(Senior) Backend engineer

Pepper Advantage; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pepper Advantage is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join Project PRISM. You will work with a dedicated team to build a platform for web and mobile access, bringing product and domain expertise to deliver enterprise-grade applications.

The role requires strong C# skills (WebAPI, ASP.NET Core), SQL Server/Azure SQL, NoSQL (CosmosDB), and experience with cloud-native architectures. Collaboration with the Scrum team and focus on CI/CD are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise-grade backend services.
• Strong C# and database skills in Azure stack.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with Angular front-end integration.

Responsibilities

• Development and maintenance of the new software platform.
• Design of scalable, configurable cloud-native solutions for multiple geographies.
• Ensure code quality, architecture alignment, and adherence to standards.
• Manage and maintain the codebase with audit and control capabilities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and prioritise system developments.
• Design and implement automated testing in an agile environment.
• Work as part of the Scrum team to estimate sprint items.
• Promote CI/CD practices using Azure DevOps.
• Apply best practices like BDD, design patterns, and SOLID.

Skills

C#

ASP.NET Core

WebAPI

SQL Server

Azure SQL

CosmosDB

API design

Angular

Azure

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

DDD

SOLID principles

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure DevOps

Job description

The (Senior) Backend engineer is a key new appointment to Project PRISM who will work with the dedicated team to build the platform for both web and mobile access.

(Senior) Backend engineer will be a can do, high achieving individual who will bring their product and domain expertise to the product, having experience of working with teams to build high quality enterprise level applications and have a passion for technology.

Location: Madrid (Spain), UK (London, Uxbridge, Skipton), Dublin (Ireland)

Main Responsibilities

• Development and maintenance of the new software platform.
• Design of a scalable and highly configurable cloud native solution targeting multiple geographic jurisdictions and asset types.
• Ensure all developments fit within the overall system architecture and design strategy, and make sure code is of a consistent and appropriate standard.
• Manage and maintain the company codebase using industry best practice to provide full audit and control capabilities.
• Work with all stakeholders to best prioritise system developments and deliver to agreed release schedules.
• Work closely with the test team to design and implement robust automatic testing in an agile fashion.
• Work as part of the Scrum team to analyse and estimate sprint items.
• Keep abreast with Testing best practices and new trends.
• Excellent C# skills (WebAPI, ASP.NET Core), SQL Server, Azure SQL and NoSQL (CosmosDB) skills.
• Experience on API based systems: definition, implementation, and management.
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, specifically Angular and the supporting framework tools.
• Experienced in cloud-native applications (preferably Azure) with good understanding of modular design and asynchronous communication.
• Familiarity with IaaS, PaaS and IaC technologies – Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible.
• Strong advocate of CI/CD principles familiar with the Azure DevOps stack.
• Competency in best practices and techniques – BDD, design patterns, SOLID principles, DDD.
• Experience in the Financial Services industry is desirable.
• Interest in Infrastructure Engineering is desirable.

Pepper’s values and culture

Our mission is to help people succeed. Our clients, our customers, our employees. Our Values are ‘Can do’, ‘Balanced’ and ‘Real’.

Pepper Advantage’s values support our vision, shape our culture and define how we interact with other employees and the attitudes we adopt towards our customers and clients. The values of Pepper Advantage support the organisation’s mission statement.

Pepper Advantage’s unique outcome focused corporate culture aims to deliver fairness and value for clients and customers, consistently exceeding expectations in all measurable performance areas.

Pepper is an equal opportunities employer.

Role Profiles are subject to change in line with business needs.