Senior Software Engineer

Harnham
Leeds, UK
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
£70,000.0 - £85,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

C (Programming Language) Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) PHP (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Application Release Automation C++ (Programming Language) Software Quality Continuous Integration Github JQuery Python (Programming Language)
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Laravel PostgreSQL Software Engineering TypeScript ReactJS Technical Debt AI Coding Agents Backend Information Technology Front End Software Development Serverless Computing

Job description

This is a great opportunity to join a high-growth, product-led organisation where you can take ownership of a business-critical platform and become the primary engineer driving feature delivery, quality improvements, and platform scalability. THE COMPANY: This organisation operates a specialist technology platform that connects senior executives with investment firms, helping facilitate high-value introductions and commercial opportunities. The business has built a proprietary platform that sits at the heart of its operations and is now investing heavily in bringing engineering expertise in-house to support future growth. With a collaborative culture, strong leadership team, and ambitious product roadmap, the company offers the opportunity to play a visible role in shaping both technology and engineering best practice. THE ROLE: You will take ownership of major engineering initiatives across a PHP/Laravel and React platform, becoming the primary builder responsible for delivering high-quality software into production. Key responsibilities include:

  • Owning large sprint tickets.
  • Building across the Laravel backend and React frontend.
  • Running releases independently and supporting deployment processes.
  • Reviewing code and helping uphold engineering standards.
  • Collaborating closely with Product, Data and QA teams.
  • Reducing technical debt and improving software quality.
  • Enhancing testing, CI/CD and release automation processes.

Requirements

  • Strong PHP and Laravel expertise in production environments.
  • Commercial experience with React and TypeScript.
  • Experience owning releases and delivering software into production.
  • PostgreSQL database design, optimisation and migrations.
  • AWS environments, ideally serverless architectures and Laravel Vapor.
  • CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions.
  • Interest in AI-assisted software development practices., * Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • C Programming (Using)
  • C++ Programming (C+E)
  • Communication Skills (Key)
  • Information Technology Education
  • Java Programming (Basics)
  • JavaScript & jQuery
  • Python Programming (Beginner)
  • Software Engineering Job Titles
  • Teamwork (Teams)

Benefits & conditions

You will receive a salary of up to £85,000 depending on experience, along with a comprehensive benefits package.

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