Senior Backend Developer

Location: This is a homebased role with headquarters in Southampton.

Senseye Predictive Maintenance is a cloud-based solution that leverages advanced machine learning to revolutionize industrial maintenance. Our web application helps manufacturers reduce downtime, optimise maintenance schedules, and improve sustainability by providing real-time insights into equipment health and maintenance requirements.

We are seeking an ambitious and versatile senior Backend Developer who is comfortable working on data intensive applications. They will be responsible for the design, implementation, testing and roll out of new features and services within our service-orientated architecture. You will be involved in collaborating with the rest of the team to come up with innovative solutions to complex problems. Culturally, we pride ourselves in our agility - we practise continuous deployment and benefit from high levels of autonomy and trust.

You’ll make a difference by:

• Design, develop and deploy across a large micro-service architecture, whilst addressing challenges of scalability and reliability
• Engage with product and front-end teams to build new product features and improve existing functionality
• Work alongside other engineers, collaborating on architecture and technology decisions
• Share your technical expertise across the engineering team
• Writing clean code whilst working on difficult problems under the pressure of deadlines

You’ll win us over by:

• Bachelor’s or higher Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with building enterprise-grade software utilising Golang and Python
• Familiarity with cloud technologies: Azure, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes
• Deep knowledge of software engineering principles: object-oriented design, algorithmic complexity, software design patterns
• Experience working as part of a team on a rapidly growing application and codebase

Advantageous: 

• Deploying Python and data science workloads to production
• Proficiency in database technologies including NoSQL (Mongo), caching solutions (Redis) or time-series (InfluxDB)
• Deep understanding of distributed system design patterns and protocol

What can we offer?

• Performance-Based Bonus: Enjoy an annual bonus linked to the company's performance
• Flexible Working Hours: Achieve a healthy work-life balance with our flexible working arrangements
• Pension Plan: Secure your future with our generous pension scheme, with employer contributions up to 10%.
• Time Off: Recharge and rejuvenate with 26 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), and the option to buy or sell an additional 5 days!

We are fully committed to providing equal opportunities and building an inclusive workplace where a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives thrive. We embrace the many ways people think, learn, and experience the world—because we know that diverse minds drive innovation. So that we can support you to be your best during the application and interview process, please let us know if you have any specific requirements.