Ocho
Senior Software Engineer
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Backend Software Engineer
£50–100k DOE | Hybrid (3 days onsite, Belfast) | Go/Java | CNAPP/cloud security | Backed by £250m investment
About the Company
A rapidly scaling, well-funded software company operating in the Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) space, helping enterprises secure their cloud infrastructure through real-time data insights. Now embedded within both AWS and Azure as a core security solution, they're building out a Belfast engineering hub as part of a major growth phase.
Role Overview
As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll own the full development lifecycle — from design through deployment and monitoring — on a platform tackling genuinely complex, real-world cloud security problems. You'll work in a low-ego, engineering-led culture where decisions are trusted to the people closest to the work.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end development: design, build, deploy, monitor
- Make architectural decisions shaping high-scale security systems
- Improve performance, scalability and reliability of backend systems
- Lead design and code reviews to maintain engineering standards
- Collaborate closely with Frontend, DevOps and Security teams
What You'll Need
Essential
- 4+ years' backend development (any high-performing language)
- Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP
- Exposure to data-intensive systems (databases, messaging, event-driven architectures)
- Comfortable in a microservices environment with modern CI/CD
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Desirable
- Kubernetes, Docker, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ or TimescaleDB
- Understanding of cloud security principles
Benefits & Package
- £50–100k DOE
- Hybrid — 3 days onsite in one of NI's best office spaces
- True engineering-led culture, no politics
- High-growth, well-funded unicorn with genuine progression
- Work on problems with direct, visible product impact
Get in touch with Colin directly at colin@ochopeople.com.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills