Software Engineer

Salary: £67,000 - 107,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrable Java programming ability with some understanding of underpinning techniques.
• Object Oriented Design and Programming.
• Understanding of databases and query languages (SQL).
• Experience writing tests to a level of production code, using JUnit.
• Experience with Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, GWT, Gradle, Jenkins, Linux, scripting for CLI, CI/CD, tool automation, etc.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Working knowledge of public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP or Microsoft Azure.
• Inquisitiveness: digging into problems and solutions to understand the underlying technology.
• Autonomy: ability to work on a task and solve problems independently.
• Motivation: sets personal challenges and constantly looks to stretch oneself.
• Problem solving: recognition of problems and recasting difficult-to-solve problems in order to find unique and innovative solutions.
• Integrity: honest and transparent in dealing, open to voice and accept criticism, trustworthy and builds credibility through actions.
• Detail focussed: pays attention to the details and can make a conscious effort to understand causes instead of just the effects.
• Big picture aware: understands the scope and impact of a problem or solution.

Responsibilities:

• Work within a small development team to write, test, and release new features and fix problems in our products.
• Spend almost all of your time hands-on in the production of software for our products.
• Work alongside senior engineers to refine and break down stories into levels implementable by development.
• Develop and improve confirmation testing, including unit tests, API tests, and automation.
• Research projects and prototype future opportunities.
• Investigate new technologies.
• Optimise the development process through automation, in-house solutions, and open source solutions.
• Develop new skills by working with other members of the team.
• Use initiative to recognise areas for personal development and growth.
• Work with the Team Lead and Manager to identify training goals.
• Take part in technical discussions within the team.
• Identify and complete opportunities for self-training and external training.
• Contribute to the teams process of continual improvement.
• Provide responsive support to customer-facing colleagues.
• Analyse logs to identify issues and provide solutions.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• AWS
• Redshift
• Azure
• BigQuery
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• GCP
• Gradle
• Support
• JUnit
• Java
• Jenkins
• Kanban
• Linux
• SQL
• Snowflake
• Agentic AI
• Cisco
• Slack

More:

We are Matillion, the company behind Maia, our AI Data Automation platform. We started in Manchester and are now a global team across the UK, US and India. We work in small development teams with responsibility for specific themes and initiatives, and this Software Engineer role is based in Manchester within our Engineering / Software Development team on a full-time hybrid basis. We offer a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, along with company equity, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, 5 days paid volunteering leave, private health insurance, life insurance, pension, access to mental health support, and a competitive salary range of 47,200 to 70,800 depending on relevant skills, experience and qualifications. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion, and we hire for potential as well as experience.

last updated 36 week of 2026