Senior Software Engineer

Bright Purple; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Discretionary bonus

Pension

Cycle to work

EV salary sacrifice

Job summary

Bright Purple is seeking an AI-first Senior Software Engineer to join its core product team in the UK, with hybrid work in London or Edinburgh. You will build high-throughput, real-time data engines using C#, .NET, and Azure, while embracing AI-assisted coding tools and agentic development workflows.

Expect to influence architecture, drive performance, and own design decisions. Ideal candidates are strong communicators, comfortable in Agile environments, and capable of translating complex

Qualifications

• Proficient in C#/.NET with experience delivering high-performance real-time systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms and pipeline automation is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive evolution of the platform architecture for performance and scalability.
• Own technical design decisions while coding through the lifecycle.
• Champion engineering best practices, testability and solid documentation.
• Support cloud operations on Microsoft Azure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Explore AI-enabled development workflows and tooling.

Skills

Strong C# and .NET

Real-time systems

AI-assisted coding tools

Agile environments

Git

Azure DevOps

Tools

Azure

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - London or Edinburgh

One of the leading players in the UK and European Energy & Renewables tech sector is hiring for an AI-first Software Engineer to join its core product development team. As a part of this high performing and collaborative group of c.10-15, you will own one of the most powerful, real-time data engines in the entire sector, recognised as the gold standard for decision making and trading

As the team are embracing AI-powered development, they are looking for prior experience in Cursor, Github CoPilot, and other coding tools.

If high-throughput, high-transaction, low-latency, real-time technologies excite you - this is about as good as it gets!

The Benefits:

• Salary up to £80,000
• Hybrid working with 2 days a week in their London or Edinburgh office
• 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Competitive pension
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Cycle to work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes

The Role:

AI-first, back-end focused, building in C#, .NET and Azure. using events-driven architecture for powerful, real-time data analytics.

Day to day, you'll be:

• Driving the evolution of the platform's architecture, spotting opportunities to improve performance, scalability and resilience
• Owning technical design decisions while staying hands-on through the full development lifecycle, from concept to delivery
• Championing engineering best practice, clean structure, testability and solid documentation
• Supporting cloud operations across Microsoft Azure, including App Services, CI/CD pipelines and Azure Front Door
• Staying ahead of the curve on emerging tools and techniques, including AI-assisted and agentic development workflows

Skills Required

• Strong C# and .NETexpertise, with a track record of designing high-performance, real-time systems
• Solid database experience
• Confidence usingAI-assisted coding toolsand agentic workflows day to day
• Familiarity with Agile environments and collaborative code review
• Git andAzureDevOps knowledge
• A strong communicator, able to translate technical detail for non-technical audiences

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.