Senior Backend Developer

Overview

Salary: £60,000 – £80,000

Were working with a forward-thinking technology-led organisation thats looking to hire a Senior Back End Developer to join one of their high-performing engineering teams. This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about building scalable software, enjoys mentoring others, and wants to play a key role in shaping backend architecture within a modern, agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Youll join a cross-functional product squad, typically made up of Back End and Front-End Developers, QA Engineers, UX Designers, Content Specialists and a Product Manager, with additional support from Architects and Staff Engineers.
• Each squad owns the full lifecycle of its products, so youll be involved from initial discovery and planning through to build, release and ongoing monitoring. The team works in two-week sprints and follows Agile best practices.
• As a Senior / Lead Back End Engineer, your role will balance hands-on development with leadership responsibilities. Youll provide technical direction, coach and mentor developers, contribute to architectural decisions, and support multidisciplinary delivery across the squad.
• Development is centred around a Microservices architecture, with involvement in legacy systems.
• Beyond squad work, youll be part of the Back End Chapter, collaborating on technology choices, standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Skills/Experience

• Strong C# development experience
• Experience with both .NET Core and .NET Web API
• Experience of building Microservices in .Net Core
• Experience using Message Based Architectures
• Experience using both SQL & NoSQL technologies
• Experience of API design
• Cloud development/architecture (Azure)
• Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum/Kanban)
• Knowledge and experience of Unit Testing (xUnit, nUnit)

Desired Skills/Experience

• Experience of TDD practices
• DevOps (CI/CD, Pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code)
• Experiencing managing small teams of developers

Core Values

• An excellent communicator and relationship builder
• Confident in providing technical guidance and mentoring to mid-level and junior developers
• Enjoys bringing clarity to situations then helping others to take ownership
• Role-models curiosity, open-mindedness, honesty, and transparency
• Advocacy for great engineering practices around the Digital & Technology team