Software Engineer X3 (Back end)

Software Engineer (Back end)

Location: Remote (occasional travel required for workshops and PI Planning events)
Contract: 6-month contract, with scope for extension

If you're an experienced Software Engineer with strong Python and AWS expertise and enjoy working in Agile teams where you contribute to backlog refinement, ticket refinement, and iterative sprint delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

We are recruiting for an experienced Software Engineer to join a major UK critical infrastructure and energy organisation on an initial 6-month contract, with the potential for extension. You'll be supporting the delivery of innovative digital solutions within a large-scale technology environment that underpins the UK's electricity distribution network.

This is a predominantly remote role, with occasional travel required to attend team workshops and PI (Programme Increment) Planning events.

Working within an Agile environment, you'll design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performing software solutions while collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver resilient, cloud-based applications.

On a day-to-day basis, you'll work as part of an Agile Scrum team, participating in sprint ceremonies and contributing to iterative delivery cycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable, high-performance software solutions.
• Build, maintain, and support cloud-based and on-premises platforms.
• Develop automation for deployment, configuration management, and system provisioning.
• Monitor, analyse, troubleshoot, and optimise system performance, availability, and reliability.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term solutions to improve platform resilience.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, ticket refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, DevOps, QA, Product Owners, and IT Operations teams to deliver high-quality software within sprint commitments.
• Ensure software complies with security, governance, and regulatory standards.
• Support third-party development partners to deliver software aligned with agreed solution designs and quality standards.
• Champion Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, promoting continuous improvement across the engineering team.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation to support knowledge sharing and operational excellence.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience developing software using Python (essential).
• Proven hands-on experience designing, building, and supporting cloud solutions using AWS (essential).
• Experience working within Agile Scrum teams delivering in iterative sprints.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, automation, and DevOps practices.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD).
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking, storage, and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience using monitoring and logging tools such as Splunk, Grafana, or the ELK Stack.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and compliance standards, including ISO 27001, NIST, and GDPR.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).

Desirable Skills

• Experience working with SQL and PostgreSQL databases.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including end-to-end delivery from requirements through to deployment and support.
• Experience with Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Relevant cloud or software engineering certifications.

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and passion into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an all-encompassing environment that helps them thrive.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunity's employer.