Boost Talent ltd
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Software Engineer - Python/Data/Backend - Manchester / Croydon - Up to £80K
We're partnering with a data-driven technology organisation looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the way complex, high-value datasets are transformed, distributed and consumed across a global business.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building robust backend services and modern data products that support both internal users and external customers. You'll work at the intersection of software engineering and data engineering, designing scalable services, developing reliable data pipelines and helping define the standards that underpin a growing data platform.
You'll join a collaborative engineering environment where teams own solutions end-to-end, from design and development through to production operation. The role offers significant influence over architecture, engineering practices and the future direction of a platform that sits at the heart of the organisation's products and services.
For engineers who enjoy solving complex data challenges, improving platform reliability and creating systems that are genuinely relied upon by customers, this is an opportunity to make a measurable impact.
What You'll Be Doing
- Building and evolving backend services that power the delivery of large-scale data products
- Designing and developing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data processing workflows
- Transforming complex datasets into trusted, accessible and consumable products
- Contributing to platform architecture, technical standards and engineering best practice
- Working closely with software, platform and data teams to improve data accessibility and reliability
- Supporting production systems, observability and operational excellence
- Championing data quality, governance, security and long-term maintainability
- Mentoring engineers and contributing to a strong engineering culture
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Skills Required
We're particularly interested in engineers who combine strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building modern data platforms.
Key experience includes:
- Strong commercial Python development experience
- Building backend services, APIs and distributed systems
- Developing ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms
- Cloud-native engineering within AWS environments
- AWS services such as Glue, Step Functions, Athena and S3
- Modern analytical formats including Parquet and Iceberg
- REST API design and integration
- Data modelling and transformation tooling such as dbt
- Data quality, schema management and metadata management
- Event-driven architectures, messaging and streaming technologies
- Software testing, security and engineering best practices
- Monitoring, observability and production support
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Why Apply?
- Opportunity to influence the evolution of a modern data platform
- Complex technical challenges with genuine business impact
- High degree of ownership and autonomy
- Collaborative engineering culture with strong technical standards
- Exposure to modern cloud, backend and data engineering technologies
A little note from us
Boost Talent is committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience and supporting equal opportunities throughout the recruitment process. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will gladly discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need to help you feel supported throughout the process.
While we'd genuinely love to reply to everyone individually, we often receive a high number of applications for the roles we advertise. If your experience aligns with the opportunity, a member of our team will be in touch to discuss the role.
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