Software Engineer - Developer Infrastructure & Tooling

Software Engineer - Developer Infrastructure & Tooling (Platform Developer Experience)

About the Role

We're seeking a curious, collaborative Engineer to help build the next generation of developer infrastructure and tooling

You'll play a critical role in creating a scalable, unified monorepo ecosystem, enabling engineers across the organisation to work faster, collaborate better, and innovate with confidence.

This is a high-impact contract role focused on developer productivity, platform scale, and long-term infrastructure evolution.

• Design and scale Bazel-based monorepos containing millions of lines of code
• Lead and support the migration to monorepos, owning and evolving Bazel and associated tooling
• Create abstractions, workflows, and automation that significantly enhance the developer experience
• Partner closely with platform and infrastructure teams to define and deliver best-in-class monorepo tooling
• Influence the future of Back End engineering by improving speed, reliability, and simplicity at scale

• Passionate about making developers highly productive and empowered
• Proven experience building and maintaining tooling for large-scale monorepo environments
• A strong problem solver who thrives on complex infrastructure challenge
• Hands-on experience with Bazel and its ecosystem (eg rules_jvm_external, IntelliJ Bazel plugin, etc.)
• Fluent in Java, Python, Starlark, and TypeScript

• 6-month contract
• Fully remote
• £750/per day

Working within an EMEA time zone to support global collaboration

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.