Senior Software Engineer

Salary: £43,000 - 83,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for someone who thrives on owning a complex problem from whiteboard to production.
• We need someone comfortable breaking down large, ambiguous problems into concrete, deliverable steps.
• We value people who are comfortable challenging the status quo and improving processes, codebases, and team efficiency.
• We are looking for someone who considers the big picture in their designs, including cost-efficiency, scalability, security, and performance.
• We are seeking a candidate who is not only focused on implementation, but also interested in mentoring other engineers and participating in wider team leadership.

Responsibilities:

• We lead the development of large, complex features from initial design through to final delivery.
• We act as a subject matter expert, guiding technical debates and solving complex defects.
• We proactively improve team efficiency, onboard new members, and remove blockers.
• We mentor other engineers, helping them develop their skills and raising our standards for quality and documentation.
• We contribute to technical roadmaps, challenge design choices, and work with customers to identify and scope new opportunities.
• We help manage and maintain our own infrastructure and build automated delivery pipelines.
• We collaborate closely with Platform Engineers, Delivery Leads, and Product Owners.
• We support an Agile-first environment focused on transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Technologies:

• AI
• DevOps
• Support
• LLM
• Security
• ElasticSearch
• GitLab
• Graph Database
• Kubernetes
• Neo4J
• React

More:

We are Naimuri, a tech company that has grown from a start-up into a community of 180 people, mostly based in Salford, Greater Manchester, with additional presence in Cheltenham, London, Portsmouth, and Lincoln. Our mission is to help make the UK a safer place to be, and our people and culture sit at the heart of how we work. We operate in an Agile-first environment that values enablement, quality, and active collaboration, and we work across a wide variety of projects including data analytics, DevOps platforms, digital forensic data processing, search and reporting systems, workflow tools, AI assurance, and LLM evaluation pipelines. We offer competitive pay, hybrid working, part-time working options, core hours of 10:00am to 3:00pm, a 37.5-hour working week, and benefits including performance and company bonus, pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, AXA group medical cover, holiday purchase scheme, cycle to work scheme, and a car benefit scheme. The role is based in Salford Quays, with an expectation of around three days per week in the office and occasional travel to customer sites or other UK locations.

last updated 36 week of 2026