Prestigious opportunity for a Senior Applications Engineer with a Global Investment Management company expanding its new offices in Manchester. We are seeking a Senior Application Engineer (Backend cloud-based application development), with deep technical expertise and thought leadership. You will drive strategy for your area of expertise across teams and foster a developer community within your domain. The role involves mentoring junior staff, ensuring high-quality deliverables, promoting best practices like TDD and BDD, and leading engineering practices across the SDLC.As a Senior Applications Engineer you will be responsible for:-Providing technical expertise in Backend Development, supporting the team with effective solutions and practical insightsParticipating in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, development, deployment, and ongoing maintenanceContributing new ideas, tools, and methodologies to help foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the teamSharing knowledge and mentoring peers and junior engineers, supporting their growth and skills developmentCollaborating with technical leads, IT teams, and business stakeholders to understand project requirements, implications, and dependenciesReviewing and providing feedback on technical documentation, suggesting improvements where appropriatePromoting the best development approaches such as Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour-Driven ..... full job details .....