Senior Software Engineer

Salary: £63,000 - 103,000 per year

Requirements

• ~8+ years of experience in software engineering, flexible depending on experience
• Strong fundamentals in software design and engineering
• Experience with C# and .NET, and React on the frontend
• Experience with CMS platforms, content modelling, or similar domains
• Experience building and operating cloud-based systems
• Comfortable using AI tools in the daily workflow for problem solving, learning, and improving code quality and delivery speed, with the ability to guide AI-assisted development using structured instructions to generate code in a controlled and maintainable way
• Interest or experience in leveraging AI agents to further enhance productivity
• Strong testing mindset, with a focus on building reliable, well-tested systems and maintaining high code quality
• Comfortable working in cross-functional, agile teams
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or engineering preferred, or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, maintainable software systems
• Develop CMS features, add-ons, APIs, and integrations with external systems
• Contribute to system design and architectural decisions
• Ensure product quality through automated testing and operational best practices
• Own services in production, including monitoring and incident handling
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver features end to end
• Consider real-world usage and customer needs in technical decisions
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing
• Participate in hiring and help grow the engineering team

Technologies

• AI
• AI Agents
• C#
• Cloud
• CMS
• Frontend
• REST
• React
• ASP.NET
• Azure
• DXP
• Figma
• Flow
• Support
• LLM
• Marketing
• PaaS
• RAG
• SQL
• UX UI Design

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We are Optimizely, a global MarTech company with 1,600+ Optimizers across 12 global offices, serving 10,000+ brands including H&M, PayPal, and Zoom. We build AI-powered content creation, a world-class CMS, and an experimentation platform that helps modern marketers create, manage, publish, and optimize digital experiences. Our CMS team in the UK works on a core part of our platform, including extensible CMS capabilities, integrations, forms, Language Manager, AI tools and agents, REST APIs, and connections to other Optimizely products and external systems. We offer a London office, a hybrid setup, and fully remote working for UK-based candidates outside London, within a collaborative global environment that values open communication, shared ownership, and work-life balance.

last updated 34 week of 2026