Software Engineer

Contract Duration: ASAP – 31 March 2026

Location: Hybrid – London (West London), onsite once per week (Wednesdays)

Working Pattern: Contract

Equipment: Laptop provided

Rate: £350-375 per day inside IR35

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team building cloud-native, resilient, and scalable backend systems.

This role is hands-on and delivery-focused, suited to an engineer who is comfortable developing, testing, and deploying production-grade services in a modern cloud environment.

You will work closely with other engineers and stakeholders, contributing to high-quality solutions using strong engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud-native backend services
• Develop clean, maintainable code using object-oriented programming principles
• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from design through to production deployment
• Apply test-driven development practices (TDD, BDD)
• Build and deploy services using CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate effectively within an agile, cross-functional engineering team
• Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and production-ready

Essential Skills & Experience (Must Have)

• Strong experience with Java and/or Python
• Proven background building cloud-native systems
• Hands-on experience with AWS, ideally:
• Lambda
• Step Functions
• S3
• Experience deploying to live production environments
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering best practices
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively within a team
• Recent, demonstrable hands-on development experience

Nice to Have

• Experience working in serverless or event-driven architectures
• Exposure to large-scale or high-availability systems
• Experience working within complex, regulated, or enterprise environments

Additional Information

• Hybrid working is non-negotiable (onsite once per week in London)
• Interview process will include a technical/skills assessment, followed by a client interview
• Candidates must be available to start ASAP or at short notice