Senior Software Engineer

hackajob is partnering directly with Redgate Software to hire for this role.

At a Glance

Location: Cambridge

In-office expectation: Once every two weeks

Employment type: Permanent

Salary: up to £80,000 DOE

Why This Role Exists

Redgate Monitor is a widely used tool that helps organisations proactively monitor, diagnose, and optimise their database environments. As the product continues to grow in scale and complexity, the team needs a senior engineer who can help raise the technical bar, take ownership of ambiguous and high impact problems, and support the wider group in improving how it builds software. This role exists to add that depth of technical leadership within the team, while also helping other engineers grow through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

About Redgate

Redgate brings together people who want to do their best work in an environment built on trust, accountability, and collaboration.

We build solutions that help data professionals securely manage the data and databases that their organisations depend on, a space that's only becoming more critical as systems scale, data regulations increase, and AI adoption accelerates.

AI at Redgate

By 2028, Redgate will operate as an expert-plus-agent company - domain experts amplified by AI, delivering customer value at a pace our peers can't match.

AI handles the heavy lifting. Our people control the judgement. Everyone at Redgate works with Claude, giving you access to the best AI tools from day one

Why Join Our Engineering Team?

- You'll work in a team that cares about craft, collaboration, and quality, not hero coding.

- There's real scope to grow your skills and impact, with clear pathways and support.

- We value sustainable delivery: good ways of working and time to improve how we build.

About the Role

This Senior Software Engineer role sits within one of the teams working on Redgate Monitor, our flagship monitoring solution. You'll contribute to the ongoing evolution of a mature, high impact product used by thousands of customers worldwide, with the opportunity to influence architectural decisions, improve system performance, and deliver features that make a direct differenc...