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Naimuri - Senior Software Engineer
Naimuri Senior Software Engineer
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time Location: Salford Quays ID: 20259
About Us
We’ve celebrated our tenth anniversary, evolving from a tech start-up into a 180-strong community primarily based in Salford, Greater Manchester, with offices in Cheltenham, London, Portsmouth, and Lincoln.
Our name, Naimuri, is derived from two Japanese words: "not" and "overburden". This philosophy governs our organisation—from technology and processes to people, culture, and leadership. Central to our mission is making the UK a safer place, and we achieve this through a collaborative, Agile-first culture valued transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
A typical day at Naimuri encompasses:
- A Culture of Enablement – We remove barriers and empower you to make decisions while providing the necessary tools.
- Focus on Quality – We prioritise well-written, maintainable code, ensuring your contributions set a definitive example.
- Active Collaboration – You’ll work closely with Platform Engineers, Delivery Leads, and Product Owners, maintaining Kubernetes infrastructure and building automated delivery pipelines (GitLab).
Our projects range from weeks to over five years, including:
- A data analytics tool powered by a Neo4J graph database.
- A DevOps platform supporting 3,000 users.
- Digital forensic data processing enabling search and insights.
- A search and reporting system backed by an Elasticsearch cluster.
- A custom React/TypeScript-frontend workflow tool.
- An AI assurance capability.
- Data pipeline orchestration and specialist metrics for evaluating language model performance in different contexts.
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About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll lead complex feature development aligned with our mission, enjoying autonomy, impactful decision-making, and team mentorship. Key responsibilities include:
- Own the Solution – Lead large, intricate features from initial design to production, working autonomously without handed guidance.
- Be an SME Champion – Serve as a technical authority, resolving complex defects, and guiding technical debates for your team and the broader company.
- Enable Your Team – Improve efficiency, onboard new members, eliminate blockers, and break down knowledge silos.
- Mentor & Grow – Act as a role model, mentor junior engineers, and uphold quality and documentation standards.
- Shape the Bigger Picture – Contribute to technical roadmaps, challenge design decisions, and collaborate with clients to scope new opportunities.
Ideal if you:
- Thrive on owning high-complexity problems from conception to deployment.
- Enjoy breaking down ambiguous challenges into actionable deliverables.
- Comfortably challenge the status quo, seeking process, codebase, and team efficiency improvements.
- Think holistically about cost-efficiency, scalability, security, and performance in technical design.
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Potentially ill-suited if:
- You prefer a structured ticket-based workflow.
- Leadership or mentorship is not part of your professional focus.
- You’re uncomfortable with the uncertainty of tackling novel challenges.
Pay and Benefits
We offer competitive industry salaries, assessed per role and location upon interview. Expect to discuss responsibilities during the hiring process to determine fit.
- Fully remote/hybrid-friendly with flexibility in hours within core time (10:00am–3:00pm).
- 37.5-hour workweek, plus part-time options available.
- Hybrid model: ~3 days in office/month-based, occasional travel for customer sites or UK projects.
- Workplace hours: Office open Mon-Fri (7:30am–6:00pm).
Benefits include:
- Flexible/Hybrid working.
- Performance and company bonuses.
- Pension matched up to 10.5% (1.5x employee contribution).
- 25 days (incl. bank holidays) annual leave.
- AXA Group Healthcare coverage.
- ** Holiday Purchase Scheme**: +5 days of paid leave.
- Cycle-to-work and Car Benefit Scheme.
Recruitment Process
We’re committed to creating an inclusive, supportive culture and welcome candidates of all backgrounds. Reasonable accessibility/neurodiversity accommodations are supported throughout recruitment.
Preparation guidance will be provided post-application if required. Let’s discuss your journey ahead!
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