Software Engineer
Summary
Software engineer (via RedCat Digital) embedded in a major UK bank's engineering transformation in Manchester: building high-quality Python full-stack software, cloud-native microservices and APIs on AWS/GCP, with DevOps/CI-CD, TDD/BDD practices and mentoring fellow engineers.
In this role you will help reshape the engineering culture at a major UK bank, delivering customer-centric software through modern Python solutions. You will work with a global, diverse team to design, develop, and maintain high-quality software, while advancing best practices and emerging technologies. The position offers exposure to cloud-native microservices, API design, and DevOps-driven delivery at scale. You will have a meaningful impact by enabling a transformation toward a world-class engineering organization.
Pay / Benefits- flexible working
- parential leave (24 weeks)
- 30 days annual leave
- pension
- bonus (discretionary)
- competitive package
- Design and develop software delivering a positive customer experience
- Build high-quality Python-based software
- Advance engineering capability and adopt new technologies
- Apply best practices such as TDD, BDD, and pair programming
- Mentor fellow engineers to drive results
- Strong full-stack experience with Python
- Experience with industry frameworks and development tools
- Cloud-native work experience and microservices (AWS/GCP)
- Extensive API development experience
- Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD automation
- Kubernetes experience (nice to have)
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- communication
- stakeholder management
- mentoring
- Python
- API development
- cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)