Software Engineer

Due to continued growth Christopher Ali are recruiting a .Net Software Engineer on behalf of a client in the financial services industry.

This role offers the chance to contribute to the ongoing development and maintenance of a key platform and other critical applications.

The successful candidate will be responsible for translating requirements into clean, efficient, and well-engineered code.

You will need to have experience using the Microsoft stack, ability to work in an Agile environment and have good SQL skills.

What You'll Do:

• Contribute to Development: Work on significant features and modules, supporting development from the design phase through to deployment and maintenance.
• Collaborate on Design: Participate in discussions on the technical design of new features and enhancements, with a focus on learning and contributing to our standards for scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Uphold Code Quality, Standards, and Security: Enhance code quality through participation in code reviews and by adhering to established standards and best practices.
• Technical Problem Solving: Analyse technical challenges and collaborate with the team to implement effective solutions.
• Performance Optimisation: Help identify and resolve performance bottlenecks by implementing optimisations to ensure a smooth user experience.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with front-line support, users, and other technical teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve bugs in the code and the overall application.
• Build System Knowledge: Develop a strong understanding of the system to assist users and other staff members, contributing to a positive user experience.
• Participate in Agile Processes: Actively contribute to team meetings such as Daily Scrums, design meetings, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to Documentation: Assist in the development and maintenance of clear and comprehensive technical documentation for our digital platforms.

Skills Needed:

• 2-3 years of commercial experience as a software engineer using the Microsoft stack.
• Proficiency in .NET, .NET Core, MVC, WebForms, C# or VB.Net and Entity Framework, with a good understanding of common development patterns. Experience with Blazor or Telerik is a plus.
• Experience with Git or another source control system, including branching and merging.
• Experience developing and maintaining web applications.
• Proven ability to work within an Agile development environment.
• Good SQL skills, particularly the ability to write optimised queries.
• Any experience of React is a plus.