C# .NET Software Engineer

Ecm Selection; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Cambridge is seeking an expert C# .NET Software Engineer to join a small, friendly Agile team. This role involves delivering important software features with a focus on quality and engineering excellence. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in C# and ASP.NET, excellent communication skills, and the right to work in the UK. The position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and flexible working hours, including the possibility of a 30-hour week.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Home working options

Qualifications

• Substantive hands-on ASP.NET and/or C# professional software engineering experience.
• Excellent design, coding, and appreciation of the importance of testing.
• Full, existing, and unrestricted right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a small collaborative Agile XP team.
• Deliver new features and enhancements.
• Help design and implement software that serves an important societal purpose.

Skills

ASP.NET

C#

Excellent communication skills

RESTful APIs

MVVM or MVC

JavaScript

CSS

HTML

Education

1st or 2.1 degree in computer science or similar

Job description

Burning the midnight oil to churn out uninspiring software to an arbitrary deadline? Perhaps you need a more fulfilling role...

This established Cambridge company are seeking an expert C# .NET Software Engineer to join a small, friendly and collaborative development team. Their software serves an important societal purpose, has longevity, and therefore needs to be carefully designed and implemented, and be thoroughly tested to ensure it's long term reliability and maintainability. The management see the development team and the software as two complimentary aspects of the formula driving their success and engineering expertise is appreciated.

With involvement throughout the software stack, you will be a part of a small collaborative Agile XP team, working together with other developers, testers, and product owners, to help deliver new features and enhancements.

Essential skills and attributes

• A 1st or 2.1 degree in computer science or similar from a well-ranked university
• Substantive hands-on ASP.NET and/or C# professional software engineering experience - excellent design, coding, and an appreciation of the importance of testing
• In this context, engineering genius is only as good as your ability to explain your logic to your colleagues - therefore you really will need excellent communications skills!
• Full, existing, and unrestricted right to work in the UK

Knowledge of or skill in some combination of the following would also be useful: RESTful APIs, hosting environment configuration, authentication & certificate management, MVVM or MVC, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, CI/CD pipelines implementation.

The role is based in pleasant modern offices in a convenient central Cambridge location. A very competitive salary and benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, and the role offers flexibility for some home working for a couple of days per week. Unusually, the role has additional flexibility, with the ability to work a 30 hour week for those who need it.

Keywords

Software Engineering, ASP.NET, C#, .NET, XP, Extreme Programming, Cambridge

Interested

Send your CV to ECM Selection. We do read every CV and try to respond to everyone. Or recommend a friend for £250, details at https://ecmselection.co.uk/tell-a-friend.

Please note

even if you don't have exactly the background indicated, do contact us now if this type of job is of interest - we may well have similar opportunities that you would be suited to. And of course, we always get your permission before submitting your CV to a company.