Senior Back End Software Engineer – Cloud Platforms

About the role

Our client is looking for a senior Back End Software Engineer to design, build and support scalable cloud and on‑premise platforms. The role is fully remote with quarterly planning sessions and offers the chance to drive performance, reliability and security across large‑scale distributed systems.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deploy high‑performance backend systems and platforms.
• Monitor, maintain and optimise large‑scale distributed environments.
• Automate deployments, infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• Lead incident resolution, troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis.
• Ensure compliance with security, resilience and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, DevOps and support teams.
• Support capacity planning and future scalability initiatives.
• Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

Required profile

• Senior‑level experience in cloud and platform engineering.
• Proven ability to build resilient, scalable systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban).

Required skills

• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Containerisation and orchestration technologies.
• CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance.
• Scripting/programming: Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Monitoring and logging tools: Splunk, Grafana, ELK.

What we offer

• £600 per day via Umbrella Company.
• Fixed‑term 6‑month contract with extension potential.
• Fully remote work with quarterly in‑person planning sessions.
• Opportunity to influence engineering best practices in an innovative organisation.