Senior Software Engineer

Opus 2

Senior Software Engineer leading complex software development projects at Opus 2, focusing on AI and engineering strategy. Driving decision-making and coding while mentoring junior developers.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeEdinburgh • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoJavaPythonSDLCTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead complex, often ambiguous features and projects end-to-end. Discovery, breakdown, shipping in slices, and seeing it land for customers.
Partner with Product and Design to translate user needs into pragmatic, well-scoped technical work. Call tradeoffs early. Keep the roadmap honest about what's feasible.
Raise the bar on the team around you, and beyond. Thoughtful code review, pairing where it helps, mentoring mid-level and junior engineers.
Own quality and operability. CI/CD, test automation, observability, post-incident learning. Part of the work, not someone else's job.
Make architectural and tech-stack calls that hold up. Favour maintainable, scalable, simple solutions over clever ones.
Use AI to raise quality, speed, and productivity. You don't need to be an ML researcher, but you should be using AI tools well across the SDLC.
Help shape engineering strategy with Tech Leads and Engineering Managers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You've shipped, operated, and iterated on real software at meaningful scale. Not just built it, but lived with it.
You're comfortable across the stack with at least one of: TypeScript, Python, Java, or Go.
You've worked with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; transferable experience welcome) and understand the operational side of running services in production.
You enjoy working with Product and Design as partners who shape what gets built, rather than as a service desk that hands you tickets.
You're curious about AI tooling and product applications, and you want to help build a learning culture rather than wait for a training catalogue.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Senior engineering work at a company where AI is real, in production, and a core part of how customers get value. Not a side-of-desk experiment.
A focused engineering organisation where your work is visible, your decisions matter, and the path from idea to customer is short.
Investment in your growth: coaching, learning time, exposure to challenging problems, and a clear IC track if you want to keep deepening technically.
Contributory pension plan.
33 days annual holidays, flexible working, and length of service entitlement.
Health Insurance.
Loyalty Share Scheme.
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice.
Cycle to Work Scheme.
Calm and Mindfulness sessions.
A day of leave to volunteer for charity or dependent day.
Regular Company Social Events.
Yearly Development Retreat.

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Hard Skills & Tools

TypeScriptPythonJavaGoCI/CDtest automationobservabilityAI toolssoftware development lifecycle (SDLC)scalable solutions

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingcuriositycommunicationstrategic thinkingadaptabilitycode reviewpartnership