Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

About Softwire

Softwire is a leading digital agency working with major clients to deliver exciting digital transformation projects. We were founded on one simple idea: to create the best possible environment for building quality software.

We do that by having great people who have the skills, experience, and intelligence to solve hard problems. But we also care about finding and developing people who believe in the same things we do:

That if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well

That work should be fulfilling but can also be fun

That success comes from supporting and investing in each other

As a result of that, we’ve secured our spot on ‘The Best Companies to Work For’ listing for over a decade. Working at Softwire means you get to work with great people, on leading-edge projects, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere, refreshingly free of bureaucracy.

In brief

We’re looking for experienced developers who are starting to take on wider responsibilities as leaders within their teams and have the skills and aptitude to be Technical Leads.

We provide a supportive environment with a strong focus on individual career progression where you will have both the mentorship and project opportunities you need to develop your technical leadership skills.

As a Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead you will take responsibility for the technical success of teams – delivering great outcomes and mentoring more junior team members. Projects span a range of sizes and multiple sectors and technologies. You might:

Head up a team within a larger client engagement, delivering specific features or owning services for a major rail operator

Take responsibility for your team’s technical quality when delivery of a new government service to support citizens in improving their energy efficiency

Guide the technical design and implementation of new features on the content and data platform of a major broadcaster

You will continue to use your strong individual developer skills, but alongside this as you will increasingly take wider ownership:

Ensuring your team delivers a technical solution that achieves our client’s aims.

Mentoring & motivating the developers on your team

Collaborating with the client’s technical stakeholders

Working closely with delivery leads to ensure our projects are delivered on time and in budget

The role

Experience and qualifications

Technical

You have 4+ years’ experience and a breadth & depth of technical knowledge & expertise, and can solve technical challenges across front-end, back-end and infrastructure

You have experience and understanding in some of our key tech-nologies, which include C#, Java/Kotlin, JavaScript, Python, AWS, Azure, iOS, Android and SQL databases.

You are a fast learner, and can leverage your existing expertise to quickly become effective in unfamiliar tech stacks and novel situations, as well as rapidly acquiring client/sector knowledge

You have a good understanding of best practice principles for technical architecture, and are comfortable applying these in unfamiliar situations to design new systems

People skills

You take on wider responsibilities on your teams (formally or informally), who can motivate and coach other team members and contribute to maintaining strong technical delivery processes to promote effective teams

You are a strong communicator, who can explain technical concepts effectively to non-technical people and impress clients.

You are outcome-focused, and have a strong track record of engage effectively with clients and stakeholders to ensure you deliver high impact results.

Your Approach

You are passionate about leveraging technology to deliver great outcomes for clients and end users

You are focused on effective delivery – ensuring great technical quality and efficient, high-value output

You want to help our clients increase their technical maturity, while remaining sensitive to their business needs

You enjoy mentoring developers, and helping them reach their personal development goals

You enjoy collaborating with designers and product owners to innovate and devise great technical solutions to meet user needs

You are comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced, changing environments

Package

Softwire operates transparent pay scales and a profit share scheme based on role and overall company performance

Base salary from £55,800-£73,200 depending on your background and how many years of relevant experience you have.

You can expect to receive a profit share depending on your experience and company performance. Over the last three years, this ranged between £6,500 - £15,750.

Pension: Additional 5% of salary

Additional benefits

• 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy and sell), plus paid time off for volunteering and company-wide social events, and 6 months Primary Carer Leave at full pay
• Flexible work options (e.g. working from home 2dpw; 4-day working contract)
• Generous budget for socialising with colleagues, team mates and affinity groups
• Income protection, cycle to work and electric vehicle lease schemes, and payroll charity donations