Morson Edge (Technology)
Senior Engineer
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This role is for a Senior Engineer (Backend/DevOps) on a 12-month contract in Manchester (Hybrid), paying up to £600p/d inside IR35. Requires strong Node.js/NestJS, AWS, IaC, CI/CD, and DevSecOps experience.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
600
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🗓️ - Date
November 14, 2025
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Inside IR35
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Microservices #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #Logging #IAM (Identity and Access Management) #Scripting #Cloud #Deployment #REST (Representational State Transfer) #Scala #AWS IAM (AWS Identity and Access Management) #Kubernetes #Terraform #Agile #Docker #Compliance #Prometheus #REST API #DevSecOps #TypeScript #Observability #Datadog #Python #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #DevOps #API (Application Programming Interface) #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Bash
Role description
Senior Engineer (Backend/DevOps) – 12-Month Contract | Manchester (Hybrid)
A global financial services leader is seeking a Senior Engineer to build secure, scalable backend services and modern AWS infrastructure. This is a hybrid role (3 days per week in Manchester) and pays up to £600p/d inside ir35.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using Node.js and NestJS.
• Implement robust error handling, logging and testing (unit, integration, mocking).
• Build and automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines for microservice deployments.
• Embed DevSecOps best practices across IAM, networking and compliance.
• Improve performance, reliability, and observability with CloudWatch, Datadog or Prometheus.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to deliver high-quality, secure software at scale.
Key Skills:
• Strong Node.js/NestJS and REST API development experience.
• Skilled in AWS (IAM, networking, ECS/EKS, Lambda).
• Proficient with IaC, CI/CD and scripting (Python, TypeScript, Bash).
• Hands-on with Docker/Kubernetes and modern authentication tools (Auth0, Ping Identity).
• Committed to code quality, testing and clean engineering practices.
• Excellent communicator and team collaborator.
Senior Engineer (Backend/DevOps) – 12-Month Contract | Manchester (Hybrid)
A global financial services leader is seeking a Senior Engineer to build secure, scalable backend services and modern AWS infrastructure. This is a hybrid role (3 days per week in Manchester) and pays up to £600p/d inside ir35.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using Node.js and NestJS.
• Implement robust error handling, logging and testing (unit, integration, mocking).
• Build and automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines for microservice deployments.
• Embed DevSecOps best practices across IAM, networking and compliance.
• Improve performance, reliability, and observability with CloudWatch, Datadog or Prometheus.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to deliver high-quality, secure software at scale.
Key Skills:
• Strong Node.js/NestJS and REST API development experience.
• Skilled in AWS (IAM, networking, ECS/EKS, Lambda).
• Proficient with IaC, CI/CD and scripting (Python, TypeScript, Bash).
• Hands-on with Docker/Kubernetes and modern authentication tools (Auth0, Ping Identity).
• Committed to code quality, testing and clean engineering practices.
• Excellent communicator and team collaborator.
