About us @Symphony
Secure. Connected. Intelligent.
Symphony is an AI-powered communication and technology company fueled by interconnected platforms: messaging, voice, directory and analytics.
Our end-to-end encrypted technologies enable over 1,400 institutions to accelerate AI impact, prioritize data security, navigate complex regulatory compliance and optimize business interactions.
Role Description:
As a Software Engineer at Symphony, you will join the Middleware team responsible for building and maintaining some critical middleware services that power our global ecosystem. You will get
hands-on experience working on high-impact projects across Datafeed (real-time message delivery), TLM (Tenant Lifecycle Management), and Search systems.
This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to grow their skills in cloud architecture, distributed systems, and a modern GitOps/DevOps culture.
Responsibilities:
- Feature Development: Contribute to the full software development lifecycle—writing clean, testable code to develop and maintain microservices in an agile environment.
- Support Core Middleware: Assist in implementing and scaling services handling real-time event delivery, tenant management, and search functionalities.
- Embrace DevOps & Automation: Learn and build automation tooling to deploy and operate cloud applications using modern GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborative Growth: Participate constructively in code reviews, documentation, and team planning sessions, collaborating with senior peers and SRE teams.
Required Qualifications:
- Education & Experience: BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field, with 2+ years of software development experience.
- Programming Skills:
- Solid knowledge in Golang and/or Python.
- Good knowledge of Java and/or Python
- Core Concepts: A good grasp of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, databases, and basic cloud/distributed system concepts.
- Eagerness to Learn:
- Exposure to or a strong desire to learn Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps workflows.
- Interest in working with a very varied stack (including message streaming (e.g., Kafka), different languages, different databases (e.g., Redis, ElasticSearch, MySQL).
- AI-Assisted Productivity: Familiarity with leveraging modern developer workflows, including hands-on knowledge of using AI command-line interfaces (such as Claude CLI or Gemini CLI) to optimize coding, troubleshooting, and automation tasks.
- Mindset:
- A proactive problem-solver who communicates effectively in a highly collaborative, global team environment.
- Driven to learn new technologies, tools, and best practices for building reliable software.
Compensation:
- Salary Range: £45,000 - 60,000 base salary per year
- Bonus Plan
Benefits and Perks:
- Regional specific competitive benefits
- Build your own Benefits (BYOB) perk
- Local events, team building, and development opportunities
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.