Senior Software Engineer

Job summary

ABOUT THE ROLE FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work for our client within the Technology / E-Commerce sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a fully remote role that will be based in the UK, with occasional travel to London.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and operate federated GraphQL architecture including schema design, subgraph ownership, schema governance and performance optimisation
• Build and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js within a microservices architecture, applying strong service boundary and communication pattern principles
• Design and deliver serverless solutions on AWS, applying cloud architecture best practices across the full infrastructure lifecycle
• Own CI/CD pipelines end to end- build, test and deploy automation, quality gates, and environment promotion
• Implement and maintain a mature testing approach including unit, integration and end-to-end test suites
• Collaborate with engineering teams across the organisation to ensure the data graph and content APIs meet the needs of internal consumers
• Contribute to the technical direction of the team, including tooling decisions, ways of working, and DevOps practices
• Work with Headless CMS (Contentful) as a content data source, integrating it into the wider graph architecture
• ABOUT YOU
• Strong commercial experience with Node.js development in a backend or platform engineering context
• Proven hands-on experience designing and implementing Federated GraphQL architectures using Apollo Federation, including schema design, subgraph ownership and performance considerations
• Strong experience designing and operating solutions on AWS, applying cloud architecture best practices (Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, CloudFront)

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