Role Overview
Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software components that meet defined functional and non-functional requirements.
- Take ownership of significant features or services, ensuring code is maintainable, performant, and aligned with agreed standards.
- Proactively identify and address technical debt and any stability concerns within the codebase.
- Ensure solutions are delivered in line with agreed scope, timescales, and quality expectations.
- Contribute to the implementation of complex components and integrations, working within established architectural patterns.
- Collaborate with Principal Engineers and Architects to ensure technical solutions are consistent with platform design and long-term direction.
- Apply sound engineering judgement to solve problems and make day-to-day technical decisions.
- Demonstrate initiative in identifying improvements and driving them through to completion.
- Support predictable and efficient delivery by contributing to planning, estimation, and task breakdown.
- Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies clearly within the team.
- Take responsibility for delivering work through the full development lifecycle, from design through to production support.
- Support the operation of production systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and availability.
- Investigate and resolve issues, contributing to root cause analysis and continuous improvement of system resilience.
- Ensure solutions are designed with operability in mind, including monitoring, logging, and supportability.
- Follow and contribute to established engineering standards, testing approaches, and development practices.
- Participate in code reviews, ensuring quality and consistency across the codebase.
- Support continuous improvement in development processes, tooling, and team ways of working.
- Work within defined engineering standards, architectural guidelines, and governance frameworks.
- Ensure developed solutions meet required safety, regulatory, and operational constraints.
- Support documentation and audit requirements where needed.
- Work closely with product, safety, and operational teams to ensure technical solutions meet business and regulatory needs.
- Collaborate effectively with other engineers to deliver integrated platform capabilities.
- Provide guidance and support to less experienced engineers within the team.
- Contribute to knowledge sharing and help promote good engineering practices.
- Communicate technical progress, issues, and risks clearly within the team and to relevant stakeholders.
- Support effective collaboration by contributing to shared understanding of requirements and solutions.
Requirements
Essential
· Strong commercial experience with C# / .NET
· Experience building and supporting distributed or cloud-based systems
· Experience with containerised applications (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
· Experience supporting and troubleshooting production systems
· Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)
· Experience with TypeScript or modern frontend frameworks
· Experience working in agile delivery environments (e.g. Scrum)
Desirable
· Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure)
· Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release processes
· Experience with observability tools (monitoring, logging, alerting)
· Experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles
· Experience working in safety
- or regulation-driven environments
Technology Stack
· .NET (latest versions)
· Kubernetes & Docker
· Azure (SQL, CosmosDB, cloud services)
· PostgreSQL
· TypeScript / modern web frameworks (e.g. Vue.js)
· Observability tooling (e.g. Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana)
· Azure DevOps / CI-CD pipelines
Tech Stack
- Azure
- Cloud
- Docker
- Grafana
- JavaScript
- Kubernetes
- Postgres
- Prometheus
- SQL
- TypeScript
- Vue.js
- .NET
Benefits
· Holidays: 25 days per annum + 8 days bank holidays (options to buy/sell days)
· 37.5 hour working week
· Pension – 4% employee and 4% employer
· Private medical insurance (including dental & optical)
· Life assurance
· Income protection
· Employee assistance programs
· Flexible/remote working options
· Charitable initiatives
· Social events (formal & informal)
· Learning and development programs
· Innovative & collaborative work environment