Senior Backend Engineer: Scale with .NET 8, Azure (Hybrid)

Acorn Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working option

Mental health support

Career development

Early access to salary

Recognition awards

Job summary

Acorn Group in Liverpool is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to design, build and scale backend services. You’ll work in a cross-functional squad, own features from idea to production, and lead technical decisions.

You’ll use C#/NET 8.0, Docker and Azure, collaborate with product and design teams, and mentor others. The role is hybrid with three days in the Liverpool City Centre HQ.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with C#, .NET and Dockerised microservices.
• Strong SQL Server/Entity Framework knowledge.
• Experience with cloud deployments (Azure) and DevOps practices.
• Experience with testing, CI/CD and cloud deployments.
• A team player who mentors and collaborates effectively.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable backend services using .NET 8.0 and Azure.
• Write clean, testable and performant code.
• Design and implement APIs and database solutions.
• Deploy and run services using Docker and Azure Cloud.
• Collaborate with product owners and designers to deliver features.
• Mentor other developers and raise team standards.
• Share ideas to improve system design.

Skills

C#

.NET

Problem solving

Mentoring

Tools

Docker

Azure

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

SQL Server

Entity Framework

Redis

Mongo

Git

Job description

Acorn Group in Liverpool is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to design, build and scale backend services. You’ll work in a cross-functional squad, own features from idea to production, and lead technical decisions.

You’ll use C#/NET 8.0, Docker and Azure, collaborate with product and design teams, and mentor others. The role is hybrid with three days in the Liverpool City Centre HQ.