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About Blue Light Card
Blue Light Card is dedicated to supporting millions of frontline workers across the UK by providing exclusive discounts, innovative digital products, and exceptional member experiences. Following a major technology transformation, the company is investing in modern cloud-based platforms and expanding its engineering team to build scalable, high-performing applications.
About the Role
Blue Light Card is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams. This senior individual contributor role focuses on software architecture, cloud technologies, engineering excellence, and cross-functional collaboration without direct people management responsibilities.
Working closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and development teams, you will shape technical strategy, guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality software solutions that support millions of users.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Lead Software Engineer, or similar senior technical leadership role.
- Strong expertise in software architecture and large-scale system design.
- Extensive experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS.
- Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
- Strong knowledge of software development best practices, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Passion for mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence.
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Skills
- Software Engineering
- Software Architecture
- System Design
- AWS Cloud
- Cloud-Native Applications
- Distributed Systems
- Technical Leadership
- Full Stack Development
- Backend Development
- Software Design Patterns
- Code Review
- Technical Mentoring
- Engineering Best Practices
- Performance Optimization
- Scalability
- Reliability Engineering
- DevOps
- CI/CD
- Problem Solving
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Agile Development
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.
- Design scalable, secure, and maintainable software architectures.
- Lead cross-team technical initiatives and architectural improvements.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Participate in solution design, coding, code reviews, and technical planning.
- Improve engineering standards, developer experience, observability, and operational excellence.
- Mentor software engineers and promote engineering best practices.
- Drive continuous improvement through modern development approaches and emerging technologies.
- Evaluate technical trade-offs to balance scalability, quality, performance, and business objectives.
- Support cloud infrastructure and ensure reliable production systems.
- Encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and technical innovation across engineering teams.
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Benefits
- Hybrid working with flexible hours.
- 35-hour work week.
- Company bonus scheme.
- 25 days annual leave plus birthday leave and holiday purchase scheme.
- Private medical insurance.
- Healthcare cashback plan.
- Company pension plan.
- Employee assistance program and mental health support.
- Learning and professional development opportunities.
- Modern office with gym, free snacks, and social events.
- Exclusive Blue Light Card discounts.
- Free parking and EV charging at headquarters.
Equal Opportunity
Blue Light Card is committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. The company welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and celebrates diversity, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
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