Senior Software Egnineer

Yate (Bristol) - Hybrid - Two office days per week

Full-Time permanent

Competitive Salary

Were on the lookout for an experienced and forward-thinking Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and development of innovative digital solutions. This is a high-impact role where your technical expertise and leadership will drive product success improve engineering practices and mentor a growing team.

What will the role involve

• Designing building and maintaining scalable applications in Java and TypeScript
• Championing clean well-tested code through code reviews and best practices.
• Building features and modernising systems in an AWS cloud-native environment.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with product engineering and stakeholders to align on business goals.
• Identifying technical risks and blockers and proactively working to resolve them.
• Leading and contributing to CI/CD pipelines testing strategies and system reliability.
• Mentoring and coaching engineers to foster a high-performing inclusive team culture.
• Driving architectural decisions and influencing the technical direction of projects.
• Embedding secure-by-default development and support incident response or performance optimisation when required.

Qualifications :

What are we looking for

• Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in at least one language (Java Kotlin TypeScript JavaScript Go) and open to learning new ones
• Deep understanding of OOP functional programming and software design patterns
• Solid grasp of computer science fundamentals: data structures algorithms complexity
• Experience designing and documenting system architecture
• Proficient in writing unit and integration tests with tools like JUnit Mockito Jest
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions AWS CodePipeline)
• Familiar with AWS services (Lambda S3 IAM CloudWatch)
• Skilled in mentoring and adapting coaching style to diverse learning needs
• Confident communicator who can align technical solutions with business priorities
• Knowledge of secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP Top 10)
• Familiarity with performance profiling and optimisation

It would be a bonus if you also had:

• Commercial experience with serverless technologies (e.g. AWS Lambda DynamoDB API Gateway)
• Exposure to the Serverless Framework
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes)
• Experience with observability tools (e.g. CloudWatch Sentry)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform
• Awareness of accessibility UX and scalability in software design

Dont meet every single requirement Thats okay and you arent alone! Research shows that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for a role unless they meet all the criteria. At SBS were committed to building a diverse inclusive team where everyone feels they belong. So if this role excites you and youre eager to grow wed love to hear from you - even if your experience doesnt tick every box just yet send us your application!

Additional Information :

Whats in it for you

At SBS were committed to supporting our employees in every aspect of their lives from health and wellbeing to financial security and lifestyle perks. Heres a snapshot of the benefits youll enjoy as part of our team:

Competitive salary

Private Medical Insurance Health Cash Plan Dental Insurance Eye Care Vouchers Flu Vaccinations

Work from home three days per week and join us in the office for the remaining two.

Life Assurance Critical Illness Cover Pension Plan Long Service Awards Payroll Giving Fleet car provider

Cycle to Work Scheme Holiday Trading Travel Insurance

At our organization we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time