.NET Developer in Leicester

This is a hybrid role, requiring attendance at our Bexhill or Leicester office at least once per week and at quarterly departmental events. As such, applicants must be located within a 90-minute commuting distance of one of these offices.

Welcome to Hastings Direct: We’re a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. Over the past few years, we've made significant investments in our data and tech capabilities, particularly within our CIO function. Our CIO team is at the forefront of driving innovation and ensuring our technology infrastructure supports our ambitious goals. We’ve nurtured our 4Cs culture, fostering collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement.

The CIO team plays a crucial role in this journey, working on cutting-edge projects that enhance our digital presence and improve customer engagement. We provide insurance to over four million customers, but we know there’s even bigger opportunity out there.

Role Purpose: As a .NET Developer with an interest in AI, you’ll play a key role within our Technology Engineering team, designing, building and maintaining modern, scalable .NET applications. You’ll work closely with engineers, product and business teams to deliver high-quality solutions using C# and .NET, build APIs and microservices, and explore opportunities to integrate emerging AI technologies into our systems and processes. This is a great opportunity to develop your expertise across both software engineering and AI within a supportive, innovative and forward-thinking environment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing, developing and maintaining scalable, high-availability applications using C# and .NET.
• Building RESTful APIs and microservices that integrate effectively across our technology landscape.
• Collaborating with Engineering, Product and business teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality technical solutions.
• Championing agile development, automation-first principles and good engineering practices, while supporting knowledge sharing across the team.
• Working with Engineering and Platform teams to ensure infrastructure and data pipelines effectively support .NET and AI workloads.

Skills, knowledge and experience:

• Strong commercial experience using C# and .NET, including the latest LTS .NET core versions.
• Proven experience building backend services, RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Good understanding of cloud technologies, containers and Azure services.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, DevOps practices and automated testing, with tools such as xUnit and Moq advantageous.
• Experience working within Agile, cross-functional engineering teams, with strong problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills.
• A genuine interest in AI technologies and emerging AI engineering practices, alongside hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools.
• A proactive and adaptable approach to learning new technologies; knowledge of responsible AI, data privacy or experience within regulated environments would be advantageous.

The interview process:

• Online assessments
• 60-minute virtual technical interview
• 30-minute virtual behavioural interview

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS).

Benefits: In addition to a competitive salary, you will also receive:

• Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach.
• Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus.
• Financial wellbeing – life assurance cover, income protection, and matched pension contributions up to 10%.
• Mental wellbeing programme – access to mental health resources and support.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with options to buy or sell leave.
• Access to health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, and more.

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.