Software Engineering Specialist - Back End

As networks grow in complexity and the demand for speed, resilience, and efficiency increases, our need to intelligently leverage software engineering becomes critical. This role sits at the heart of that transformation. You’ll be enabling a real shift in how telcos operate and serve customers in designing and developing software solutions that streamline workflows, embed compliance, and eliminate inefficiencies. Your work will directly impact how quickly and reliably services are delivered that benefit customers, how easily teams can operate and troubleshoot systems, and how effectively the business can adapt to new technologies and opportunities. This isn’t just about writing code or developing software solutions, it’s about shaping the future of operational excellence in the Software, Data and AI team in Mobile.

• Delivers the engineering strategy in ensuring the engineering organisation’s ability to deliver high quality on time and on budget and implementing means of bringing measurability as well as predictability to the engineering organisation’s capabilities • Executes complex technical decisions, technology choices and architecture for a wide range of high-performance products, capabilities, and platforms, effectively balancing short-term impact with long-term transformation • Resolves complex and strategic issues using advanced technical knowledge, across wider industry and/or specific sectors, and develops bespoke or leading edge, technically complex solutions (e.g., relating to new, un-tested technology and/or large-scale impact of products) • Executes and contributes to the development of the ambitious and compelling technical roadmap to meet the needs of the business, engineering team, and partner teams • Executes engineering and operational excellence initiatives, implementing metrics and process for regular assessment and improvement • Drives an engineering culture that fosters innovation and creativity while delivering high quality products with predictability and reliability • Writes, tests and reviews code, refining and rewriting as necessary independently and communicates to engineering professionals and colleagues involved in the project • Solves complex and escalated aspects of a project, performing coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting when necessary • Plays a positive contributor role in the software engineering organisation, implementing the technical vision and the pursuit of innovations regarding new technologies, platforms and applications. • Evaluates, implements and maintains high-quality tools and complex automation processes to support continuous delivery and developer productivity