Sotheby's

Senior Software Engineer

Vaga remota de Software Engineer com fit claro de localização do candidato.

Publicada22 de jul. de 2026

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Sinal de senioridadeSenior

Modelo de trabalhoRemoto

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Reino Unido

AWS GraphQL Java PostgreSQL React REST TypeScript

Resumo da vaga

Senior Software Engineer

Requisitos e responsabilidades

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IDEAL EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES

You've shipped production systems. 5+ years of experience, with real ownership of services or products that other people depend on. You've dealt with incidents, made trade-offs under pressure, and learned from what went wrong.
You solve problems for the business, not just yourself. You're pragmatic. You look for the best course of action given the constraints, not the most technically interesting one. You can weigh options, make a call, and move forward together with the people around you.
You communicate clearly. Whether that's justifying a technical decision on a call, writing up a proposal, or talking through an approach in a review. You can discuss specifics without getting lost in the detail, and you're comfortable working across teams to get things done.
You're comfortable wearing many hats. The day to day here can vary a lot. You're the kind of engineer who sees that as a feature, not a bug.
You take craft seriously and use modern tools to amplify it. You write code that others can maintain and build on. You're happy using AI and modern tooling to move faster, but you understand the systems deeply enough to know when the tool is wrong.
Technical Experience: We don't expect you to know the full stack coming in. We do expect strength in at least one of Go, React/TypeScript, or Scala, comfort with distributed systems thinking, and readiness to pick up whatever the work requires.Required:Strong experience with (at least one; more is a plus)Experience designing, deploying, and operating distributed systems and microservicesSolid relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (we use AWS) and containerisationLocated in the United Kingdom (London in-person, or remote UK)Useful:Event-driven architectures and streaming platformsAPI design across GraphQL, gRPC, or RESTAuthentication, authorisation, or compliance-related systemsE-commerce, marketplace, or auction domain experience
Required:Strong experience with (at least one; more is a plus)Experience designing, deploying, and operating distributed systems and microservicesSolid relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (we use AWS) and containerisationLocated in the United Kingdom (London in-person, or remote UK)
Strong experience with (at least one; more is a plus)
Experience designing, deploying, and operating distributed systems and microservices
Solid relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (we use AWS) and containerisation
Located in the United Kingdom (London in-person, or remote UK)
Useful:Event-driven architectures and streaming platformsAPI design across GraphQL, gRPC, or RESTAuthentication, authorisation, or compliance-related systemsE-commerce, marketplace, or auction domain experience
Event-driven architectures and streaming platforms
API design across GraphQL, gRPC, or REST
Authentication, authorisation, or compliance-related systems
E-commerce, marketplace, or auction domain experience

Details

Required:Strong experience with (at least one; more is a plus)Experience designing, deploying, and operating distributed systems and microservicesSolid relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (we use AWS) and containerisationLocated in the United Kingdom (London in-person, or remote UK)
Strong experience with (at least one; more is a plus)
Experience designing, deploying, and operating distributed systems and microservices
Solid relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (we use AWS) and containerisation
Located in the United Kingdom (London in-person, or remote UK)
Useful:Event-driven architectures and streaming platformsAPI design across GraphQL, gRPC, or RESTAuthentication, authorisation, or compliance-related systemsE-commerce, marketplace, or auction domain experience
Event-driven architectures and streaming platforms
API design across GraphQL, gRPC, or REST
Authentication, authorisation, or compliance-related systems
E-commerce, marketplace, or auction domain experience
Strong experience with (at least one; more is a plus)
Experience designing, deploying, and operating distributed systems and microservices
Solid relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (we use AWS) and containerisation
Located in the United Kingdom (London in-person, or remote UK)
Event-driven architectures and streaming platforms
API design across GraphQL, gRPC, or REST
Authentication, authorisation, or compliance-related systems
E-commerce, marketplace, or auction domain experience

WHAT WE OFFER

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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