Senior Software Engineer

Senior Systems Developer (Python / PostgreSQL)

Location: Bury St Edmunds, hybrid working available | Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits

We’re partnering with a well-established UK infrastructure group, committed to supporting the UK’s net zero ambitions, to find a Senior Systems Developer. You’ll lead the design, engineering and support of an established product suite and help shape development standards across the wider IT function.

The role

This is a senior position with technical ownership and influence. You’ll design and build full-stack solutions, work with product owners and stakeholders to make sure they deliver, and act as a role model and mentor for colleagues.

• Design, code, test and refactor complex programs, scripts and integrations
• Help select and champion development methods, tools and standards
• Maintain and administer release, deployment and configuration tooling
• Capture and share specialist knowledge, and run knowledge-sharing across the team
• Maintain application support processes so incidents are contained and requests met
• Drive continual improvement and contribute to departmental policy

What you’ll bring

• Experience designing large or complex systems, weighing functional and non-functional requirements
• Strong server-side development experience, ideally Python
• Advanced SQL skills, ideally PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and database management
• Client-side experience (React, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS/Bootstrap)
• CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps or Jenkins
• Git, including branching and code review in a multi-developer team
• Understanding of secure development (OWASP Top 10)
• Experience integrating multiple systems
• Experience in agile, kanban, scrum or waterfall environments
• Experience supporting software to SLA, working directly with customers
• Calm, clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences
• A degree in IT or equivalent industry experience

Desirable

• System design using UML/C4
• Microservice architecture experience, built to scale
• RESTful API experience
• ITIL 4 Foundation or ITSM/service desk experience

What’s on offer

• Annual cost of living pay review
• Pension contributions of up to 10% when you contribute 5%
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, with the option to buy 2 more weeks
• Enhanced family leave pay
• Hybrid working for eligible roles
• Development opportunities to support your career goals

To apply: Send your CV to Fintan at TEC Partners for a confidential conversation