MRJ Recruitment
Software Engineer
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Role: Software Engineer (Back End, APIs, AI)
Location: Manchester (2 days per week)
Role intro.....
A fantastic new Software Engineering opportunity exists with a leading eCom marketplace with one of the best engineering teams in Manchester.
Working within a back end focussed product team, you'll play a key part in helping build and evolve the APIs, services and data platforms that sit at the heart of a modern, cloud-native technology ecosystem, whilst contributing across the full software development lifecycle.
The role (responsibilities & goals)
As a Software Engineer, you'll design, build and operate reliable software that enables critical business data to flow seamlessly across multiple systems.
Working across backend services, APIs, event-driven architectures and cloud infrastructure, you'll collaborate closely with Product, Design and Engineering to deliver high-quality solutions that improve customer experiences and internal operational efficiency.
AND day-to-day you'll:
- Design, build and maintain scalable APIs, backend services and data processing pipelines.
- Contribute to front-end applications where required, working across the full technology stack.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver customer-focused solutions.
- Develop using modern technologies including TypeScript, AWS and Docker.
- Champion engineering best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, observability and continuous delivery.
- Monitor, troubleshoot and improve the reliability and performance of production systems using modern observability tooling.
- Take part in pair programming, code reviews and collaborative design sessions.
- Take ownership of the services you build, helping shape technical direction and continuously improve the platform.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex or Claude to improve productivity while applying sound engineering judgement.
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Person requirements
We're looking for an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, building scalable systems, working collaboratively within high-performing teams and ideally bring experience in:
- Developing backend applications and APIs using TypeScript/Node.js, with exposure to or an interest in technologies such as Java, Kotlin or similar.
- Experience using AI-powered development tools (Claude, Codex) to enhance productivity and software quality.
- Strong experience building and operating solutions on AWS, with a good understanding of cloud-native services and architectural best practices.
- Experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform.
- Experience working with containerised applications using Docker, with exposure to orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes being advantageous.
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party services.
- Knowledge of distributed systems, event-driven architecture or systems integration.
- A passion for clean code, testing and software craftsmanship.
- A collaborative mindset with a curiosity for learning and continuous improvement.
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Next steps
We are shortlisting this week with interviews (2 stages) expected to take place w/c 20th July. Hit the apply button and one of the team we will get in touch.
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