Adoption Software Engineer - Authorisation

Adoption Software Engineer – Authorisation

6 Months Contract

Competitive Pay

Hybrid Working (Glasgow, London, or Radbroke – 2 days/week onsite)

My client, a leading global financial services provider, is seeking an Adoption Software Engineer – Authorisation to join a high-impact, global-scale platform team. This role focuses on promoting modern engineering practices and technology adoption around authorisation, policy-as-code, and cloud-native deployment across internal engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities:

● Champion the use of authorisation frameworks such as OPA, OPAL, or Styra.

● Promote policy-as-code principles and modern access control models (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC).

● Work across the full tech stack (frontend, backend, data) in high-performance environments (24,000+ transactions/sec).

● Support and enhance cloud and hybrid deployments (primarily AWS; Azure/GCP also valuable).

● Contribute to containerisation efforts using OpenShift, Kubernetes, etc.

● Use SQL and data analytics to inform system design and engineering decisions.

Required Skills:

● Strong technical expertise in Java, with experience developing and maintaining high-throughput, production-quality systems at scale.

● Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms (especially AWS), including experience with hybrid deployment architectures.

● Solid practical understanding of container orchestration and application deployment pipelines.

● Direct experience with authorisation systems and policy enforcement tools, preferably using policy-as-code frameworks.

● Familiarity with authentication systems and their integration across broader technology environments (experience with Ping Identity is advantageous)

● Demonstrated ability to manage systems from development through to production support in enterprise settings.

● Comfortable working with data; experience in SQL and data analysis to inform engineering decisions is highly desirable.

This is a hybrid role (2 days/week onsite in Glasgow, London, or Radbroke).

6-month contract. Competitive pay.

This is an urgent vacancy. If you are interested, please apply directly to the advert..