Senior Software Engineer
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Altrincham
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Software Engineering
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SKILLS
Java
Python
Spark
SQL
REST APIs
AWS
CI/CD
Microservices
FULL DESCRIPTION
Senior Software Engineer at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Altrincham, UK (Hybrid). You will work on building and testing scalable data-driven systems for real-time and historical speed/mobility data. This role requires 6+ years of production software development experience.
What you’ll do
- Work as part of a small team building and testing scalable, reliable, and efficient data driven systems.
- See the big picture, make judgment calls with a customer lens.
- Keep up with technology and improve systems proactively.
- Use design experience to create thoughtful, efficient, and durable designs at large scale.
- Work on high-profile systems impacting the company’s bottom line.
- Regularly deploy and monitor systems for optimum uptime.
- Think creatively to solve customer problems.
About you
- Software Engineer with 6+ years of production-level software development, architecture, and design.
- Solid coding skills including Java and basic Python understanding.
- Experience with Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, MapReduce or similar big data technologies highly desirable.
- Solid DB skills (relational, document, key-value) and SQL-like languages.
- Experience developing high scale REST based APIs.
- Experience with geo-spatial data via PostGIS desirable.
- Experience with Scala, AWS services (Kinesis, RDS, etc.) beneficial.
- Familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform a plus.
- Experience with CI/CD, containerization, cloud technologies, microservices.
- Team player with leadership qualities.
- Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, or related discipline.
Why [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]?
- Help solve complex real-world problems with big data.
- Hybrid, flexible working environment.
- Smart, helpful people passionate about their work.
- Snacks, drinks, lunches, travel opportunities.
- Make a big impact on team, company, and customers.
Equality of opportunity is at the heart of our recruitment process.
Tags: #LI-Hybrid #LI-TB1
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