You'll want to stick around this time, with this role, package and technology this is stand out opportunity for someone looking for a longer term opportunity.

You are in safe hands with this business. They are an investment management business, responsible for making investment decisions for their customers who are high net-worth individuals, charities and businesses.

Firstly, the investment platform they have developed is arguably one of the best, it’s won awards and the team of people who have built it have been together a long time. So you’ll get to work with an awesome team of super-talented people, that are welcoming and supportive.

They are driving a major digital transformation of their technology and architecture into Azure / DevOps environments, and given the scale of the data and APIs and the compliance required, this is a seriously ambition undertaking.

The team culture is phenomenal, super empowering and collaborative, you’ll be allocated critical workstreams and you’ll be expected to deliver pre-agreed outcomes. No spoon-feeding in this one, we’re looking for upper midweight/senior developers, working remotely to get it done!

The IT Development team is responsible for the building and running of many of the core software systems, from Client Servicing to Trading. They are primarily based on the Microsoft stack but believe firmly in using the right tool for the job; if its outside of that stack, then that is also fine.

With a mixture of old and new our core systems range from a WinForms app to an in-house distributed data processing pipeline.

Some of the core technologies that they utilise are

C#
SQL Server
Angular
RabbitMQ
Azure
Git
Snowflake
Kafka
Azure DevOps

They’re also in the middle of a major transformational migration to Azure.

This role will include:

The development of new systems in line with business and systems strategy
Contributing as a member of 3 rd Line system support
The maintenance and performance improvement of existing software
Following the Development Processes, including participating in our two-week-long sprints
Participating in design meetings and giving input/opinions on how things should be built
Testing software, including – unit, functional and integration testing
Documentation
Working with other departments to discuss requirements
Present and recommend ideas for software improvements, upgrades, and modifications
Participating in scheduled out-of-hours upgrades and business-critical process execution

Key Accountabilities:

Delivery of agreed sprints items
Track work being carried out in our Ticket/Sprint systems
Ensure excellent levels of communication with stakeholders, users and the development team to keep everyone in the loop and on the same page
Good communication and participation in team calls

In undertaking development activities, observe and ensure compliance with the following:

Use secure-by-design; principles where appropriate in both designing and writing software
Ensure correct version control procedures are followed.
Observe appropriate separation between development, test and production environments. Access to and changes to production systems is only permitted in the case of emergency incident circumstances or by following controlled deployment procedures and/or seeking approval the CTO
Follow pre-approved development methodologies and - even if following Agile processes - ensure that there is a documented business requirement for the work being undertaken
Perform software testing - at unit, module, user, integration and deployment level.
Communicate status and progress reporting from time to time
Ensure appropriate documentation of developments is maintained

Background and Experience required:

Knowledge of the design, development and implementation of software solutions
Full stack development experience in particular the Microsoft stack, including .NET languages
e.g. C# and a strong understanding of OO principles
Knowledge of relational database systems and SQL
Experience working with APIs

Why join?

Exceptional salary
A stable, talented team
Awesome product
Move towards Azure Cloud and Azure Data Lake
Get into Data Engineering and MS BI Stack
Gain MS Certifications
Pension 10% contribution
Incredible Bonus - paid out 15% last year
Health
Life Assurance
25 days plus purchase scheme
Cycle to work scheme

Interested in finding out more before applying? Please drop me a connection request on Linkedin and we can schedule a call. Looking forward to talking to you!

Full Stack Software Engineer