Application Developer - C# / .NET / SQL

SAGA PLC; Folkestone; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading service provider for older adults in the UK seeks an experienced Application Developer to join their expert team. This role involves working on a variety of projects within the Customer Hub, focusing on enhancing applications and ensuring data quality. Candidates should have a strong background in C# and .NET, excellent communication skills, and an appetite for learning. The position offers 25 days holiday, a pension scheme, and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Option to purchase additional leave

Pension scheme matched up to 10%

Company performance related annual bonus

Life assurance policy

Wellbeing programme

Colleague discounts

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Grandparents leave

Income protection

Access to Saga Academy

Qualifications

• Experience in a C# / .net Application Development role.
• Ability to learn new coding languages and technologies.
• Effective problem identification and resolution skills.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting and data fixes.
• Building and modifying software applications.
• Integrating software components and third-party applications.
• Working with UAT/QA teams to ensure high quality deliveries.
• Collaborating with Technology professionals on projects.
• Creating and maintaining technical documents.

Skills

C# / .net Application Development

Excellent communication skills

Time management

C#, ASP .NET, T-SQL

Attention to detail

Tools

JIRA

CI/CD pipelines

IIS

Windows Server

Job description

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 Responsibility

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.

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

Key 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 Skills

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

Over the past 70 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. We're one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for its high-quality products and exceptional standards of service. Our product portfolio includes cruises, holidays, insurance, personal finance products and our Saga Magazine.

We aim to be the most-trusted brand for older people in the UK. Our focus on delivering exceptional products and service empowers our colleagues to create moments that are personal and special for our customers and for each other. Our values underpin our approach and help guide us to deliver our purpose. We're committed to making sure that colleagues can be their best, be themselves and make a difference - more than anywhere else. We do this by creating a truly inclusive culture, where all colleagues can bring their full and authentic selves to work and be treated with dignity and respect in an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. Thanks to our people, Saga has been ranked 6th in the UK's Best Employers 2025 by the Financial Times and Statista. This recognition, based on the voices of 20,000 employees across the UK, is a testament to the great culture we've built together. This award belongs to all our colleagues who collectively make Saga a fantastic place to work. We are champions of age inclusivity and signatories of the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, we are proud of our multigenerational teams we have in place. We're also a committed Disability Confident employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

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