Senior Network Automation Engineer (EU)
Megaport has an opening for a Senior Network Automation Engineer (EU) in United Kingdom. It is listed as a full-time, senior position.
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Megaport has an opening for a Senior Network Automation Engineer (EU) in United Kingdom. It is listed as a full-time, senior position.
Reading the advert, the employer asks for 5+ years of experience.
Skills and tools named in the text include SQL, PostgreSQL, CI/CD, REST, Oracle and networking.
No salary is given in this listing, so check the official pay figures in the DGJ Insight section below where they exist.
Benefits mentioned in the advert: paid time off and parental leave.
The advert does not mention visa sponsorship. If you would move to United Kingdom for this job, check the official work permit route first (DGJ Insight lists it where we have it).
Dev Global Jobs found this job on Arbeitnow on Nov 7, 2026.
- Employer
- Megaport
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level (from the title)
- senior
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Found
- Nov 7, 2026 on Arbeitnow
- Employer text
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Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
UN living-cost index for United Kingdom (ICSC post adjustment 76.4), as of 1 Oct 2026.
Source: ICSC post adjustment classifications (icsc.un.org)
- Skilled Worker visa: Job offer from a licensed sponsor at the required skill and salary level; English requirement
- Health and Care Worker visa: Eligible health and social care roles with a licensed sponsor
- Global Talent visa: Endorsement as a leader or potential leader in a listed field
Official routes: UK Visas and Immigration (GOV.UK)
About the role
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01Your Role
You’re a senior engineer who is well respected by your peers, and know how to lead effectively. You find joy in making a product that customers love. You love taking ownership over your work and can balance managing technical debt with improving the user’s experience / adding product features. You are interested in the newest technology and you’d like an environment where you can share your skills with like minded people on a no ego team. We’re a tech company at our core and we have an interesting domain we work in. And we want you to join us!
What You’ll Be DoingContribute to enhancing our existing Perl code base powering our network automation systems and internal toolset. Implement new code using a modular approach with automated testing and reporting on code coverage.
Identify and reduce technical debt, improve performance and reliability, and participate in scaling decisions across our platform.
Build and maintain secure, scalable RESTful APIs. Ensure adherence to API standards, versioning practices, and monitoring instrumentation.
Play a key role in our release process by writing reliable tests, reviewing code rigorously, and contributing to CI/CD pipeline improvements.
Support the growth of junior engineers through pairing, thoughtful code reviews, and informal coaching. Promote sound design principles and foster a culture of continuous technical learning.
5+ years of software development experience using Perl and frameworks like Mojolicious.
Experience working with relational databases using SQL (preferably PostgreSQL).
Working knowledge of using distributed datastores and NoSQL (Cassandra or similar).
Proven experience building backend services and tools within web application ecosystems.
Ability to act as a technical lead for small projects (typically up to 4 developers), offering architectural and design guidance.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
Sharp logical reasoning skills and a habit of asking the right questions, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and succinctly.
Determined to automate as much as possible so you can focus on the bigger picture.
An ability to reason logically, question appropriately and present technical information clearly and concisely.
Experience maintaining scalable versioned, secure REST APIs
Experience with networking concepts such as IP routing and MPLS
Flexible working environment, a remote-first culture with coworking options available
Generous leave plans, including, parental leave, birthday leave, and a purchased annual leave program
Health and wellness support, through a wellness allowance and employee wellbeing initiatives
Comprehensive learning support, generous study and training allowance plus paid study leave
Creative, modern workspaces, designed to inspire when you're not working remotely, plus access to coworking spaces via our global WeWork membership if you work remotely, but like to get out of the house sometimes
Motivated, inclusive team, work alongside industry experts and fresh talent
Recognition programs, celebrate achievements with our Legend and Kudos award
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