Software Engineer - Devops

Role: Software Engineer - Devops

Employment: Contract - Inside IR35

Location : Sheffield,UK - hybrid

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related discipline.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership or technical lead role focused on DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE.

• Solid understanding of how the internet and HTTP work under the hood — DNS, TLS, load balancing, reverse proxies, service meshes, and API gateways — and how these come together in modern microservice architectures.

• Strong programming ability (structured and OOP) in one or more of: Java, JavaScript, Python, or Clojure.

• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and InfluxDB; familiarity with time-series databases and data visualisation concepts.

• A proactive mindset — you spot problems, performance bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities before they become urgent.

• Proven experience managing critical production incidents under pressure.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable working with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.

• Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new technologies and drive self-development and knowledge sharing within the team.