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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - **Company:** Bauer Media Outdoor - **Location:** Epsom, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Data Stores, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Node.Js, NoSQL, Next.js, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Test-Driven Development (TDD), ReactJS, Backend, Front End Software Development, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Terraform, Serverless Computing - **Published:** September 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/senior-software-engineer/46692002 ## About the Role audiences using powerful proprietary data, manage campaigns and content, bid for inventory in real time, and view performance and impact. A core part of the role is delivering an outstanding experience while ensuring platforms operate reliably, securely, and cost effectively at significant scale. You will play a key role in embedding AI into our products in a way that is practical, responsible, and valuable to the business. Role focus As a Senior Engineer, you are a technical leader who helps shapes the direction and engineering excellence across products. You drive system design, set standards, and mentor engineers while remaining hands on with complex problem solving. You will guide the development of large scale systems that support programmatic buying, self service experiences, data products, and AI enabled capabilities. What you will do Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of key systems Hands on design and build of complex features and platform capabilities Set and uphold technical standards and engineering best practices Guide engineers through design reviews, mentoring, and hands on delivery Balance short term delivery with long term technical health Collaborate with Product, UX, and Data leads to shape technical roadmaps Act as a technical point of contact for cross functional stakeholders Develop deep understanding of the Outdoor advertising industry, business strategy, and customer needs Focus on non functional requirements including reliability, scalability, security, and cost effectiveness How you will behave and act Coach and mentor engineers across teams Provide constructive feedback that raises overall engineering capability Lead through ambiguity and provide clarity and direction Resolve technical and delivery challenges using sound judgement Communicate complex technical concepts simply and effectively What you will bring At least 8 years of software engineering experience Experience working in ad tech or the advertising industry Strong full stack capability Proficiency in modern engineering stacks, cloud platforms, and agile ways of working Experience with APIs, data flows, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring Deep expertise in system design, cloud architecture, and distributed systems Experience delivering systems end to end from design through to production Accountability for products or large scale components with significant user volumes, transactions, or revenue Strong communication skills with the ability to translate business context into technical solutions A genuine passion for mentoring and raising engineering standards How success is measured Delivery of robust, scalable systems that generate measurable business value Clear technical direction and decision making across squads Improved delivery velocity and engineering quality Strong mentoring impact and growth of engineers across teams Consistent delivery against objectives and key results The technology environment Our Outdoor engineering teams work in a modern, cloud native environment. You do not need experience with everything listed, but you should be comfortable learning new tools and working across a varied stack. Frontend and web: React, Next.js, TypeScript Backend and services: Node.js, Python, serverless architectures Datastores: SQL and NoSQL technologies including Postgres and DynamoDB Cloud and infrastructure: AWS including Lambda, CloudWatch, API Gateway, and S3, Infrastructure as Code using Terraform Ways of working: Agile delivery, embedded non functional requirements for scale, CI/CD automation, test driven development, observability, and modern DevOps practices #J-18808-Ljbffr ## Related Videos - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) - [Empowering Thousands of Developers: Our Journey to an Internal Developer Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1519-empowering-thousands-of-developers-our-journey-to-an-internal-developer-platform) ## Related Articles - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)