Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with teams throughout Lockwood to pinpoint essential functionalities and efficiency enhancements while determining the appropriate solutions.

• Work in unison within a cross-functional team to maximize value in an agile setting.

• Embrace new technical skills as the position requires.

• Manage risk through a dev-ops culture and comprehensive testing, ensuring high quality.

• Analyze the system for issues and prioritize resolutions accordingly.

• Continuously enhance the development and planning processes.

• Recognize what is valuable to the company and how tasks align with those values.

• Take ownership of the developed systems.

• Contribute to cultivating a strong sense of team identity and morale.

• Promote a culture of learning within the team.

• Adhere to best practices for creating secure, compliant, and reliable systems.

• Build and scale systems and internal tools that support Avakin Life.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering.

• Professional comprehension of agile principles and processes.

• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

• Firm grasp of dev-ops principles and practices.

• Effective time management and estimation capabilities.

• Exceptional communication skills.

• Self-driven in work and eager to acquire new skills.

• Ability to adapt to change with resilience.

• Knowledge of back-end development best practices.

• Strong understanding of UX/UI best practices.

• Significant expertise in frontend development, primarily using React and WordPress or similar technologies.

• Experience in backend development mainly with Python and Golang, or languages like Java, Node.js, or C#.

• Profound understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed computing.

• Background in the gaming industry or large-scale interactive systems.

• Familiarity with messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.

• Proficiency in monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.

• Experience with AI/ML integration in backend systems.

• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization tools (Docker).

• Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Experience with Terraform or a willingness to learn about Infrastructure as Code (IAC).

• Strong background in designing scalable, high-performance systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Private Healthcare Plan

• Pension Plan

• Life Assurance

• Work From Home

• Training & Development

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Employee share scheme

• Flexible and creative work environment

• Occasional meetups for social interaction and strategic sessions