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Do you want to be a part of shaping future cities? 

At BKwai, we’re leveraging data to build a better world. Our vision is to create more resilient cities, using smarter infrastructure and construction monitoring. Bridges, tunnels, and buildings form more than a skyline, they form a critical part of keeping society moving. 

BKwai was founded in 2019 and is going through rapid product growth. We’re well funded and we have several impressive clients onboard gaining valuable insights from our solutions. We’re a growing company with more clients expected to join us this year. BKwai is an industry partner of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) and we’ve been selected for the Tech Nation Applied AI growth programme. Our aim is to make a real difference to the people using our software and we believe we can help make a difference to society as a whole by reducing disruption and keeping people safe.  What’s more we’ll do all of this by being innovative and using great technology. 

We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our development team.  You will help us continually evolve our SaaS solution by designing, building and deploying high-quality software which our users love. This role is both challenging and exciting as you’ll be involved in shaping the technology used to create our products; we don’t expect you to know everything, but you will need to learn new skills quickly and be able to learn from, and teach, your teammates.   

You’ll be part of the team focussed on our Product Roadmap, delivering both proof of concept and production ready solutions.  This role is predominantly back-end development however front-end skills are highly desirable. 

You’re the kind of person we’re looking for if: 

• You have experience in designing and creating high-quality software using Python and the Django REST framework. 
• You have experience working with databases, ideally MySQL. 
• You enjoy collaborative working and supporting your colleagues. 
• You take pride in yours and your team’s code and ensure it’s well tested, ideally with automated tests. 
• You’re enthusiastic and motivated and able to complete tasks to a high standard. 
• You’re comfortable with organised chaos – ready to react and adapt as we learn together and grow. 
• You can communicate effectively – from writing documentation to demoing your latest work to stakeholders, as well as listening to and interpreting requirements and feedback. 
• You enjoy learning and sharing your knowledge. 
• You can break deliverables down into smaller parts and estimate them effectively. 

 It would be advantageous if you had an interest in, or experience of: 

• ORM 
• TDD 
• GIS 
• Machine Learning/AI 
• Front-end development, ideally React 
• Containerisation, ideally Docker 
• Cloud Infrastructure, ideally AWS 
• Agile/Scrum 

We are looking to add to our culture with people from diverse backgrounds who are motivated to make a positive change, and to do so with integrity and an open mind. We support equality, diversity and inclusion, and encourage applications from all sections of society – and we mean that in more than words. Our company has a gender balanced leadership team, covers many different cultures and nationalities, a spectrum of ages and works with people of different physical abilities.

If this job speaks to you but you’re not sure that you “tick all the boxes” then please apply anyway. If we can help with any special accommodations for your application or interviews, just let us know. 

We’re looking for an experienced Cloud Administrator to work with the development team to create secure, highly-available, scalable SaaS solutions.  We operate a cloud-only infrastructure with the benefit of no legacy systems. You will take responsibility for all things infrastructure related including the AWS infrastructure, containerisation, databases, O365 and the tools used to manage and monitor them.  You will also be responsible for release and deployment, and the provisioning of new client sites – a love of automation is key to success.

We’re looking for someone with the knowledge and desire to drive the implementation of infrastructure best practices through innovation.  The infrastructure is relatively new so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to make improvements and design solutions fit for growth using the latest technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor and improve all aspects of our cloud infrastructure (currently AWS, Ubuntu, MySQL)
• Own the release process
• Maintain back office systems (Microsoft 365, MDM, VPN, AV)

Essential Skills and Experience

• 3+ years’ solid AWS infrastructure experience (EC2, S3)
• Linux server administration, preferably Ubuntu
• Infrastructure hardening and best practices
• CI/CD
• Docker configuration

Advantageous Skills and Experience

• Database tuning and performance optimisation
• Experience with firewalls, VPNs and AV
• Kubernetes
• Microservice architecture experience
• Agile principles (Scrum)
• Cyber Essentials Plus or ISO 27001
• Intune or similar MDM solution

Personality & Soft skills

• A desire to automate anything repetitive
• Highly motivated with the drive to complete tasks to a high standard
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Well organised and able to maintain focus
• Recognise that the needs of the team\organisation and not just your own desires