Software Engineer (Backend) - Galway

Description

The company helps customers connect, protect, analyse and act on their data and applications across edge and cloud environments.

You will join the growing engineering team in Galway as a Backend Software Engineer, working on modern cloud-native platforms.

You will build secure, reliable, high-performing backend services that support customers worldwide, and take part in architecture decisions alongside engineers from several disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Take backend features and services through the full path, from concept to production: design, build, test, deploy and support.
• Build and keep up secure, scalable cloud applications and integrations.
• Write clean, maintainable code with solid test coverage, using current engineering practices.
• Join technical design discussions and shape how solutions get implemented.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ship strong solutions and resolve technical problems.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and deploy to keep services running in a 24/7 production setting.
• Use CI/CD pipelines and containers, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Review code, share what you know, and help the team keep learning and improving.
• Drive operational excellence, reliability and security across the platform.

Requirements

• Commercial experience building backend applications in Go, Python, Java or a similar language.
• Solid grasp of software engineering fundamentals, clean code principles and testing approaches.
• Ability to design maintainable services and components with clear interfaces.
• Working knowledge of Agile and the full software development lifecycle.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of design patterns, test-driven development (TDD) and maintainable coding habits.
• Experience building microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of distributed systems, including scalability, resilience, availability and fault tolerance.
• Experience with public cloud such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
• Exposure to asynchronous messaging, event-driven architectures and integration patterns.
• Experience developing and supporting applications in Linux environments.
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• Understanding of security principles: secure API design, authentication, authorization and secrets management.
• Experience operating and supporting cloud-hosted production services.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and adapt in a fast-changing environment.
• Responsible and effective use of AI-assisted development tools.
• A collaborative approach and a willingness to share knowledge.
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 4-6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Beneficial: experience with reactive systems, concurrent programming or stream processing.
• Beneficial: messaging platforms such as Kafka, NATS or similar technologies.
• Beneficial: distributed messaging and transaction patterns.
• Beneficial: Kubernetes deployment strategies and GitOps practices.
• Beneficial: Terraform, Helm, Ansible or related automation tools.

Conditions

Hybrid working: on average 2 days per week from a company office.

Based in Galway, Ireland.

Job level TCP03, within the Engineering function.

The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender or any other protected category, and decides on qualifications, merit and business need.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial and emotional wellbeing for team members and their loved ones.
• Personal and professional development programs to help you reach your career goals, including becoming a subject expert or moving into another division.