Software Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,798 open Software Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 1,490 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, java and python.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | year | £60,000 | £77,500 | £100,000 | 403 |
| GBP | day | £472 | £625 | £700 | 44 |
| USD | year | $166,100 | $192,750 | $215,000 | 38 |
| EUR | year | €96,850 | €113,850 | €124,845 | 15 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 33%
- java 30%
- python 30%
- ai 30%
- api 28%
- ci-cd 24%
- agile 22%
- aws 22%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 1,171 · 20%
- Remote 363 · 6%
- Onsite 164 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 52% of the 639 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,661
- Lead 447
- Staff 215
- Principal 174
- Junior 145
- Middle 109
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 730
- 501-1000 employees 399
- 51-200 employees 201
- 11-50 employees 111
- 201-500 employees 34
- 1-10 employees 15
Software Engineer - Python/Go
Backend / Cloud Engineer Remote - Northern Ireland Salary negotiable DOE Full-time, Permanent At a Glance Mid-level backend/cloud role at a fast-moving US FinTech scale-up Go / Python / GCP stack Fully remote across…
Member of Technical Staff (EMEA)
Builds AI infrastructure and product capabilities (inference, serving, LLM fine-tuning) for Fireworks’ enterprise platform, focusing on EMEA-specific needs while collaborating with core engineering teams.
Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)
Design and lead large-scale distributed infrastructure for AI systems, including Kubernetes clusters, data pipelines, and developer tooling, ensuring reliability and scalability.
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Senior engineer builds and scales Kubernetes control planes for AI compute fleets, extending the scheduler and core services to handle thousands of accelerators across multiple clouds.
Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards Infrastructure
Build and maintain AI safety systems that detect misuse, monitor model behavior, and enforce safeguards at scale using Python and multi-layered defenses.
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering
Build and maintain the distributed systems that keep Anthropic’s AI models reliable, designing observability, SLAs, and incident response for large-scale model serving across regions and cloud providers.
Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration
Build and scale Anthropic’s CI infrastructure, including Kubernetes-based test execution, merge queues, and intelligent test selection to support thousands of daily builds across multiple clouds.
Staff Software Engineer, Node Infra
Senior engineer designs and maintains AI compute infrastructure, including GPU/TPU clusters across clouds, to support Anthropic's AI model training and deployment.
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Rendering API
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Software Engineer - C#/Windows
Develop and maintain Windows desktop applications for the PlayStation SDK delivery tooling using C#/.NET, with native C/C++ integration for low-level SDK components.
Senior Software Engineer, Audio Validation Systems
Senior engineer building automated audio validation tools in C/C++ and Python to measure, compare, and detect regressions in PlayStation SDK audio technologies for release readiness.
Staff Software Engineer - AI Tools
Staff Software Engineer building AI-powered C++ tools, engine plugins, and LLM integrations for PlayStation Studios' game development pipelines, including CI/CD and automated QA.
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer building internal tools, services, and pipelines for game development teams and studio partners at PlayStation (Liverpool, UK). Core tech includes C++, C#, CI/CD, and automated testing.