Adoption Software Engineer – Authorisation 6 Months Contract Competitive Pay Hybrid Working (Glasgow, London, or Radbroke – 2 days/week onsite) My client, a leading global financial services provider, is seeking an Adoption Software Engineer – Authorisation to join a high-impact, global-scale platform team. This role focuses on promoting modern engineering practices and technology adoption around authorisation, policy-as-code, and cloud-native deployment across internal engineering teams. Key Responsibilities: ● Champion the use of authorisation frameworks such as OPA, OPAL, or Styra. ● Promote policy-as-code principles and modern access control models (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC). ● Work across the full tech stack (frontend, backend, data) in high-performance environments (24,000 transactions/sec). ● Support and enhance cloud and hybrid deployments (primarily AWS; Azure/GCP also valuable). ● Contribute to containerisation efforts using OpenShift, Kubernetes, etc. ● Use SQL and data analytics to inform system design and engineering decisions. Required Skills: ● Strong technical expertise in Java, with experience developing and maintaining high-throughput, production-quality systems at scale. ● Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms (especially AWS), including experience with hybrid deployment architectures. ● Solid practical understanding of container orchestration and application deployment pipelines. ● Direct experience with authorisation systems and policy enforcement tools, preferably using policy-as-code frameworks. ● Familiarity with authentication systems and their integration across broader technology environments (experience with Ping Identity is advantageous) ● Demonstrated ability to manage systems from development through to production support in enterprise settings. ● Comfortable working with data; experience in SQL and data analysis to inform engineering decisions is highly desirable. This is a hybrid role (2 days/week onsite in Glasgow, London, or Radbroke). 6-month contract. Competitive pay. This is an urgent vacancy. If you are interested, please apply directly to the advert