Senior Software Engineer

Job reference 325356

Senior Software Engineer

Competitive salary plus car allowance, healthcare, annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates

Permanent, Full time

London Farringdon x3 days a week

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing -you and your family have 24 / 7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
• Available only to perm employees

Senior Engineer – Event Processing System (EPS)

London | Hybrid (3 days in office)

Join Royal Mail at a pivotal moment in our digital transformation. We’re re-engineering the core of a network that handles over 17 billion items annually—and we’re doing it in the cloud.

As a Senior Engineer , you’ll help re-architect our mission-critical Event Processing System (EPS) —the backbone of parcel and letter tracking—into a scalable, event-driven platform using technologies like Kafka , containerised microservices , and multi-cloud infrastructure .

What You’ll Do

What You’ll Bring

Bonus Points For

Why Join Us?

Be part of a multi-year transformation shaping the future of Royal Mail’s digital platforms. You’ll work in agile teams that value innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement—making a real impact at national scale.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face / virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses / partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses / partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here : https : / / www.internationaldistributionsservices.com / en / about-us /

Closing Date : 23rd June 2025 Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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