Senior Developer (London Area)

Senior Developer

Remote (Occasional in-person meetings, circa once a month)

£70,000 + Bonus + Benefits

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Developer to join a small, agile team working on a key product modernisation initiative. You\’ll be hands-on in developing new features, driving technical direction, and ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to influence system design and work with a modern tech stack.

Technical Leadership:

• Set the technical trajectory and ensure alignment with product strategy.
• Mentor and support developers of all experience levels, promoting best practices.
• Provide technical input to support team hiring, onboarding, and training.
• Collaborate with technical partners to ensure successful integrations.

Development & Architecture:

• Design, build, and maintain software across the product suite
• Write clean, scalable, and well-tested code in line with architectural standards.
• Conduct peer code reviews to maintain high standards of code quality.

Agile Delivery:

• Participate in all relevant agile ceremonies (Scrumban framework).
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimations, and retrospectives.
• Identify and remove technical impediments to support delivery velocity.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work with the Product Owner to ensure technical alignment with feature goals.
• Collaborate with the professional services team on custom customer-driven development.
• Occasionally participate in customer visits for technical planning.

About You:

You are a passionate and technically capable professional who applies quality as a standard across the entire SDLC. With a strong foundation in Agile methodologies, you’ve previously implemented engineering best practices and are ready to drive technical direction while remaining hands-on with development. You’re a confident communicator who collaborates closely with cross-functional leaders and enjoys fostering technical growth across teams. You\’re motivated by building scalable solutions and leading by example.

• Strong experience in React, C# (.NET 8), AWS (S3, EC2, SQS, Lambda, etc.), Entity Framework, SQL, and microservices.
• Experience implementing engineering best practices and are ready to drive technical direction while remaining hands-on with development.
• A confident communicator who collaborates closely with cross-functional teams.
• A desire to build scalable solutions and lead by example through your work.
• Agile experience in Scrum/Kanban teams and a focus on delivering quality in fast-paced environments.
• The ability to mentor and foster technical growth across teams.
• Experience with payment gateway integrations (e.g., Stripe, DNA Payments) useful
• Interest in contributing to the external tech community (e.g., open-source, blogs, speaking at conferences). also welcomed but not essential

If you are ready to contribute your skills in a hands-on development role, drive technical decisions, and collaborate with a talented team, we’d love to hear from you!

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