Software Engineer – 6 Month FTC
Rowden
AWSAzureCloudLinuxPythonRust
Software Engineer
Rowden
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bristol • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £35,000 - £45,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudLinuxPythonRust
About the role
- Building and refining diverse product features with a focus on user-centric design, ease of use, and operational clarity in high-pressure environments.
- Debugging complex issues such as concurrency problems, memory leaks, and system crashes to maintain system stability and robustness.
- Writing clean, maintainable code across a range of programming languages and environments.
- Developing and executing comprehensive test plans, including unit, integration, automated tests and performance tests.
- Designing and implementing core components across multiple operating systems.
- Developing system libraries and APIs that enable seamless communication between components and applications.
- Using version control systems, particularly Git, to manage and track changes across collaborative codebases.
- Working within Agile frameworks.
Requirements
- Proficient in Python and Rust
- Comfortable working across a range of platforms including Windows, Linux-based embedded systems, and cloud-hosted environments
- Capable of writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code
- Familiar with infrastructure concepts such as containerisation, orchestration, and deployment pipelines
- Skilled in using development tools, version control systems (particularly Git), and building systems to support collaborative, high-quality engineering workflows
- Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience working on diverse projects, contributing to both greenfield development and enhancement of existing systems.
Benefits
- We are committed to building a flexible, inclusive, and enabling company. Our aim is to create a diverse team of talented people with unique skills, experience, and backgrounds, so please apply and come as you are!
- We also recognise the importance of flexible working and support this wherever we can.
- We typically operate a flexible, hybrid-working model, with an average 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role).
- We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility, part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants.
- Rowden is a Disability Confident Committed company, and we actively encourage people with disabilities and health conditions to apply for our roles.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonRustclean codeunit testingintegration testingautomated testingperformance testingsystem librariesAPIsconcurrency
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skills
