Software Engineer

Entity: Technology Job Family Group: IT&S Group Job Description: Role Synopsis We’re seeking a senior hands-on AWS Backend Developer with deep cloud architecture expertise and hands‑on AI experience to design, build, and scale agentic AI systems. The candidate will own backend services on AWS, integrate LLMs via secure and cost‑efficient patterns, and deliver production‑grade, observable, and compliant systems for mission‑critical use cases. Key Accountabilities As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining existing or new software. In this role, you will provide technical leadership of junior engineers to ensure that the software is highly available, scalable, and secure. You will also be responsible for developing features, improving the software performance, and providing technical support to other teams. Design and document sophisticated software components, services, and platforms Implement robust and maintainable code with clear and maintained documentation Deliver customer value in iterative fashion while working towards longer term systems to solve roadmap goals with increasing efficiency Serve as a technical lead and own projects end-to-end Communicate status and changes to the work they are responsible and accountable for, keep all stakeholders informed of changes and updates to original plan Design test automation on all code implemented through unit testing and integration testing Work with internal and external teams to bring new platforms to market Maintain and enhance software frameworks for development Serve as a technical mentor for other engineers on the team Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of best practices Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve platform-related issues Support internal and external audit teams to prepare for and participate in security, software licensing, and regulatory audits, ensuring that all necessary documentation and evidence is available and accurate Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new controls and procedures to address identified compliance gaps or risks Essential Education: Bachelor / Master degree in computer science or equivalent experience Essential Experience and Job Requirements: 7–10+ years building production backend systems; 5+ years hands-on with AWS Solid understanding and experience in AWS core services and emerging AWS technologies such as AWS AgentCore. Compute: Lambda, ECS, EKS API & Integration: API Gateway, AppSync, EventBridge, SQS, SNS Data & Storage: DynamoDB, Aurora (Postgres/MySQL), S3 Networking & Security: VPC, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, CloudFront Observability: CloudWatch Orchestration: Step Functions Authentication & Authorization: IAM Identity Centre, API Gateway authorizers and integration with Microsoft Azure Entra ID Extensive experience in designing and implementing microservices and event‑driven architectures Understanding and experience implementing AWS Well‑Architected Framework AWS certifications highly valued. Work effectively with various customer enterprise teams (security, AI governance, data platforms etc) to obtain required approvals and sign‑off on solution designs. Design & Build Agentic Backends: Define low level solution designs and implement backend services that orchestrate agent workflows using AWS primitives and AI frameworks. Orchestration & Workflows: Implement robust orchestration for multi‑step agent pipelines, including retries, timeouts, and compensating actions. APIs & services: Build and integrate with secure, low‑latency APIs and event‑driven microservices with AWS services Collaboration: Partner closely with a highly skilled, tight‑knit team and work cross‑functionally with security, data, data science, UX and customer enterprise platform teams to deliver high‑quality solutions. Hands on - The candidate must be fully hands‑on, actively contributing to coding, design, and implementation of backend services and AWS solutions. Desirable criteria Experience in Trading systems or ETRMs (Energy Trading & Risk Management). Operational experience of running business critical systems. About bp Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner! We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Additional Information We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.