Printed.com
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer – Engineering Team
About Printed.com
Printed.com is one of the largest and fastest-growing online print shops in the UK.Our team is driven and enthusiastic, deeply passionate about printing, design, business development, and growth. We foster a culture of creativity, innovation, and customer-centric excellence.
We are constantly investing in new products and leveraging technology to expand our market share and capitalise on new opportunities. Our production teams embody a fast-paced, bespoke environment where efficiency and quality meet the evolving needs of our customers.
Based across London and Newcastle, we are a growing company seeking dynamic, energetic team members bursting with fresh, exciting ideas.
As we scale our platform across UK and US markets, we are hiring a Senior Software Engineer within our Engineering team.
This is a hybrid role (minimum of 2 days per week in our Cramlington office), playing a pivotal role as an independent contributor—someone comfortable with ambiguity, self-starting, and mentoring as the team continues to grow.
Responsibilities
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Multi-Project Delivery
- Lead and manage multiple concurrent workstreams, including feature development, platform enhancements, and infrastructure improvements.
- Balancing competing priorities while maintaining code quality and delivery velocity.
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Championing Engineering Best Practices
- Advocate and embed best-in-class engineering standards (e.g., rigorous code reviews, testing methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, documentation).
- Act as a role model for high standards within the team and drive technical improvement across projects.
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Adoption & Process Evolution
- Facilitate the rollout of new tools, processes, and work methodologies as the engineering organisation matures.
- Guide teammates in understanding why changes are implemented and resolve adoption challenges.
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Mentoring & Peer Guidance
- Mentor junior team members through pair programming, code reviews, and informal coaching.
- Build technical capability and confidence within the team.
Essential Requirements & Key Skills
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Experience with PHP (Symfony or Laravel)—though open to senior engineers from other backend frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Django, .NET) or JS frameworks (React, Angular) if comfortable adapting quickly.
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Ability to work across JavaScript (Vue.js), SCSS, and Twig (or equivalent stacks).
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Strong knowledge of AWS infrastructure, including:
- EC2
- EKS/containers
- RDS (or similar database services)
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Background in DevOps, platform, or infrastructure engineering, including:
- Automated CI/CD pipelines
- Observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus/Mimir)
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Comfortable handling multiple projects and shifting priorities effectively.
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Autonomous, confident communicator able to work independently while influencing decision-making without direct authority.
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Proven experience in mentoring engineers—technically, organisationally, and supportively.
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Pragmatic approach to trade-offs between speed-to-market, technical debt, and sustainable design.
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Bonus Attributes
- Experience working with reactive debugging or distributed architectures at scale.
- Willingness to collaborate on scalability challenges beyond typical back-office systems.
Benefits
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22 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays)
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Discounts:
- Staff discounts on Printed.com products
- Friends and Family discounts for all team members
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Cycle to work scheme
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Tech Scheme & EV Scheme (subject to conditions)
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Office amenities:
- Free breakfast and refreshments on in-office days
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Wellbeing & community:
- 1 paid Charity Day per year
- Summer and Christmas Parties
- Street food days
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Perkbox membership (a flexible rewards platform)
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Enhanced parental leave
Join the Team
Are you a Senior Software Engineer passionate about cloud-based systems (AWS), full-stack development, and mentoring? If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you. Bring your tech expertise and eagerness to grow—we’re here for ideas that drive innovation.
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