Senior Software Engineer
Cambridge Spark27 days ago
Remote, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery within an autonomous engineering pod, from discovery and problem framing through production, iteration, and outcome measurement.
- Work directly with internal stakeholders to understand root problems and shape effective solutions.
- Contribute to proposals, technical decision records, discovery conversations, and engineering practice improvements.
- Use AI tooling for prototyping, agentic coding, and delivery acceleration, while helping the wider team adopt these practices.
- Maintain high standards through test-driven development, disciplined code review, and a strong focus on quality.
- Coach and support less experienced engineers in the pod.
Requirements
- Full-stack capability, or strong expertise in one direction combined with genuine competence in the other.
- Experience owning solution design, production delivery, and ongoing iteration across the full delivery lifecycle.
- Strong engineering fundamentals, including test-driven development, code review, and commitment to quality.
- Active experience using AI-assisted development tools for prototyping and agentic coding.
- Proven experience building, deploying, and maintaining AI systems in production as reliable and monitored services.
- Strong written communication and the ability to contribute to discovery conversations and technical decision-making.
- Ability to work effectively with ambiguity, limited process overhead, and incomplete information.
- Experience in EdTech, regulated industries, or other complex domains is preferred.
- Professional experience with Python, React, or Vue is advantageous but not essential.
Benefits
- Home-based in the UK with occasional travel to the London office.
- 37.5-hour working week.
- Pension with 4% matched contributions and access to a salary sacrifice scheme.
- 25 days of holiday, flexible bank holidays, and one birthday day off.
- One paid volunteering day.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Health and wellbeing allowance of up to £30 per month.
- Annual summer and Christmas events plus company socials.
- CPD allowance and quarterly development reflections.
- Private medical insurance and cash plan.
- Holiday buy-back scheme of up to 10 days per year.
- Employee Assistance Programme with a dedicated company counsellor.