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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Developer - **Company:** Skuuudle - **Location:** Manchester, UK (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Proxy Servers, Databases, Software Debugging, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Networking Basics, Routing, Network Administration, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Web Traffics, Transport Layer Security, Backend, Performance Monitor, Web Technologies, Api Design, Web Api, Programming Languages - **Published:** May 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e28a3be0cf2fb765 ## About the Role Do you have experience in VPN?, * Strong general software engineering skills * Strong Python Knowledge * Experience building backend services, infrastructure systems or automation-heavy tools. * Good understanding of HTTP, APIs, DNS, TLS, networking fundamentals and web technologies. * Experience integrating with third-party APIs, infrastructure providers or external services. * Familiarity with databases, queues, workers or distributed processing. * Ability to take ownership of ambiguous technical problems and deliver pragmatic solutions. * Strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. What Makes You Stand Out * Experience building request-routing, traffic-management or connectivity services. * Familiarity with proxies, VPNs, tunnels, gateways, HTTP clients or browser networking. * Experience with outbound web traffic at scale. * Understanding of rate limits, retries, connection reuse, IP reputation, geo-routing or provider failover. * Experience with distributed systems, queues, orchestration or worker-based architectures. * Familiarity with browser automation, web automation or ecommerce data collection. * Experience designing systems with resilience, monitoring and failure recovery in mind. * Experience of multiple programming languages. ## Description We are looking for a developer to work on a new internal connectivity service that sits between our existing data collection systems and the external websites they access. This role focused on the network and routing layer that allows our internal data collection systems to make reliable outbound web requests at scale. The system will manage how requests are routed through different connectivity options, including external providers and managed network connections. It will need to handle provider selection, routing rules, retries, failure detection, captcha solving, bot handling, performance monitoring, availability and operational controls. This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone who enjoys backend infrastructure, HTTP/networking problems, reliability engineering and building internal services that other engineering teams depend on. The Day-to-Day You will be involved in: * Designing and building an internal connectivity service for outbound web requests. * Creating routing logic across multiple network and provider options. * Integrating with third-party connectivity and infrastructure providers. * Building controls for provider selection, failover, retry behaviour and error handling. * Measuring and improving success rates, latency, availability and cost efficiency. * Developing monitoring, diagnostics and operational tooling. * Working with APIs, databases, queues, workers and automation components. * Collaborating with teams that build our existing data collection platform, while focusing specifically on the routing and connectivity layer beneath it. ## Related Videos - [Web APIs you might not know about](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/281-web-apis-you-might-not-know-about) - [Unlocking the potential of Digital & IT at Vodafone](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/602-unlocking-the-potential-of-digital-it-at-vodafone) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Creating a routing app with Google Maps API from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/831-creating-a-routing-app-with-google-maps-api-from-scratch) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) - [Project Fugu: Extending the web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/832-project-fugu-extending-the-web) ## Related Articles - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)