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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Software Engineer - **Company:** Meltwater Group - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3, User Authentication, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, PostgreSQL, OAuth, Redis, Swagger, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Software Engineering, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Openapi, Data Processing, Spring Cloud, Grafana, Backend, Rate Limiting, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Functional Programming, Data Delivery, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Webhooks, Data Pipelines, Automation Anywhere, Api Management, Docker, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** July 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ab6411c05ad88550 ## About the Role * 4+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus. Proficiency in Golang is required. * Demonstrated ability in using AI-augmented development workflows (e.g., Claude, Codex, Copilot). * Experience designing and developing resilient REST APIs and cloud-native applications (preferably AWS). * Good understanding of microservice architecture and backend design principles. * Solid knowledge of Postgres, Redis, and ideally DynamoDB. Nice-to-Have * Familiarity with asynchronous or event-driven architectures using tools like SQS, SNS, or webhooks. * Exposure to DevOps workflows and tools (Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.). * Experience working with data exports, reporting systems, or data streaming. * Experience improving developer experience around APIs (e.g. OpenAPI, Swagger, static site generators). * Familiarity with authentication, API gateways, and rate limiting strategies. * Experience in compliance standards for APIs and data handling. * Experience with observability tools and practices. Our Tech Stack * Languages: Golang (primary) with some TypeScript * Infrastructure: AWS, S3, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFront, Kubernetes (Helm), Kong API Gateway * Databases: Postgres, Redis, DynamoDB, OpenSearch * Monitoring: Coralogix, Grafana, CloudWatch * CI/CD & IaC: GitHub Actions, Terraform ## Description We're looking for a passionate and experienced software engineer to join our growing API & Exports team at Meltwater. This team is responsible for enabling programmatic access to data across the app-handling thousands of exports daily, improving API usability, and managing API integrations and performance at scale. You will work on expanding and optimizing our export functionalities, building scalable APIs, and integrating robust monitoring and management. This is a high-impact team working at the core of our data delivery platform. As part of the API team, you will build the next generation of Meltwater's AI and platform capabilities, focused on MCP (Model Context Protocol), OAuth, permissions, and enterprise-grade governance. Your work will help bring Meltwater's intelligence into external AI workflows. What You'll Do * Own the design, development, and optimization of API, export and MCP features. * Collaborate closely with product managers and senior engineers to define functionality, while architecting systems that handle high-throughput data pipelines. * Participate in building robust export pipelines, streaming architectures, webhook integrations and MCP servers. * Maintain high observability and reliability standards using tools like Coralogix, CloudWatch, and Grafana. * Participate in on-call rotation and incident response for owned services., We may use AI to assist in aspects of our hiring process, such as reviewing candidate information, capturing interview notes, and supporting interview activities. These tools are used only to assist our team through increased efficiencies. Every output continues to be reviewed by humans, and all hiring decisions are made by humans. 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