Senior Backend Engineer
CloudPay
Software Engineering
United Kingdom
Posted on Feb 20, 2025
| Senior Backend Engineer | |
| VN3620 | |
| Full Time | |
| Andover | |
| United Kingdom | |
| We are looking for a Senior Back End Software Engineer to join our amazing team and help our users by maintaining and enhancing microservices, part of a critical mission system. As a Senior Back End Software Engineer, you will provide technical Backend guidance to a growing team, contribute to the technical strategy, and utilise your software development experience to develop solutions to business problems. You will be helping to grow and nurture technology and processes in the pursuit of excellence. | |
| Daily Duties and Main Responsibilities will include: • Engage in the complete application lifecycle. • Develop high-quality, reusable code. • Collaborate within an Agile team environment. • Work closely with front-end developers to integrate UI/mobile interfaces with business logic. • Suggest enhancements for code, processes, tools, and standards. • Mentor junior developers to enhance their skills and knowledge. • Provide technical guidance for current and future features. | |
| Attributes and Experience Required: • Strong experience in OOP, Design Patterns, Clean Code, and SOLID principles. • Proven experience in building distributed systems using an event-driven approach. • Experience collaborating within an Agile team comprising software engineers, QA engineers, Product Managers, and UX/UI designers. • Proficient in Java and/or Kotlin, Spring Boot, MongoDB, and Kafka. • In-depth knowledge of REST standards and best practices. • Expertise in application performance tuning and secure coding. • Ability to work effectively with diverse roles, from juniors to seniors and other stakeholders, to devise solutions and communicate technical concepts. Soft skills needed: • Excellent teamwork and communication abilities. • Proficiency in English for communication. • Strong logical and analytical thinking, with attention to detail. • Self-motivated, capable of prioritising and managing workload independently. Any of the following will be an advantage: • Experience with AWS services such as ECS, MSK, S3, CloudWatch, etc. • Familiarity with application monitoring tools like Grafana, DataDog or Honeycomb. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines. • Adherence to TDD principles. • Background in Payroll, HR, or other financial domains. #LI-AC1 #LI-REMOTE | |
| Package and Benefits: • Competitive annual salary • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays • Flexible Hybrid Working • Birthday leave • Flexible pension contribution • Life assurance x4 • Private medical insurance • Earned Wage Access (via CloudPay Now app) • Personal and professional development opportunities • Friendly working environment CloudPay is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. |