Senior Typescript/ Python/ Java/ Devops Software Engineer. Fixed Investment Manager. £130,000 -[...]

Senior Typescript/ Python/ Java/ Devops Software Engineer

Fixed Investment Manager. £130,000 - £140,000 + 15% Guaranteed Bonus and Benefits. Hybrid 2 days a week in Central London office.

My client is a top tier Fixed Income Asset Management House. This team is an enabling team that builds tools for other teams.

As a Consulting Engineer within the Developer Services Group (DSG), you will play a pivotal role in enabling engineering teams to adopt modern software delivery practices, including Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and test automation. Working as part of a team of internal consultants, you will collaborate directly with engineering teams across the firm to improve software quality, reduce production incidents, and accelerate software delivery.

This is a unique opportunity to influence engineering culture and best practices at the firm, helping teams maximize the value of a firm-wide software delivery platform that enables 2,500 engineers to build, verify, and deliver software efficiently and reliably.

What We Are Looking For

• Experienced Software Engineers with a strong background in software development, CI/CD, and test automation.
• Strong problem-solvers who can assess engineering challenges and recommend effective pragmatic solutions.
• Enablers and coaches who enjoy working directly with teams to elevate their technical capabilities and ways of working.
• Advocates of modern software delivery practices who can guide teams in leveraging best-in-class SDLC tools and methodologies.
• Excellent communicators with the ability to convey technical concepts to engineers, product managers, and leadership.
• Collaborative team players who thrive in a highly autonomous, fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with engineering teams to assess and improve their software development practices, ensuring they effectively utilize the Unity SDLC platform.
• Coach teams on best practices in CI/CD, test automation, BDD, and delivery pipelines to improve software quality and deployment speed.
• Collaborate on real-world engineering problems, providing hands-on support and guidance for adopting modern engineering techniques.
• Run technical workshops and training sessions to upskill engineering teams on emerging tools and methodologies.
• Identify common challenges across teams and work with DSG platform engineers to enhance Unity’s capabilities based on real-world user needs.
• Act as a bridge between platform engineering and product development teams, ensuring alignment in software delivery strategy and execution.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, continuously refining best practices to support engineering teams in evolving their SDLC approaches.

Ideal Experience and Skills

• 5+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, DevOps, or technical consulting roles.
• Strong programming skills in at least one major language, with a preference for TypeScript, followed by Java and Python.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and modern software delivery methodologies. Experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks, enabling engineering teams to kickstart test automation.
• Hands-on experience with web automation or web development.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD automation tooling such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar.
• Practical experience improving software delivery performance metrics (e.g., lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, mean time to recovery).
• Experience working in cross-functional teams, collaborating with engineers, product managers and leadership.
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills, capable of leading teams by adopting best practices.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with Linux.
• Familiarity with non-functional testing, such as accessibility, security, load, performance testing or similar.

If you are interested to learn more, please send a CV for immediate consideration.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology