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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Software Engineer - **Company:** Meltwater - **Location:** Greater 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:** September 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2845700572-sr-software-engineer ## About the Role 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., * 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., * 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. ## Description * 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., * 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 ## Related Videos - [Why make use of an integration platform in today's software developments and infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/758-why-make-use-of-an-integration-platform-in-today-s-software-developments-and-infrastructure) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Scoring 2000 Products per Request: Performance Pitfalls in Golang](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2073-scoring-2000-products-per-request-performance-pitfalls-in-golang) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)