Senior Software Engineer – GCP Focus
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Job Opportunity: Senior Software Engineer – GCP Focus
Locations (priority order): Sheffield, Birmingham, Edinburgh
Contract: 6+ months (extensions possible based on performance)
Work Model: Hybrid (2–3 days/week onsite from one of the offices)
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire / England region
Note: Candidates must be open and comfortable with FTE conversion.
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and modern software engineering practices. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining resilient backend services, frontend clients, and infrastructure automation in a secure and highly regulated financial services environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and performant backend REST API services and frontend clients using Python, Golang, Docker, and cloud-native services.
- Manage database schema changes with Liquibase, ensuring compliance and audit alignment.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, embedding security and regulatory controls.
- Oversee GCP cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, IAM), optimizing for resilience, performance, and cost.
- Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to meet governance and risk standards.
- Support live systems, conduct root-cause analysis, and resolve performance issues.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
- 5+ years software engineering experience with distributed systems.
- Proficiency in Golang and Python.
- Strong hands-on experience with GCP cloud-native services (AWS exposure desirable).
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible) and DevOps CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.).
- Database expertise (Relational & NoSQL), plus Liquibase or equivalent.
- Knowledge of Linux, Kubernetes, containers, serverless functions, microservices, and distributed tracing.
- Strong background in security, compliance, and audit controls in regulated environments.
- Excellent communication skills for both technical and business stakeholders.
Essential Skills
- Public cloud architecture (GCP strongly preferred).
- Infrastructure build/configuration (compute, storage, networking).
- RESTful API services, enterprise logging/monitoring (Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Messaging and streaming integration services.
- Non-functional testing and troubleshooting.
- Cryptography knowledge (authentication, encryption).
- Agile development experience.
Desirable Skills
- Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries.
- GCP certifications (e.g., Google Cloud Engineer, GCP Cloud DevOps Engineer).
Role Details
- Hybrid role (2–3 days onsite per week).
- Contract: 6+ months (with extension potential).
- Locations: Sheffield (priority), Birmingham, Edinburgh.
- Candidates must be open to FTE conversion.
Job Functions
- Engineering and Information Technology
- Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
- Location:
- South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £125,000 - £150,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- IT & Technology
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