Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

📍 St Albans (Hybrid)

💰£75,000 + Bonus + Shares

Method Resourcing partnering with a market-leading IoT technology provider supporting sectors such as fire, security, utilities, and critical infrastructure. Backed by private investment and operating internationally, this organisation is continuing to scale its engineering capability as its products and customer base grow. They’re now looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a highly capable signalling/IoT engineering team.

The role

This is a hands-on senior engineering role focused on designing, building, and operating the software platforms that power business-critical IoT services.

You’ll take ownership of complex backlog items, translate requirements into robust technical solutions, and ensure software is production-ready, maintainable, and well-tested.

Working closely with Engineering Leads, Architects, and Product teams, you’ll play a key role in delivering reliable outcomes while contributing to engineering standards and best practices.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop production-grade software for large-scale, complex systems
• Own features and improvements end-to-end, from design through to deployment
• Write clean, maintainable code with strong unit test coverage
• Review code and provide constructive feedback to other engineers
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and delivery stakeholders
• Ensure services are observable, supportable, and safely deployable
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across the product lifecycle
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering standards and processes

What we’re looking for

• Strong experience building reliable software in complex or regulated environments
• Confidence working across the full software development lifecycle
• Proven backend development experience using PHP (Essential)
• Python or C# experience would be advantageous
• A quality-first mindset, including testing and operational awareness
• Experience guiding other engineers and influencing technical decisions
• Comfortable working with stakeholders outside of engineering

What’s on offer

• The chance to work on mission-critical technology used in real-world scenarios
• A stable, growing organisation with long-term investment
• Strong engineering culture with high standards
• Competitive salary and benefits

Please note the employer is unable to offer any sponsorship.