Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack): Designing, developing, testing, and deploying high-quality software solutions for the Cards platform with an accent on building scalable, resilient, and highly observable systems. Focus on Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles, contributing to architectural decisions, and mentoring junior engineers.

Location: Manchester and Chester (1 day at each). Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

Salary: £72,702 - £109,053

Company

hirify.global is a technology-led organisation with a bold ambition: to shape finance as a force for good.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions that meet business needs.
• Work closely with colleagues from different areas to capture and analyse requirements and determine technical feasibility.
• Lead the development and implementation of complex software applications.
• Maintain code quality and follow coding standards.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, encouraging a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Senior Full Stack Engineer or in a comparable role.
• Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals, with a track record of building scalable, resilient, and highly observable systems.
• Expert proficiency in Java, with additional experience in JavaScript, Node.js or React considered a plus.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, or AWS), including cloud‑native architectures.
• Proven experience building, deploying, and operating containerised applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Experience working in Agile environments, including Scrum, and using tools such as Jira.

Nice to have

• Awareness of and interest in emerging technologies, including Generative AI, and Agentic / AI Capabilities.
• Good understanding of networking concepts, ideally across both public cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Ability to contribute to architectural decisions and help shape the broader engineering strategy.

Culture & Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance.
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

Hiring process

• If you're selected to move forward in our assessment process, you may be invited to complete a technical interview with Karat - our trusted interviewing partner.