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Sotheby's

Senior Software Engineer

Sotheby's

Senior Software Engineer at Sotheby’s responsible for building and maintaining systems for art and luxury sales. Engaging in both backend engineering and client-facing product development.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoMicroservicesPostgresReactScalaTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Ownership of the systems you build
  • Solve problems pragmatically for the business
  • Clear communication on technical decisions
  • Collaboration across teams
  • Adaptability in day-to-day responsibilities
  • Write maintainable code using modern tools

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of experience with real ownership of services or products that others depend on
  • Experience designing, deploying, and operating distributed systems and microservices
  • Solid relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (we use AWS) and containerization
  • Located in the United Kingdom (London in-person, or remote UK)
  • Strong experience with at least one of Go, React/TypeScript, or Scala
  • Comfort with distributed systems thinking

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary with discretionary bonus
  • Private health insurance
  • Health cash plan and dental insurance
  • Workplace nursery benefit
  • Generous holiday allowance, Christmas shutdown, summer Fridays, and volunteer and wellbeing days
  • Great hardware
  • Cycle to work scheme and eye care vouchers
  • Regular social events, meetups, and use of our London space (the summer and Christmas parties are worth showing up for)

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Hard Skills & Tools
GoReactTypeScriptScalaPostgreSQLdistributed systemsmicroservicescloud infrastructurecontainerizationmaintainable code
Soft Skills
ownershipproblem-solvingclear communicationcollaborationadaptability