Senior Software Engineer Hybrid /London Central Full Time NEW

Akkodis

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Location: London (Hybrid: 2-3 days/week in office)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: up to 100,000(DOE)

About the Role
We’re looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join a fast-paced, product-focused team building innovative technology that delivers real impact. You’ll work across the full development lifecycle-from design and implementation to deployment and monitoring-taking ownership of your work and contributing to a collaborative engineering culture.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll be empowered to make technical decisions, mentor others, and help shape the future of a platform used by thousands.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, release, and monitor software systems end-to-end
• Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver user-focused features
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers
• Use data to inform decisions and prioritise development efforts
• Work flexibly across the stack, with opportunities to specialise or broaden your scope

Essential Experience

• Proven ability to define and deliver long-term technical direction in ambiguous environments
• Full-stack development experience, with ownership of technical decisions and outcomes
• Experience designing and deploying scalable, observable, and maintainable systems
• Familiarity with microservices architecture (synchronous and asynchronous)
• Strong experience with NodeJS, TypeScript/JavaScript, and React
• Good understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Solid grasp of database technologies and trade-offs
• Experience with automated testing and web security best practices
• Background in SaaS, ideally B2B2C or consumer-facing tech

Desirable Experience

• React Native best practices
• Native app development (iOS, Android), Expo
• Event-driven systems and distributed architecture
• Technologies such as GCP (GKE, PubSub, BigQuery), Temporal, Postgres, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Terraform
• Experience in zero-to-one product development or highly innovative domains

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• Dedicated Learning & Innovation time every second Friday
• Hybrid working with flexible hours
• Free drinks and snacks in their london office

Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.

Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.

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