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Senior Software Engineer Are you passionate about building robust, scalable systems that make a real impact? At Governance, Compliance & Insights, you’ll join a collaborative team tackling the unique challenges of enterprise data protection. Here, your ideas matter, your code shapes the future, and your work directly improves how global businesses safeguard their most valuable assets. Why Join Our Team? "If you are excited about the idea of working with massive volumes of data, want to help organizations tackle the complexities of data governance and compliance, and want to play a part in building AWS microservices processing millions of messages and huge amounts of data each day, Governance, Compliance and Insights team is for you." – Hiring Manager What You’ll Do: Architect & Build: Design, develop, and maintain modern Java-based services with Angular or React front ends, powering mission-critical enterprise solutions. Modernize & Innovate: Lead the transformation of legacy systems—improving reliability, scalability, and observability using the latest cloud-native technologies. Own the Cloud: Build and operate Java services (Java 11+), leveraging Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, and AWS to deliver high-availability, high-throughput platforms. Collaborate & Lead: Work closely with product, UX, and engineering teams in Agile sprints, shaping platform capabilities and mentoring peers. Champion Resilience: Participate in on-call rotations and incident response, driving proactive improvements for platform uptime and reliability. Code with Excellence: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, and set the standard through thoughtful code reviews and technical leadership. Drive Performance: Continuously optimize for speed and scale, refactoring and innovating as you go. Document & Share: Ensure clarity and knowledge sharing by documenting architectures, processes, and best practices. What You’ll Bring: Deep Java Expertise: Proven experience with Java 11+ and building scalable, distributed backend systems. Frontend Acumen: Skilled in building robust, maintainable UIs with Angular or React. Cloud & DevOps Savvy: Hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, S3, DynamoDB, VPC, ECS/EKS, SQS), Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Terraform/CloudFormation). Production Experience: Comfortable maintaining large distributed systems in live environments. Team Player: Collaborative, communicative, and passionate about mentoring and learning. Bonus Points: Experience leveraging AI tools to boost developer productivity. What We Bring: Join our GCI team to accelerate your career journey, working with cutting-edge technologies and contributing to projects that have real customer impact. You will be immersed in a dynamic environment that recognizes and celebrates your achievements. Mimecast offers formal and on the job learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly - working in cross functional teams to build your knowledge! Our Hybrid Model: We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person: Fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance and learning. Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams. Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm. Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community! The UK base salary range for this position is £76,000-£114,000 base + benefits. This reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position. This position may also be eligible for bonus, incentive plans, and other related benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. These factors and individual capabilities will also determine the individual pay offered. #LI-CS1 Belonging at Mimecast Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups. We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won’t affect your application. Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law. We save companies the embarrassment of awkward data slip ups by disrupting cybercriminal activity. We think fast, go big and always demand more. We work hard, deliver – and repeat. We grow with meaningful determination. And put success well within our reach. We empower each other, live by our values, and always deliver on our purpose. We push each other to be better and expect to be pushed back. This is a community of respect. Where everyone is counted.