Software Engineer
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You'll help define the strategic direction of our event processing capabilities, ensuring they are robust, modern, and ready to support the next era of Royal Mail's operations.This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll collaborate with senior developers, platform engineers, DevOps specialists, and automation testers to deliver reliable, maintainable, production-ready software.What You'll Be DoingDelivering high-quality, efficient solutions into a large-scale, complex estateWorking closely with senior developers to solve real business challenges with elegant technical solutionsIdentifying and applying the right technologies to build reliable, maintainable systemsCollaborating with platform engineering and DevOps teams to release incremental functionality into productionContributing to the design of components and systems that meet key business needsWorking with automation testers to ensure comprehensive system test coverageSupporting production systems, troubleshooting incidents, and, Software Engineer South East Hybrid Up to £60kOverviewFuel Recruitment is supporting a leading technology organisation that is looking for a Software Engineer to join its established development team. This role offers the chance to work across modern front-end and back-end...
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implementing robust resolutionsWhat You Bring We're looking for someone who can bring both expertise and fresh thinking - someone who thrives in a modern engineering environment and is passionate about continuous improvement.Strong Java expertise (polyglot developers highly valued)Experience designing and building microservices at scaleHands-on experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka or equivalent)Solid understanding of TDD, mocking, and CI/CD pipelinesExperience building RESTful APIs using JSONStrong background in Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment practicesWho You AreA confident communicator - in person and in codeCommitted to software craftsmanship and engineering excellenceProactive, curious, and always looking for ways to improveComfortable working in agile environments (Scrum, Kanban)A capable generalist with a holistic approach to engineering challengesSomeone who can bring ideas, experience, and energy to large-scale modernisation programmesExtra