Backend Software Engineer - Python

  • £50000 - £75000 per annum, Benefits: Benefits + Stock
  • England, Reading, UK

Software engineer with sound backend Python skills is required to join the R&D, product-centric engineering team in Reading, Berkshire, for a world-leading company specialising in secure video collaboration technology, where software quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement are central to everything they do. The role is based in Reading, UK, and involves working closely with teams across the UK and Europe, with occasional travel.

Location: Reading, with some office presence to be part of the team. Salary Circa £50-75k + Bens + Stock

Key skills required for the Software Engineer role – Python / Distributed Systems

  • Strong commercial experience Circa 2-5 years developing performant backend systems in Python OR C OR C++ OR Rust
  • Experience or strong interest in asynchronous and network programming 
  • Exposure to some of distributed systems, networking and client/server architectures
  • Comfortable working in Linux-based development environments
  • Interest in learning systems programming languages such as C, C++ or Rust
  • Familiarity with virtualisation platforms (VMware, KVM, Hyper-V) and/or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • A quality-driven mindset, with experience in unit, integration, and system testing
  • Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to discuss complex technical concepts clearly
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related STEM subject from a red brick University (or equivalent experience)

What you’ll do as a Software Engineer – Python / Distributed Systems

  • Collaborate with a highly skilled, globally distributed engineering team
  • Design, build, and maintain core components of a real-time video platform
  • Contribute to distributed systems used by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide
  • Solve complex, meaningful technical challenges in a production environment
  • Continuously improve software quality through testing, automation, and best practices

Why this role as a Software Engineer – Python / Distributed Systems?

  • Engineering-led culture – strong focus on software quality, test automation, and clean design
  • Growth mindset – ongoing learning and development opportunities, working with cutting-edge distributed systems
  • Inclusive, people-first environment – diverse perspectives are actively encouraged and valued
  • Real ownership – your work is visible, impactful, and tied directly to product success
  • Purpose-driven technology – enabling secure, seamless communication for critical use cases worldwide

Backgrounds could include security, telecoms, video, networking, media, and real-time or distributed systems, including client-server systems.  

Opus Resourcing acts as an employment agency with respect to permanent employment.

📩 Apply now or message us for more details. Referrals always welcome!

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    James Shenton a co-founder & Managing Consultant at Opus Resourcing who has 29 years’ hands on technology recruitment experience, and his work has included delivering on long term preferred supplier relationships for companies such as YOOX-NET-A-PORTER, Sky, Betfair, Apple Europe, Ericsson, 3 Mobile.

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    Senior Backend Software Engineer - Golang

    • £80000 - £100000 per annum, Benefits: + Benefits
    • England, London, UK

    Senior Backend Software Engineer is required to design and deliver robust Golang / Go, scalable microservice-based cloud backend services in Go (Golang) for an innovative, product-focused European consumer technology scale-up of circa 350 people that has recently begun building a London tech hub.

    This role sits within a modern, Golang-first engineering environment (Go, GCP, Terraform) with minimal legacy, offering genuine influence over future-proof system design.

    Salary: £80,000–£100,000 + benefits (30 days’ holiday). Location: Hybrid 2/3 days per week in the London Paddington area.

    Key skills required for the Senior Go Software Engineer

    • Strong commercial experience with Go, building and maintaining scalable cloud backend services / Microservices
    • Experience of working on production Golang systems 
    • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP strongly preferred; AWS or Azure also valuable)
    • Solid grounding in software design, clean code, CI/CD, system robustness and scalability
    • Experience with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, logging, metrics and tracing
    • Infrastructure as Code experience (e.g. Terraform) – this is not a DevOps role
    • Understanding of lower-level languages such as C++ or Rust
    • Experience designing scalable APIs and working within multi-tenant architectures
    • Background in software engineering with a relevant technical degree
    • Ability to take end-to-end ownership with a pragmatic, problem-solving mindset
    • Collaborative, analytical, and comfortable working cross-functionally
    • Professional written and spoken English

    What you’ll do as a Senior Go Software Engineer

    • Design, develop and test cloud-native backend services using Go
    • Build and optimise resilient APIs and frameworks for multi-tenant environments
    • Deploy, monitor and operate services on GCP using modern CI/CD practices
    • Explore AI-driven opportunities within the cloud strategy, including optimisation of existing models
    • Design data pipelines and IAM policies supporting petabyte-scale datasets
    • Collaborate closely with embedded, product, design and content teams
    • Champion continuous improvement, raising engineering standards and code quality

    Why this role?

    • Join a mission-driven consumer technology innovator focused on creativity and productivity
    • Be part of a large, European Golang-focused cloud engineering group working at scale
    • Work with a clean, modern codebase and minimal technical debt
    • Collaborate with highly skilled engineers and product specialists
    • A culture that values focus, craftsmanship and technical excellence
    • Generous benefits including additional leave, wellness initiatives, premium insurance and regular team events (including some European travel)
    • A supportive environment with scope to influence both technical strategy and product evolution

    Opus Resourcing acts as an employment agency with respect to permanent employment.

    📩 Apply now or message us for more details. Referrals always welcome!

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      Senior Frontend Engineer 

      • £70000 - £95000 per annum, Benefits: + Benefits
      • England, London, UK

      A senior Frontend Engineer is required to build world-class, high-performance web applications using Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, GraphQL, Sanity, Sentry, Playwright, Vercel, and Google Cloud Platform within an innovative Norwegian technology scale-up that produces world-leading tablets, expanding its London team. This role will shape engaging, user-centric digital experiences across a modern, cloud-native ecosystem, influence frontend architecture and tooling decisions, and play a key part in strengthening engineering excellence within a collaborative, product-led environment.

      Hybrid role based in London Paddington two days per week, with occasional travel to Norway.

      Key skills required for the Senior Frontend Engineer

      • At least commercial experience in modern web development
      • Strong hands-on experience with the majority of React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, and GraphQL within medium-to-large codebases
      • Experience building scalable, data-driven interfaces that integrate and manipulate information from multiple sources
      • Solid understanding of performance optimisation, observability, and frontend architecture
      • Experience working within agile, cross-functional product teams alongside UX/UI Designers, Product Managers, and QA/Test Automation Engineers
      • A strong user experience mindset with a passion for intuitive, high-quality digital products
      • Experience contributing to design systems and hybrid applications (desirable)
      • Eligibility to work in the UK (Indefinite Leave to Remain or British Citizenship required)

      What you’ll do as a Senior Frontend Engineer

      • Contribute to pioneering new customer experiences from concept through to delivery within cross-functional agile teams
      • Working on projects like web apps, enterprise and account management, Payments / account management, 3rd party integrations, Sales funnels
      • Maintain and evolve existing web applications across a modern cloud-based architecture
      • Optimise and enhance applications built using Next.js, React, Tailwind, Sanity, and GraphQL
      • Improve observability and performance profiling using tools such as Sentry and platform monitoring solutions
      • Write clean, scalable, well-tested code with a strong focus on automated testing and stability
      • Promote knowledge sharing through peer code reviews, proactive documentation, and internal forums
      • Influence frontend best practices, tooling decisions, and architectural discussions
      • Play a key role in advancing the organisation’s frontend discipline and engineering culture

      Why this role?

      • Join a highly technical company collaborative, learning-focused engineering culture with frequent knowledge sharing across web, design, and cloud and work at scale. 
      • Work alongside skilled, product-driven colleagues in a fast-scaling technology environment

      Opus Resourcing acts as an employment agency with respect to permanent employment.

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