[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @DISCO

Role Description

We’re now expanding our UK hub and this is an exciting moment to join us as we grow our UK presence. You will join one of our UK-based teams working to enhance our platform.

• Own complex technical work end to end: breaking down ambiguous problems, making deliberate trade-off decisions, and shipping well-considered code that improves the outcomes of our customers.
• Contribute to architectural design and keep an eye on the broader health of the systems you work on.
• Raise issues in requirements, design, or code before they become problems.
• Invest time in the people around you through code review, pairing, or helping less experienced engineers grow.
• Collaborate with colleagues based in India and the US.

We embrace AI-first development, using AI tooling throughout the engineering lifecycle to move faster and build better software. Our engineers own what they ship: every service running in production is the direct responsibility of the team behind it.

Qualifications

• Strong demonstrable experience and passion for backend development.
• Enjoy working together in multidisciplinary teams to deliver solutions for customers.
• Proficient in designing and architecting microservices systems, including distributed data management and event-driven architectures.
• Skilled in designing and operating containerised software hosted in a Cloud Provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with cloud-based data storage, such as Relational Databases, NoSQL Stores, data caches, etc.
• Experience writing strongly-typed languages in the Java family (Java, Scala, Kotlin).

Requirements

• Experience with petabyte-scale, high-availability software systems.
• Writing software for regulated industries.

Benefits

• £90 to £114 + performance related bonus + Equity.
• Remote if you live far away from central London.
• Opportunity to share in the success of the company with equity RSU grants.
• Your own personalised growth development plan.
• Comprehensive Health Cover: Private Medical Insurance with AXA Health (fully company-paid for employees, zero excess) and Private Dental Insurance via Bupa. Both are active on day one!
• Robust Financial Security: Group Life Assurance (4x your basic salary) and Group Income Protection (75% of basic salary after 26 weeks of illness/injury).
• Smart Retirement Savings: Access to a company pension scheme with an optional Salary Sacrifice program via Workday to maximize your savings.
• Wellness & Lifestyle Support: Annual allowances for health assessments (up to £275/year), vaccinations (up to £125/year), and optician/eye test reimbursements.
• 24/7 Care Ecosystem: Total well-being support with unlimited 24/7 digital GP access via Doctor at Hand, a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and specialized legal/bereavement counseling helplines.
• Authorization to Work in the UK: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom without sponsorship now or in the future. DISCO is not currently sponsoring visas.