Senior Backend Engineer — .NET/AWS, Kafka & Kubernetes

Universal Music Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Personal Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

25 paid days of annual leave

Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Subsidised Gym Membership

Job summary

Universal Music Group is seeking a Senior Developer in London to design, develop, and maintain backend services using .NET Core on AWS. This role emphasizes collaboration with product teams and requires expertise in serverless architectures, Docker, and Kafka.

The successful candidate should be comfortable working with a global team, including on Pacific Time hours, and possess strong problem-solving skills. Enjoy a range of benefits, including private medical insurance and annual leave.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with .NET Core / ASP.NET Core for backend development.
• Proven experience building solutions on AWS, ideally including serverless services.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka for messaging/stream processing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs using .NET Core / ASP.NET Core.
• Develop modern web UIs and integrate them with backend services.
• Collaborate with development teams to refine requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.

Skills

.NET Core / ASP.NET Core

AWS services

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL and NoSQL databases

Agile methodologies

DevOps concepts

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tools

Git

Job description

Universal Music Group is seeking a Senior Developer in London to design, develop, and maintain backend services using .NET Core on AWS. This role emphasizes collaboration with product teams and requires expertise in serverless architectures, Docker, and Kafka.

The successful candidate should be comfortable working with a global team, including on Pacific Time hours, and possess strong problem-solving skills. Enjoy a range of benefits, including private medical insurance and annual leave.