About the role We’re looking for a senior full-stack software engineer who can bring strong development capabilities alongside practical GCP and DevOps experience. You’ll work closely with our CTO and technical founder to build new frontend applications, robust backend services, maintain internal applications, and take ownership of cloud infrastructure where needed. You’ll help bring innovation ideas to life through a range of prototypes and experiments. This role is ideal for someone who is confident in both frontend and backend engineering within GCP, and also comfortable to pick-up data engineering support. Duties and responsibilities Key responsibilities and duties will include: - Lead the development and maintenance of new and existing internal applications - Build new tools and APIs using Python, Cloud Functions, and other GCP services - Build new apps for internal and external users - Collaborate on a range of innovation and R&D prototypes - Administer our GCP environment (permissions, service accounts, monitoring) - Develop and support data engineering pipelines and workflows - Collaborate with analysts and dashboard developers to connect frontend tools with reliable backend systems - Help reduce single points of failure in our tech stack - Contribute to tech strategy, tool selection, and platform evolution Skills we’re looking for Must-Haves: - 3–6 years of experience in software engineering, ideally with exposure to early-stage or lean environment - Strong backend programming skills including Python and SQL - Strong frontend experience across a variety of languages/frameworks - Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP): IAM, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Firebase Hosting and Authentication - Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and monitoring tooling - Comfortable working independently and making technical decisions Nice-to-Haves: - Familiarity with Tableau and how it connects to data pipelines - Any geospatial experience - Experience working with serverless or microservice architectures - Knowledge of basic data engineering concepts (e.g., ETL, batch jobs, data quality) What you’ll get - A meaningful role in a small, expert team where your work directly shapes the business - Competitive salary with flexibility based on experience - Hybrid work environment based out of a sleek central Manchester office - plenty of flex to work from home and come into the office as you please (ideally one day every two weeks as a min) - Generous holiday allowance and benefits - Learning & development support aligned to your interests