex projects.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries.
• Knowledge of serverless, microservices, event-driven architectures.
• Additional skills in automation scripting (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.