AI‑Ready .NET Backend Engineer | APIs & Microservices (Hybrid)

Hastings Insurance Services Limited; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Annual bonus

Life assurance & pension contributions

Mental wellbeing programme

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Hastings Direct in the UK is seeking a .NET Developer with an interest in AI to join our Technology Engineering team. You will design, build and maintain modern, scalable .NET applications using C# and .NET, craft APIs and microservices, and explore opportunities to integrate AI into our systems and processes.

You will collaborate with engineering, product and business teams, champion agile practices, and help ensure data pipelines and cloud infrastructure support .NET and AI workloads.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Job description

Hastings Direct in the UK is seeking a .NET Developer with an interest in AI to join our Technology Engineering team. You will design, build and maintain modern, scalable .NET applications using C# and .NET, craft APIs and microservices, and explore opportunities to integrate AI into our systems and processes.

You will collaborate with engineering, product and business teams, champion agile practices, and help ensure data pipelines and cloud infrastructure support .NET and AI workloads.