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Senior Software Engineer

Randstad Technologies
Posted 5 hours ago, valid for 2 days
Location

Manchester, Greater Manchester M17 1DJ, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job title is Senior Software Engineer located in Manchester with a hybrid work model, requiring in-office presence once every two weeks.
  • This is a 6-month contract role focused on leading a critical migration of services between Kubernetes environments.
  • Candidates should have strong SRE expertise, software engineering skills, and experience with Java and Kubernetes in production environments.
  • The position requires a proven track record in large-scale service migrations and offers a competitive salary of £70,000 to £85,000 per year.
  • Applicants should possess significant experience in observability, incident management, and infrastructure automation.

Job Title: Senior Software EngineerLocation: Manchester - Hybrid (Once in 2 weeks)Contract Type: 6 monthsA major tech organization is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong SRE expertise to lead a critical migration of services between Kubernetes environments. You'll combine software engineering skills, a deep understanding of cloud-native operations, and a passion for automation to ensure a smooth, reliable transition.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and refactor applications for Kubernetes using containerization best practices.
  • Own service reliability and performance during migrations, driving zero-downtime and phased rollout strategies.
  • Build automation to streamline migration, testing, validation, and operations (Infrastructure-as-Code).
  • Architect scalable, observable systems tailored for Kubernetes.
  • Enhance monitoring, logging, alerting, and lead incident responses during migrations.
  • Solve complex technical challenges and optimize migration workflows.
  • Mentor engineers and collaborate closely across technical and product teams.
Skills & Experience
  • Strong software engineering and SRE background.
  • Expertise in Java and Kubernetes in production environments.
  • Proven success leading large-scale service migrations.
  • Solid experience in observability, incident management, and infrastructure automation.

This is an urgent vacancy where the hiring manager is shortlisting for an interview immediately. Please apply with a copy of your CV or send it to raghav. Manrai @ randstad.co.uk

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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