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Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Software Engineer | £65,000-£75,000 | Cambridge | Python
Location:
Cambridge, UK (hybrid)
Salary:
£65,000-£75,000
Tech Stack:
Essential:
- Backend: Python (Flask or FastAPI or Django)
- Cloud Systems: AWS, Azure, GCP
Bonus:
- Frontend: React/TypeScript
Are you an experienced Software Engineer with refined technical skills across API development and DevOps practices, looking for a new role in a forward-thinking, collaborative team?
We are working with an organisation well known for fostering creativity, collaboration, and making a positive impact. This organisation are looking for an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to play a key part in their ongoing technical success and reputation.
Responsibilities:
- Help lead the rebuild of a high-volume platform.
- Work as part of a small, tight-knit engineering squad embedded within a wider, collaborative tech function.
- Partner directly with non-technical stakeholders to understand challenges, design user-focused solutions, and bring new ideas to life.
- Build, test, and deploy containerised web applications using modern frameworks and cloud platforms, ensuring scalability and performance.
- Contribute to agile ceremonies, code reviews, and shared documentation, championing best practices in continuous delivery and infrastructure-as-code.
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Requirements for Success:
- Building end-to-end web platforms using Python (Django), developing RESTful APIs
- Collaborating within an agile, cross-disciplinary team to tackle technical and commercial challenges.
- Containerising applications with Docker for consistent development and release.
- Launching and managing applications within cloud-hosted infrastructure.
- Embedding testing into everyday development, with a focus on writing the right tests at the right layers.
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In addition to their technical expertise, the ideal candidate possesses a growth mindset and a deep commitment to continuous improvement. They are adept at creating scalable, efficient solutions using technologies such as Python and modern web frameworks in a containerised environment. With a keen eye for detail, they are driven by a desire to make a positive impact with a user-focused approach to development.
Benefits:
- Flexible working environment
- Remote first/hybrid
- Competitive holiday & pensions
- Private healthcare
- And more!
Apply directly or drop your CV over to adam.lockett@sr2rec.co.uk
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