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Software Engineer, Observability

Oxford Nanopore TechnologiesLittlemore, Oxford

Salary
£47k – £47k
Posted
3 September 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is hiring a Software Engineer, Observability in Littlemore, a full-time it role. The advertised salary is £47k – £47k. Oxford Nanopore Technologies holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Description We are looking for a Software Engineer with an observability focus to join our Operational Software Engineering team. As part of a cross-functional team supporting ONT’s R&D, Tech Transfer and Manufacturing operations, you will build and improve observability systems across multiple applications and deployment environments including on-prem VMs, HPC compute and storage systems, Kubernetes and AWS Elastic Container Service. This role would suite someone with an interest in applicatio…
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  • Employer: Oxford Nanopore Technologies — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £47k – £47k
  • How this salary compares: about 23% below the £61,541 median across 1,319 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Littlemore, Oxford · Full-time
  • Posted: 3 September 2026
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