Job Description
Staff Software Engineer– Greenfield Tech refresh project
Fleet (Hybrid: 2 days per week onsite) | Up to £105,000 + 10% Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Are you a passionate Staff or Principal Engineer looking to lead modernisation initiatives and shape the next generation of systems for a scaling tech-led business?
We’re working with a cutting-edge technology company who are about to embark on a tech refresh project moving toward a modern, cloud-native, event-driven architecture with Go and other modern software development languages. They're on the lookout for an experienced Staff Engineer, who has worked on similar modernisation and migration projects to play a pivotal role in this transformation journey.
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Lead the migration of large-scale .NET systems to Golang
* Own key architecture and platform decisions to improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
* Champion DevOps best practices: CI/CD, automation, IaC (Terraform), observability and security.
* Collaborate across teams, build strong engineering practices, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
* Mentor and guide engineers, shaping both tech strategy and team capability (70% hands on, 30% mentoring/leadership)
What They’re Looking For:
* Deep experience working on and leading major migration or modernisation projects.
* Strong hands-on engineering background with languages like C#/.NET, Golang, Python, or NodeJS.
* Cloud experience (AWS preferred; Azure experience also welcome), including serverless tech like Lambdas.
* Solid understanding of containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform), and modern software design patterns.
* Exposure to front-end technologies like React, TypeScript, or Astro is a bonus.
* Proactive, collaborative mindset with the ability to influence and lead through change.
Whats on offer?
* Up to £105,000 salary + 10% discretionary bonus
* 7.5% matched pension
* 27 days holiday rising to 32 with service + bank holidays
* Free Gym
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity
* Long service awards
* Private medical
* L&D Hybrid
* working model: 2 days per week onsite in Fleet, potential for flexibility.
* 30 days work-from-anywhere policy, annual pay reviews
* Work from home budget
If this sounds like you then please click apply now!