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..