Senior Software Engineer (Cloud Platform)
The Open UniversityMilton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Posted May 13, 2026
47389 - 56535 GBP
Full Time
About the Company
The Open University is the UKās largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.
Job Description
The Senior Software Engineer (Cloud Platform) role is part of the Cloud Platform team, focused on building, operating, and continuously improving shared cloud infrastructure and services. The role emphasizes platform operation, reliability, automation, and security, working closely with engineering and product teams to provide guardrails, tooling, and enablement on Microsoft Azure.
Requirements
- Proven software engineering expertise
- Strong system and software design skills
- Advanced data management skills
- User-centric development experience
- Emerging technology enthusiasm
- Security and compliance focus
- Quality assurance leadership
- Effective analysis and requirement management
- Operational and resource management
- Modern engineering practices and AI enablement
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Job share or part-time options
- Compressed hours
- Other working arrangements
