Software Engineer

Manchester - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Software Engineer

Job Location: Salford Quays Manchester

Job Type: Permanent Fulltime

Job ID: 19265

About us:

Weve just had our tenth birthday having grown from a little-known tech start-up into a community of 180 people mostly based in Salford Greater Manchester. We also have a significant presence in Cheltenham and London.

Our name was chosen as an amalgamation of two Japanese words to reflect our ethos:

This principle applies to every aspect of our organisation from technology process and infrastructure through to people culture and leadership. People and culture are at the heart of Naimuri so that collectively we can realise our mission ofmaking the UK a safer place to be.

We work in an Agile-first environment that values transparency collaboration and continuous improvement. While every team has its own rhythm you can expect:

A Culture of Enablement: Our goal is to remove blockers. Youll be empowered to make decisions and given the tools you need to get things done.
Focus on Quality: We take pride in our work. Youll be part of a culture that values well-written maintainable code and your work will serve as a definitive example for others.
Active Collaboration: Youll work closely with Platform Engineers Delivery Leads and Product Owners helping to manage and maintain your own infrastructure (e.g. Kubernetes) and build automated delivery pipelines (using GitLab).

At Naimuri we work on a variety of projects that range in length from a few weeks to 5 years. Here are some things weve worked on recently that give a sense of the work we do:

Building a data analytics tool using a Neo4J graph database.
A DevOps platform to support 3000 users.
Processing digital forensic data to enable search and insight generation.
A search and reporting system backed by an ElasticSearch cluster.
A custom workflow tool using Camunda with a React/TS front-end
An AI assurance capability
Orchestrating a data pipeline and designing specialist metrics for the evaluation of the performance of LLMs in different contexts.

About the Role:

As a Software Engineer at Naimuri youll have the autonomy to make impactful decisions the space to solve difficult technical challenges and the support of a strong engineering community.

This role is about more than just your own code; its about making the whole team better. Well look to you to:

Continuously build in-depth knowledge apply design patterns and use appropriate tools to solve complex technical issues.
Proactively find and own solutions to improve team processes and efficiency and actively collaborate in team meetings.
Engage in design debates constructively challenge solutions identify technical risks and proactively create/update useful documentation.

If the following describes the way you work then Id really like to speak to you:

You enjoy breaking down ambiguous problems into concrete deliverable steps and take pride in implementing a high-quality solution.
You instigate collaboration putting the team first and doing what needs doing to help them succeed.
You are comfortable challenging the status quo and look for ways to improve processes codebases and team efficiency.

This might not be the role for you if:

You are uncomfortable with owning the delivery tasks that may require you to seek out cross-team collaboration or guidance.
You are not interested in proactively sharing your knowledge or supporting the development of other team members.
Youre uncomfortable with the ambiguity that comes from working on novel challenges

Learning and Progression at Naimuri:

Continuous Personal Development or Personal Kaizen is a core part of Naimuris culture ensuring everyone has the opportunity to develop in a transparent and supportive environment.

You will be assigned a Mentor usually outside of your team who can help guide and support you on your development journey.
Naimuri actively encourages training through internal knowledge sharing and external courses. You are empowered to identify and pursue opportunities for further training.
We have a Naimuri progression framework which recognizes that continuous personal development drives greater proficiency and depth in skills roles knowledge or leadership. It provides a clear direction for growth and reinforces achievements that support your Personal Kaizen.

Pay and benefits:

Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your roles base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.

A full time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working which can be discussed during the recruitment process.

Our core hours are 10:00am - 3:00pm and our office is open between 7:30 - 18:00 Monday to Friday. Most teams have agreed in office days to enable collaboration. Depending on the project you may also be required to travel to a local customer site or occasionally to other locations in the UK.

Benefits include:

Flexible/Hybrid working options
Performance bonus
Company bonus
Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%
AXA group 1 medical cover
Holiday purchase/buy-back scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Car benefit scheme

Recruitment Process:

We are committed to building an inclusive safe and supportive environment that allows everyone to do their best work so we strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We can of course support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements that you may need during the recruitment process.

We want to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident when interviewing with us. To help you prepare our recruitment team will be happy to discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply.

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Job Title: Software EngineerJob Location: Salford Quays ManchesterJob Type: Permanent FulltimeJob ID: 19265About us:Weve just had our tenth birthday having grown from a little-known tech start-up into a community of 180 people mostly based in Salford Greater Manchester. We also have a sig...