Integration Developer (Backend + DevOps) at Sanderson Recruitment Plc, Bristol, 6 Months, £550-£600 per day

Integration Developer (Backend + DevOps Focus)

Location: Bristol - once a month

Pay: £550-£600 per day (Outside IR35)

Duration: Initial 6-month contract (with strong extension potential)

The Role

We're supporting a leading UK financial services organisation on a new platform build and they're looking for an Integration Developer with a strong DevOps background.

This is a developer-first role with a significant DevOps leaning, ideal for someone who enjoys building Back End services and owning how code is deployed, automated and operated at scale.

You'll play a key role in designing and building deployment pipelines (Harness) while contributing to Back End engineering and platform integration work.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality Back End code in line with engineering standards
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines (Harness focus) for fast, secure delivery
• Implement robust DevOps practices across the SDLC
• Collaborate on delivering new platform features and capabilities
• Investigate and resolve production issues, including root cause analysis
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, observable and maintainable
• Integrate with third-party systems in a resilient and secure way
• Write automated tests alongside development
• Contribute to design discussions and continuous improvement
• Deliver infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong Back End development experience
• Commercial experience combining development + DevOps
• Hands-on experience with Harness (highly desirable/standout skill)
• Strong AWS experience
• Terraform/Infrastructure as Code
• CI/CD pipelines (Harness and/or GitLab)
• Git (GitHub/GitLab)
• Observability tooling (Datadog, Grafana, etc.)
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Understanding of Trunk-Based Development
• Strong awareness of release risk and deployment strategies

Nice to Have

• Experience in regulated environments (financial services beneficial)
• Experience working on platform or integration-heavy systems

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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