16 days ago
Manchester, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end system design and delivery for universal search across RMS, CAD, analytics, and other product components.
- Integrate third-party data sources and build scalable, real-time indexing and search capabilities.
- Develop permission-aware search filtering, authorization-layer enhancements, index mappings, and query optimizations.
- Coordinate releases, validate production readiness, and support smooth deployment without downtime.
- Collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, Design, and cross-functional engineering teams from technical feasibility through post-release monitoring.
- Mentor junior engineers, pair-program on complex debugging, and help prioritize technical debt.
- Participate in on-call support, resolve failed search queries, and lead root-cause analysis and observability improvements.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional experience as a backend engineer.
- Strong Java and backend development experience.
- Experience integrating third-party systems to support search functionality across domains.
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures using Amazon SNS, Amazon SQS, or Kinesis.
- Strong experience with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, S3, ECS/EKS, DynamoDB, Aurora/RDS, IAM, and CloudWatch.
- Experience with indexing strategies, document schema design, and query optimization.
- Comfort with CI/CD workflows, Infrastructure-as-Code tools, serverless-first architectures, and microservices-based architectures.
- Prior experience using AI engines to increase development velocity.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Preferred experience with multi-tenant platforms, large-scale search products, public safety or regulated domains, and security practices for data access and query auditing.
Benefits
- 28 days of holiday plus UK bank holidays.
- Fully paid private medical, dental, and vision insurance through AXA Health and BUPA for employees and dependents.
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus a ramp-back programme.
- Income protection covering 75% of salary and death-in-service cover of 4x salary.
- Nest pension with a 3% employer contribution.
- Gym reimbursement for the employee and partner.
- Equipment allowance for a home office.
- AI tooling including Claude Code Enterprise and ChatGPT Enterprise licences.
- Fully covered Spring Health membership with therapy sessions and mental wellness tools.
- Company performance-based bonus.
- One-month paid sabbatical after the five-year anniversary.
- Biannual hackathons, learning budget, and growth-focused development opportunities.
- Hybrid role based in the Central Manchester office, with at least three days per week in the office.
- The role may require Non-Police Personnel Vetting security clearance up to level 3.
About Mark43
Mark43 builds cloud-based public safety software—computer-aided dispatch, records management, and analytics—for state, local, and federal agencies, delivered as a SaaS platform. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the privately held company helps agencies replace legacy on-prem systems to streamline incident response, reporting, and data sharing across jurisdictions.