Software Developer - Data Platform & Distributed Systems
CGG (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique)24 hours ago
Crawley, United Kingdom or Houston, TX, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices and robust backend APIs.
- Design efficient data models and query patterns for high read/write workloads.
- Analyse and optimise application and database performance.
- Contribute to containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes deployments.
- Support event-driven architectures using messaging systems and caching technologies.
- Participate in system design and architecture discussions.
- Ensure the reliability, observability, and performance of core services.
Requirements
- Proven experience building backend services and distributed systems.
- Strong experience with MongoDB and/or PostgreSQL.
- Solid understanding of data modelling, indexing, and query optimisation.
- Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka and caching technologies such as Redis.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong focus on scalability, performance, and maintainable code.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to diagnose complex issues.
- Preferred: experience with high-throughput or low-latency systems, observability tools, performance profiling, data-intensive environments, or Golang.
- Preferred: demonstrated technical or project leadership experience.
Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience and a highly attractive bonus scheme.
- Hybrid and flexible working with up to 2 days at home.
- Initial 22 days of annual leave, with future increases and a flexible holiday buying and selling program.
- Company pension with generous employer contribution.
- Wellbeing Unmind app and flexible benefits platform with discount schemes.
- Private medical and dental care programmes.
- Regular social club and reward events, cycle purchase scheme, relaxed dress code, and Bank Holiday Swap programme.
- Learning Hub training and development programmes covering technical, commercial, and personal growth.
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About CGG (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique)
CGG (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique), now operating as Viridien, builds geoscience software, Earth data products, and sensing/monitoring services for energy, natural resources, environmental, and infrastructure customers. Its business spans subsurface imaging, satellite imagery, and HPC/AI-enabled managed services, sold via licenses, data subscriptions, and consulting projects. Founded in 1931 and headquartered in Massy, France, it is a public company listed in Paris (EPA).