Integration Engineer: Backend APIs on Azure & Microservices

Virgin Active Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Group pension 3%

Complimentary Virgin Active membership

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 4x salary

Employee discounts across Virgin Group

Salary Finance access

Mental health support (BUPA)

Corporate letting services (Dexters)

ePoints discounts

Academy course discounts

KAUAI branch discounts

Job summary

Virgin Active Limited is expanding its Digital & Technology Transformation Team in London. We are hiring Integration Engineers at mid and senior levels to design, build and support backend services, APIs and integrations powering our wellness platform and mobile apps.

You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions and contribute to architectural decisions. You will lead complex integrations at senior level, guide others, and help shape engineering standards while

Qualifications

• Experience building backend services, APIs and integrations using C# and .NET.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and its integration services.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, event-driven architecture and asynchronous messaging.
• Experience integrating internal platforms with third-party systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services, APIs and integration solutions.
• Connect mobile applications and internal platforms with third-party systems.
• Develop secure, scalable and maintainable solutions using API-led and event-driven patterns.
• Work with product, QA and frontend engineers to deliver features end-to-end.
• Write clean, testable code and contribute to reviews and standards.
• Troubleshoot integration failures, production issues and performance problems.
• Improve automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring and observability.
• Participate in sprint planning and delivery estimates.
• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve reliability.

Skills

Backend services

APIs

C#

NET

Azure

RESTful APIs

Event-driven architecture

CI/CD

Testing

Distributed systems

Troubleshooting

Job description

Virgin Active Limited is expanding its Digital & Technology Transformation Team in London. We are hiring Integration Engineers at mid and senior levels to design, build and support backend services, APIs and integrations powering our wellness platform and mobile apps.

You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions and contribute to architectural decisions. You will lead complex integrations at senior level, guide others, and help shape engineering standards while