Job Description
Senior Software Engineer | TypeScript React AWS | Belfast / Hybrid
At a glance:
- Senior full-stack engineer, second hire on a growing Belfast R&D team
- TypeScript, React, React Native, AWS serverless (CDK, AppSync, Lambda)
- Hybrid Belfast - real ownership, real architectural influence from day one
- Salary negotiable depending on experience
- Cybersecurity product company protecting critical infrastructure globally
About the Company
A fast-growing Australian cybersecurity company specialising in Operational Technology - protecting the systems behind critical infrastructure including energy networks, airports, water, and manufacturing. With a global customer base spanning Australia, the US, and the EU, they're now building out a Belfast R&D function to develop the next generation of their software platform, with AI at the core of the architecture.
The Role
You'll be the second engineer on the Belfast team, working directly with the VP of Engineering. This isn't a role where you'll be handed tickets and left to get on with it - you'll co-own the full platform end-to-end, from architecture decisions and technology choices through to shipping production code across web, mobile, API, and cloud. As the team grows, you'll help shape how it operates.
Key Responsibilities
- Build customer-facing web and mobile experiences using React and React Native (Expo)
- Design and implement APIs, data models, and cloud architecture on AWS (CDK, AppSync, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, S3, Cognito, IAM)
- Share live platform operations with the VP of Engineering, including reliability, performance, and on-call response
- Embed AI capabilities - LLMs, RAG, agentic patterns - into the product where they add genuine value
- Help define engineering standards, CI/CD pipelines, and observability practices as the team scales
What You'll Need
Essential
- 5+ years' relevant software engineering experience
- Demonstrably strong TypeScript skills, ideally within React or React Native
- Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, ideally within AWS environments
- Right to work in the UK or Ireland
Desirable
- Hands-on AWS experience, particularly serverless event-driven architectures
- CI/CD, deployment automation, and Git management
- Experience as a tech lead, or a clear interest in growing into one
Benefits & Package
- Negotiable salary depending on experience
- Hybrid working - Belfast base with flexibility
- Direct influence over architecture, technology choices, and team culture
- Work on a product with real-world security consequences for critical infrastructure
- Early-stage team environment - high autonomy, high impact
Get in touch with Colin directly at
Skills:
Typescript React AWS React Native LLM
Benefits:
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