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# Senior Network Automation Engineer (EU)

- **Company:** Megaport
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £63,738
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Code Coverage, Code Review, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Data Stores, Relational Databases, Perl (Programming Language), IP Routing, Multi-protocol Systems, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Management of Software Versions, Web Applications, Technical Debt, Backend, Cassandra, Restful APIs, Open Network Automation Platform
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5961448289

## About the Role

* 5+ years of software development experience using Perl and frameworks like Mojolicious.
 * Experience working with relational databases using SQL (preferably PostgreSQL).
 * Working knowledge of using distributed datastores and NoSQL (Cassandra or similar).
 * Proven experience building backend services and tools within web application ecosystems.
 * Ability to act as a technical lead for small projects (typically up to 4 developers), offering architectural and design guidance.
 * Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Sharp logical reasoning skills and a habit of asking the right questions, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and succinctly.
 * Determined to automate as much as possible so you can focus on the bigger picture.
 * An ability to reason logically, question appropriately and present technical information clearly and concisely.
 * Experience maintaining scalable versioned, secure REST APIs
 * Experience with networking concepts such as IP routing and MPLS

## Description

You're a senior engineer who is well respected by your peers, and know how to lead effectively. You find joy in making a product that customers love. You love taking ownership over your work and can balance managing technical debt with improving the user's experience / adding product features. You are interested in the newest technology and you'd like an environment where you can share your skills with like minded people on a no ego team. We're a tech company at our core and we have an interesting domain we work in. And we want you to join us!
What You'll Be Doing

 * Contribute to enhancing our existing Perl code base powering our network automation systems and internal toolset. Implement new code using a modular approach with automated testing and reporting on code coverage.
 * Identify and reduce technical debt, improve performance and reliability, and participate in scaling decisions across our platform.
 * Build and maintain secure, scalable RESTful APIs. Ensure adherence to API standards, versioning practices, and monitoring instrumentation.
 * Play a key role in our release process by writing reliable tests, reviewing code rigorously, and contributing to CI/CD pipeline improvements.
 * Support the growth of junior engineers through pairing, thoughtful code reviews, and informal coaching. Promote sound design principles and foster a culture of continuous technical learning.