Senior Software Engineer - Platform

at  OpenAsset

We are looking for a London based Senior Software Engineer - Platform to join our talented, dynamic, and rapidly growing global team. We have an in-office requirement of 2 days per week for local employees.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

OpenAsset is the only Digital Asset Management solution built for the Architecture, Construction and Engineering industries. We have over 900 clients and 20 years of experience delivering value. Our vision is to inspire people through visualization of the built world.
We are a diverse group of hard-working and entrepreneurial people dedicated to solving complex challenges, working hard on meaningful projects, and celebrating our successes. We are looking for extraordinary people to join our industry-leading and incredibly talented team! Our inspirational and fun working environment, innovation-driven, fast-growing company, and ambitious projects are just a few reasons why you will love working here.
As a company, we are passionate about ensuring that diversity and inclusion are championed and that everybody has a seat at the table. We promote a culture where everyone feels valued, and we have adopted policies to ensure we hire from a diverse pool of candidates.
OpenAsset employs 85 people and is growing rapidly. OpenAsset has partnered with Marlin Equity Partners, an $8bn private equity fund, to help the business scale its sales, technical and management capacity to meet accelerating demand for its B2B SaaS product.

DESCRIPTION

Join our team as a Senior Software Engineer - Platform at OpenAsset, where you will play a pivotal role in developing frameworks, infrastructure and shared backend systems, using modern software and cloud technologies. You will contribute and collaborate directly to the core systems, champion best practices, and guide the team through technical challenges, advocating for excellence in all aspects of software development.
Your expertise will shape the technical direction across all of engineering, ensuring we can build with scalability, performance, operational excellence and ease of maintenance. If you’re passionate about all aspects of software engineering and architecture, building modular systems, mentoring fellow engineers, and making a tangible impact on product delivery, we invite you to be a driving force in our collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with cloud infrastructure.
• High proficiency in programming languages such as Python and/or Java.
• Strong systems architecture skills and experience working with multiple backend systems at scale.
• Experience with clusters of servers, scaling considerations and operational processes.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, continuous integration, and deployment for reusability and testability.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineers without formal direct reporting relationships.
• Proactive collaboration with different engineering teams and advocacy for team needs.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Worked with legacy codebase and able to make targeted changes and/or migrations to modern software stacks.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.

SSP

• Work from home flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• “Getting Started” Stipend
• Pension program
• Bike storage/shower facilities in building
• Career growth and development opportunities
  This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
  Axomic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We base our employment decisions entirely on business needs, job requirements, and qualifications—we do not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, health, parental status, personal beliefs, veteran status, age, or any other status. We have zero tolerance for any kind of discrimination, and we are looking for candidates who share those values. Applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups are welcomed.
  Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee mentoring programme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London EC2A 4L

Experience

• Developed or worked with architectural frameworks and systems that form the underlying foundation of services and applications.
• Have been the owner of an important area or system within previous roles.
• Completed projects that incorporate multiple areas such as UX, product development, reliability, security, performance, and internal tools.
• Be a go-to expert in at least one programming language and development framework, with experience in multiple languages and frameworks.
• Ability to design and visually present ideas, to stakeholders at different levels.
• Have deep experience with various technologies, including data stores, networking, and development tools

Core Responsibilities

• Own the design, planning, execution, and testing of cross cutting projects.
• Define frameworks for software engineering practices, to be leveraged across all teams.
• Deliver well-functioning software with automated testing to prevent future regressions.
• Estimate project timelines and deliver on those estimations.
• Identify problems and risks in your own work and the work of others. Proactively fix issues as they arise.

Complexity & Scope

• Serve as the go-to expert in one or more areas of the codebase.
• Work with several vertical engineering teams, to guide and develop architectural and process decisions.
• Work with cross-team stakeholders to define requirements.
• Scope and stage work into well-defined milestones to avoid monolithic deliverables.
• Approach all engineering work with a focus on security, reliability, privacy, and compliance.
• Identify and address issues throughout the software engineering process, starting from the design phase.

Experience

• Developed or worked with architectural frameworks and systems that form the underlying foundation of services and applications.
• Have been the owner of an important area or system within previous roles.
• Completed projects that incorporate multiple areas such as UX, product development, reliability, security, performance, and internal tools.
• Be a go-to expert in at least one programming language and development framework, with experience in multiple languages and frameworks.
• Ability to design and visually present ideas, to stakeholders at different levels.
• Have deep experience with various technologies, including data stores, networking, and development tools.

Leadership

• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and work well with adjacent teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and help them grow their skills.
• Identify and communicate requirement problems early.
• Receive minimal instruction on day-to-day work and require minimal direction or oversight.