Job Description
Role Title: Software Engineer/Platform SRELocation: Sheffield (3 Days per Week Onsite)Duration: 25/12/2026Rate: £435p/d via Umbrella
Role Description:
The position focuses on building, operating, and sustaining resilient platform services that support large-scale engineering teams. While this is not a full-stack developer role, strong hands-on coding capability is essential. The role requires deep practical coding skills rather than theoretical knowledge.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, and operate reliable, resilient platform services.
* Contribute actively to hands-on coding on a daily basis.
* Support and improve platform reliability, performance, and scalability.
* Apply SRE principles to ensure availability, resilience, and efficient recovery.
* Participate in and support incident management, including diagnosis and restoration.
* Collaborate with engineering teams on developer tooling and platform adoption.
Required Skills & Experience
Strong hands-on coding experience, used daily. Proficiency in at least one high-level language such as Python, Java, Node.js, or similar. Solid understanding of microservices architecture and how distributed systems operate.
Strong knowledge of:
* HTTP/REST
* Load balancing concepts
* Service-to-service communication
Key Characteristics
* Engineer-first mindset with strong problem'solving skills.
* Comfortable operating in production environments.
* Practical, hands-on, and delivery-focused.
* Able to think holistically about systems, not just individual components.