Senior Software Engineer (Contract) at Softwire, England, £500-£600 per day

Senior Software Engineer x2 - Outside IR35 - Contract (Media Client)

About the role

Essential:

• Self-starter, someone who can pick up context quickly, drive outcomes efficiently, and to a high quality
• Competent in doing high-level designs, solution management, and scoping
• Understanding of data modelling best practices
• Ability to translate technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders and bring them on the journey
• Experience working in an agile delivery environment
• Experience working with React, TypeScript, Azure, Microsoft SQL, and Databricks (if they don’t have all of these, that’s workable, but be good to understand any they don’t have experience with)

Skills & Experience:

• Backend: Java, Maven, Dropwizard
• Frontend: TypeScript, React
• Python AWS, OpenSearch

It would be nice if you have AI coding experience, and ideally some familiarity with more traditional ML techniques for things like entity recognition

£500-600 per day outside IR35

Start date: 26/06/2026

End date: 31/08/2026

About Softwire

Softwire is a leading UK technology and strategy consultancy. From enterprise to government, we help visionary organisations turn strategic ambitions into results at scale. Our practices cover AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering advanced CX and experience design.