Staff Application Engineer

GlaxoSmithKline

London, United Kingdom
Cloud application architecture
Api design (rest/graphql/grpc)
Backend language proficiency
Lead architecture and systems design for full-stack, data-driven, loosely coupled cloud applications, making pragmatic trade-offs

Job Summary

  • Lead architecture and systems design for full-stack, data-driven, loosely coupled cloud applications, making pragmatic trade-offs.
  • Own end-to-end delivery of large, strategic engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment to agreed target architectures and standards.
  • Champion operational excellence by designing for reliability and security, implementing comprehensive observability, and ensuring robust alerting and SLOs.

Matching Summary

Lead architecture and systems design for full-stack, data-driven, loosely coupled cloud applications, making pragmatic trade-offs.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Cloud application architecture
  • API design (REST/GraphQL/gRPC)
  • Backend language proficiency
  • Frontend technologies (React/Angular)
  • Cloud-native services
  • DevOps tooling and CI/CD
  • Production incident resolution

Nice-to-have

  • Data visualization frameworks
  • Regulated environment experience
  • Agile software development
  • Mentoring and elevating engineers
  • Strategic technology insights

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Significant production-grade cloud application experience
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language
  • Proficiency in front-end technologies
  • Strong API design experience
  • Cloud development experience (GCP, AWS, Azure)
  • Experience with authentication/authorization
  • Modern SDLC and DevOps tooling experience
  • Experience leading architectural designs
  • Proven ability to debug complex production issues
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience in agile software development

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