Senior Software Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Brighton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the technology sector is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Brighton office. The role involves designing and maintaining high-quality software solutions for flagship products. Candidates should have a strong background in C# .NET and experience with SQL Server, along with a collaborative spirit. The company offers a vibrant work environment with excellent benefits, emphasizing career progression and development opportunities.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Discounted fitness memberships

Hybrid working – Tuesdays and Thursdays

25-days holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Solid experience in back-end development, especially in C# .NET.
• Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, Angular or React is advantageous.
• Strong experience with .NET Web API.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions for new features and bug fixes according to project requirements.
• Provide leadership for project requirements, planning, and reporting.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure technical integrity of user interfaces and services.

Skills

C# .NET

SQL Server

HTML

CSS

Angular

React

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Azure cloud services

Job description

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At the heart of Paxton, we are innovators, we look for ways of harnessing new technology to provide better solutions for our customers. We're a global brand with nearly 40 years of experience, our team of over 400 employees is spread around the world.

We pride ourselves on creating a vibrant environment, with a focus on excellent company culture. Our teams make Paxton a great place to work with brilliant benefits that come with any role at Paxton, with an emphasis on career progression, training and development, and recognition of achievement for every employee.

So, what are the benefits?

• We run a great social calendar with wine tasting, cooking classes, onsite yoga, staff parties and more. It’s rare you won’t see something going on!
• Tech, bike, and travel or season ticket loans.
• Private medical insurance (Opt in) and healthcare cash-back plan.
• Discounted fitness memberships up to 75% off in your area.
• Hybrid working – Tuesdays and Thursdays
• 25-days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can buy & sell up to 5 days a year.
• Recognised as one of the Best Companies to Work for in the UK, by Best Companies.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team based in our Brighton office, with a strong background in building scalable, high-quality, and high-performance software solutions. This is a hands-on role where you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining software that is critical to our flagship access control products. You will also be responsible for mentoring and coaching team members.

• You will design solutions for new features and bug fixes according to project requirements and specifications
• You will provide leadership for project requirements, planning and reporting
• Collaborate with the Principal Engineer, Apps and Cloud teams
• Ensure the technical integrity of user interfaces, back end API services, mobile apps, and cloud services, using test driven design methodologies and best practice
• Identify problems or risks early on in the development cycle to help the team avoid or mitigate these risks to ensure efficient delivery of work to be completed
• You will be able to help provide input and suggestions to other team member's designs or take part int the decision-making process to ensure progress on tasks and deliverables
• You will play an active part in reviewing your own and other people's code throughout the development process to help the team ensure good coding practices as we deliver our work
• Review and provide feedback on requirements, specifications and designs to assure product quality
• Actively contribute towards decision on overall architecture and technologies used in our software products

What are we looking for?

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field is required. Proven industry experience may be accepted as a substitute.
• Solid Experience in back-end development, especially in C# .NET and experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, Angular or React would be advantageous
• Strong Experience with .NET Web API
• Solid Experience working with SQL Server
• Knowledge or experience with Azure cloud services would be advantageous but is not essential
• An excellent team player who enjoys collaborating with other developers on your team

The right attitude is more important to us than your skills or experience. If you’re excited about a role but your existing experience doesn’t match up with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

We want to collaborate with you and hear your ideas, most of all, we want people to enjoy the journey with us. Take a look at what our team thinks of working here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WH7Pi3--zc