Torentify
Software Engineer (AI)
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About the Company
Blue Light Card is a UK-based membership organization that provides exclusive discounts, rewards, and benefits to emergency services, NHS, social care workers, teachers, and other frontline professionals. The company is driven by its mission to "make heroes happy" by delivering exceptional digital experiences, innovative products, and outstanding customer service. Blue Light Card promotes a collaborative, inclusive, and product-led engineering culture focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and modern cloud technologies.
About the Role
The Staff Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for providing technical leadership across multiple engineering squads. Rather than managing people, the role focuses on influencing technical strategy, improving engineering standards, guiding architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and enabling teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and high-quality software solutions. Working closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and software engineers, the Staff Engineer helps align technology investments with business objectives while driving engineering excellence across the organization.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Lead Engineer, or similar senior technical leadership role.
- Extensive experience designing software architecture in cloud-native environments.
- Strong expertise with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of scalable production systems.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience mentoring software engineers and improving engineering practices.
- Strong decision-making skills with the ability to balance technical and business priorities.
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Skills
- Software Architecture
- System Design
- Cloud Computing (AWS)
- Distributed Systems
- Technical Leadership
- Software Engineering
- Solution Design
- Code Reviews
- Software Development
- Scalable System Design
- Engineering Best Practices
- DevOps
- CI/CD
- Observability
- Operational Excellence
- Performance Optimization
- Technical Strategy
- AI-Assisted Development
- Software Quality
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Stakeholder Management
- Mentoring & Coaching
- Problem Solving
- Communication Skills
- Agile Development
Requirements
- Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering squads.
- Lead architectural design and system engineering decisions.
- Drive cross-team technical initiatives and ensure successful delivery.
- Partner with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to develop technical solutions.
- Contribute to solution design, coding, technical planning, and code reviews.
- Improve software quality, reliability, developer experience, and operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.
- Support adoption of AI-assisted development tools and reusable engineering patterns.
- Balance scalability, maintainability, performance, and cost when designing solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology with business goals.
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Benefits
- Hybrid working model.
- Flexible working hours.
- 35-hour work week.
- 25 days annual leave plus birthday leave.
- Buy and sell holiday scheme (up to 5 additional days).
- Company bonus scheme.
- Free Blue Light Card membership with exclusive discounts.
- Free onsite parking and EV charging.
- Modern office facilities and relaxed dress code.
- Onsite gym at headquarters.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Group pension plan.
- Enhanced parental leave.
- Private medical insurance.
- Healthcare cashback plan.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and mental health support.
- Company social events and recognition programs.
Equal Opportunity
Blue Light Card is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. The company welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and believes that diverse perspectives foster innovation, collaboration, and better service for the communities they support. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, skills, experience, and business needs without discrimination.
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