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Senior Software Engineer - 6 Month Contract

Senior Software Engineer - 6 Month Contract

Hybrid

Leeds, United kingdom

£ 550 /day

Senior

Freelance

08-12-2025

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Skills

NoSQL Docker Kubernetes Version Control Architecture Programming Databases git Azure react node.js AWS cloud platforms GCP Microservices

Job Specifications

Role: Senior Software Engineer - Backend Contract
Rate: C.£550 Outside IR35 Per day
Location: Leeds - Hybrid (2x days on site)
Length: 3-6 months

About Us:
We are working with a growing, forward-thinking technology company dedicated to building scalable, reliable, and high-performing solutions for our customers.

Role Overview:
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining server-side applications and services. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our systems are performant, secure, and deliver a great user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and maintain backend services, APIs, and databases.
Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver features end-to-end.
Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and maintainable.
Write clean, testable, and efficient code following best practices.

Requirements:

Strong programming skills in Node.js
Strong experience with React (Open to other frontend experiences)
Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven architecture.
Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Knowledge of software design principles, testing methodologies, and version control (Git).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

About the Company

We’re an independent, service driven recruitment agency that sources high quality, talented individuals to fill permanent and contract roles across the Technology, Clean Technology & Cyber Security sectors. Since we were established in March 2008 we’ve achieved outstanding success with clients and candidates throughout the UK, US and Europe. We’ve built up rewarding relationships with many of them that continue to this day. Our success is based on four key attributes: • our skills and expertise in the recruitment profess... Know more