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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Ocho People
- **Location:** Belfast, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £60,000.0 - £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Open Web Application Security, Systems Development Life Cycle, Security Information and Event Management, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Software Vulnerability Management
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5871008798

## About the Role

* Strong Python development experience - this is the primary language for the role
 * Solid AWS knowledge, ideally including security-focused services
 * Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Linux environments
 * An interest in and understanding of security principles - OWASP, threat modelling, vulnerability management
 * Comfortable working with data to validate and support decisions

Desirable

 * Experience with SQL and security data products
 * Exposure to AI/ML tooling or prompt security
 * Security certification (AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, CEH, or similar)

## Description

This is fundamentally a software engineering role for someone who understands security. You'll be embedded in a team that bridges engineering and compliance - building Python-based solutions to streamline vulnerability management and leveraging the latest security tooling across a cloud-native AWS environment. If you're a strong developer with a genuine interest in the security space and a hunger to work with AI, this is worth a look., * Build and maintain Python-based solutions to security engineering challenges across the SDLC

 * Work with AWS security tooling - Security Hub, IAM, and equivalents - to maintain a secure, well-monitored environment
 * Maintain security data products including SBOM, asset inventory, and SIEM
 * Identify and trial new security tooling, particularly in the AI space
 * Monitor, triage, and escalate security threats; document incidents and indicators of compromise
 * Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to embed secure-by-design practices
 * Contribute to architectural decisions and help build scalable, cost-optimised solutions


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