
Hackajob Ltd
Senior Software Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements:- We want experience writing code with tests
- We want experience delivering in an agile environment
- We want experience working across a variety of programming languages
- We want experience working with at least one cloud platform
- We want experience working with databases
- We want experience working with APIs
- We want debugging experience in a range of systems
- We value evidence of self-development and a strong desire to learn
- We want a drive to deliver outcomes for users
- We want a desire to mentor others
- We need eligibility for SC security clearance, which requires 5 years of continuous UK residency and 5 years of employment history or full-time education
- We welcome consultancy experience
- We welcome experience working directly with customers and users
- We welcome experience in multidisciplinary teams working across product, design, and technology
- We welcome showcase and presentation skills
- We welcome experience with Agile practices such as Scrum, XP, and Kanban
- We welcome pair programming experience
- We welcome experience with test-driven development
- We welcome component-based design experience
- We welcome experience debugging infrastructure
- We welcome experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- We welcome experience with the React ecosystem and a test-driven approach
- We welcome infrastructure as code experience such as Terraform and Cloud Formation
- We welcome familiarity with architectural and design patterns
- We welcome experience using architectural decision records
- We write and deliver custom software for the public sector
- We work across central government, local government, and health projects
- We focus on outcome-based delivery and ensure customer goals are understood and achieved
- We work on a variety of problems from monoliths to microservices
- We upskill colleagues and customers
- We keep learning from others while striving to be kind and supportive
- We build and maintain automated CD pipelines to build, test, and release frequently
- We combine cloud automation knowledge with DevOps culture to enable rapid delivery to production
- We document our architecture and infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform and OpenAPI
- We use containerisation, AWS Lambda, and other appropriate technologies to help teams develop, deploy, and scale applications
- We coach and help teams use the platforms we build
- We empower teams with a
- AWS
- Lambda
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Support
- Kanban
- OpenAPI
- React
- Security
- Terraform
- XP
- microservices
- ASP.NET
- C#
- CSS
- ES6
- Java
- Python
- Ruby
- Slack
- styled-components
More:
We are Made Tech, a company on a mission to use technology to improve society for everyone. We help public sector organisations transform, deliver, and manage world-class digital products and cloud services. We work with the UK government, local government teams, and the NHS to modernise legacy technology and build accessible services that make a real difference. We are a fast-growing company with bold ambitions, and we are committed to building a happy, healthy, safe, inclusive, and inspiring culture for people of all backgrounds and experiences. We offer flexible working hours, flexible parental leave, part-time remote working, paid counselling, and a benefits platform that includes a Smart Tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance for a healthcare cash plan or pension plan. We also support applications with adjustments and alternative formats where needed, and we encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.
last updated 30 week of 2026
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Hackajob Ltd
Maritime Quarter
IT
Skills & Technologies
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£70,000
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£75,000
UK median
This salary is 7% below the UK median for Senior roles (£75,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks