Application Developer

SAGA; Folkestone; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK-based technology firm is seeking an experienced Application Developer specializing in C# and .NET to join their Folkestone office. This position involves troubleshooting, building, and integrating software applications within a fast-paced team. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills, knowledge of coding languages, and a desire to learn new technologies. The role offers a salary between £37,000 and £41,000 with a great benefits package, including holidays, a pension scheme, and a company bonus.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension scheme matched up to 10%

Annual bonus up to 5%

Wellbeing programme

Colleague discounts

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Qualifications

• Experience in a C# / .NET Application Development role.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Knowledge of coding languages and frameworks; C#, ASP .NET, T-SQL.
• Eager to learn new technologies.
• Attention to detail for problem identification.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and perform data fixes.
• Build and modify software applications based on requirements.
• Integrate software components and third-party applications.
• Collaborate with UAT / QA teams for quality assurance.
• Deliver technology projects successfully.
• Create and maintain technical documentation.

Skills

C#

.NET

T-SQL

Communication skills

Time management

Problem-solving

Tools

JIRA

CI/CD pipelines

IIS

Windows Server

Job description

Overview

Job Introduction

Application Developer - C# / .NET / SQL

£37,000 - £41,000 per annum depending on experience

Permanent

Folkestone Hybrid

Here at Saga, our central technology team are recruiting for an Application Developer. We have an exciting roadmap of projects over the next year and you’ll join an established expert team, working on across all of our business areas.

Working as a C# .Net Application Developer, you will be focussed on Saga’s ‘Customer Hub’. The Customer Hub team sits in the Technology function and collaborates with stakeholders from across the organisation and trusted third parties, receiving all customer transactions for processing, ensuring data quality and customer matching across product lines / business groups, then republishes through products such as Adobe Campaign for use in an array of marketing campaigns.

You’ll be collaborating closely with other Application Developers and Lead Developers and across the wider IT community, plus engaging with business stakeholders. In this role you will get the chance to deliver, maintain and enhance applications within the Customer Hub function.

This team is fast moving, iterative and highly agile. A great chance for you to develop your skills on multiple platforms, programming languages and interesting projects, we will also support you to enhance your skills in this role.

We work in a hybrid way at Saga both at home and in the office. This role requires you to be working from our Folkestone office roughly once a week, allowing us to collaborate and share success as a business.

Role Responsibilities

Our Application Developer will be responsible for the following areas :

• Troubleshooting and data fixes.
• Building and modifying software applications in line with business needs and requirements.
• Integrating software components and third-party applications.
• Working with UAT / QA teams, ensuring any deliveries are of high quality and meet or exceed standards.
• Working collaboratively with other Technology professionals to deliver technology programmes, projects and workstreams.
• Ensuring deliveries are secure, in line with best practice and aligned to policy.
• Creating and maintaining technical documents.
• Remaining up to date with development best practice.
• Assisting with troubleshooting systems and work collaboratively to resolve and prevent any defects, risk or issues.

The Ideal Candidate

As our newest Application Developer you’ll work on flow and fixes of customer data across various systems and customer journeys.

We need our new Application Developer to demonstrate the following skills;

• Have already worked in a C# / .net Application Development role.
• Demonstrates excellent communication and time management skills.
• Has clear knowledge of coding languages and frameworks; C#, ASP .NET, T-SQL (Microsoft SQL Server)
• Shows the desire to learn new coding languages and technologies.
• Has an eye for detail and identifying problems.

Desirable;

• Knowledge of JIRA.
• Exposure to CI / CD pipelines.
• Has worked to agile methodologies in a previous role.
• IIS and Windows Server.

Saga Values : Make it Happen, Do the Right Thing, Customer First, Excellence Every Day, Our People Make Us Special

Package Description

At Saga we recognise that our people make us special. We believe our colleagues deserve rewards for the excellence they demonstrate every single day, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.

BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO ALL COLLEAGUES :

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave - 5 extra days
• Pension scheme matched up to 10%
• Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%
• Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salary
• Wellbeing programme
• Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance
• Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Grandparents leave
• Income protection
• Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform