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Delphi Software Engineer
+6 months +
+Fully remote working
+£400 - £450 a day
+Inside IR35
Skills:
+Delphi
+AWS
+Lazarus
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to support the migration of a legacy on-premise application into a modern, cloud-based environment on AWS. This role is ideal for an engineer with strong Delphi expertise who can work across legacy components while supporting modernisation into languages such as C# or .NET where required.
You will work as part of a collaborative, delivery-focused team, contributing to application refactoring, rebuilding Delphi dependencies, and helping transition legacy tech into a sustainable future-state architecture.
Project Overview
The project involves migrating a legacy PHP and Delphi application running on Windows / MS SQL to an AWS-hosted environment using PostgreSQL.
Key elements include:
Re-platforming the existing application from on-premise Windows servers to AWS.
Converting the MS SQL database to PostgreSQL.
Removing Windows components and transitioning to Linux-based deployments.
Reviewing Delphi dependencies and re-writing/re-architecting components where necessary in a modern language (C# or .NET).
Supporting any small remaining elements of Delphi UI work.
Key Skills Required
✔ Delphi (essential)
✔ Experience with Lazarus (open-source Delphi IDE) - highly beneficial
✔ Knowledge of WebSockets and REST APIs in Delphi
✔ Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
✔ Ability to assess and re-engineer legacy codebases
✔ Familiarity with PHP considered helpful (but not required)
Nice to Have
AWS
Docker
Experience migrating or modernising legacy windows-based applications
Exposure to C# / .NET development
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