Senior Software Engineer

Avanti Recruitment; Essex; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Essex is seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Web Developer to join their innovative team. This hands-on role involves developing software in a Test-Driven Agile environment and working with modern technologies including Azure, .NET Core, and AI integration. With competitive salary and excellent benefits including flexible hours and wellness initiatives, this opportunity is ideal for driven individuals looking to make an impact in an exciting field.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Private healthcare

Company-sponsored lunch on last working day

Onsite employee gym and recreational facilities

Social events and team incentives

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years relevant experience in software development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop public-facing APIs and back-office websites using ASP.NET technologies.
• Participate in scrum meetings, fix bugs, and write tests in a collaborative environment.

Skills

C#

ASP.NET MVC 5

Entity Framework

SQL Server

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS3

Agile methodologies

Test-Driven Development

Job description

We are currently partnered with an established and growing financial services company, regulated by the FCA, that has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Full Stack Web Developer to join their in-house development team. This company has a proven track record for customer and employee satisfaction and is looking for an extremely driven, passionate, and motivated individual to join their development family.

The successful candidate will work on public-facing APIs and back-office websites in a Test-Driven Agile environment. The company is always exploring the latest technologies and has recently migrated to Azure, modernising from VMs to App Services, SQL MI, and utilising many other Azure services. Future projects include incorporating .NET Core, SignalR, and AI technology such as ChatGPT.

The role requires full-time office attendance (5 days per week) and they are seeking candidates within a 1-hour commute of their Loughton office.

This is a fast-paced, hands-on role where you'll be developing website features, fixing bugs, writing tests, and working collaboratively with project owners and peers in scrum meetings.

Technical Stack:

• ASP.NET 4.6+ MVC 5
• C# 6+ including advanced language features (generics, lambdas, delegates)
• Entity Framework 6+
• SQL Server 2014+
• TDD/NUnit
• JavaScript/jQuery/AJAX, HTML5, CSS3
• Design Patterns and SOLID Principles

Desirable experience:

• ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core
• Azure Service Bus
• Vue, AngularJS
• Agile methodologies/Scrum
• Automated browser testing/SpecFlow/Selenium
• SignalR, ECMAScript6

We're looking for:

• Minimum 4 years relevant experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Salary up to 120,000
The role offers working hours of 9am-5:30pm with flexibility on start and finish times, plus benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave including Bank Holidays, with an additional day per year of service (capped at 33 days)
• Government NEST pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Healthshield (health cash back scheme and counselling services)
• Eye test/glasses reimbursement scheme
• Last working day lunch paid for by company
• Various team and personal reward incentives
• Social events
• Newly refurbished dedicated office space with onsite employee gym, pool, table tennis, kitchen facilities, and parking