Senior Software Engineer

AJ Bell; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Discretionary bonus

Share schemes

Pension with matched contributions

Health plan

Gym on site

Enhanced family leave

Travel and bike loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

AJ Bell is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in the Operational and Regulatory Technology department. You will contribute to a cross-functional team, designing and delivering scalable services using C#, .NET Core, and APIs, with web frontends in Angular/React/Vue.

Expect cloud deployments on AWS, containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes, and a strong emphasis on TDD and CI/CD. You will mentor teammates, address non-functional requirements, and participate in architecture discussions to

Qualifications

• Strong experience in C#/.NET core and API design.
• Proven work developing services and APIs with RESTful interfaces.
• Experience with cloud native development on AWS and containerised deployments.
• Familiar with ORM (Entity Framework Core) and messaging queues.
• Nice to have knowledge of frontend frameworks (Angular/React/Vue).

Responsibilities

• Guide and mentor cross-functional teams to design and deliver high quality products.
• Develop scalable, highly available middle-tier components and APIs.
• Contribute to architecture decisions considering non-functional requirements.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated tests.
• Collaborate on web frontend tech stacks and cloud deployments.

Skills

C# / .NET

REST APIs

Angular/React/Vue

DDD

CI/CD

TDD

AWS

Docker/Kubernetes

SQL / Mongo

Web API

RabbitMQ / SQS

Entity Framework Core

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Entity Framework Core

RabbitMQ

Google Protocol Buffers

Job description

We now havean exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Operational and Regulatory Technology department for an award-winning investment platform, offering a collaborative team working environment, training and excellent career progression.

Our strategy is to have a cross functional development team, with team members working on all areas of our technology stack and propositions.

What to expect:

• Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team
• Guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products
• Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to deliver
• Significant commercial experience developing services and APIs with C#, .NET core, Mongo and/or SQL with techniques such as domain-driven design and MVC.
• Strong technical background in web development with Angular/React/VueJs.
• Experience in developing HTTP-based APIs and implementation of RESTful services with JSON.
• Thorough understanding of CI/CD pipelines
• Practices Test Driven Development and is comfortable with various test frameworks and concepts.
• A proven record in developing scalable, highly available and highly performing middle-tier components.
• Familiarisation with containerisation and tools like Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience of developing, deploying, and maintaining Cloud-Based solutions on AWS
• Understand principles behind highly performing web pages
• Experience/Familiarity with Entity framework core.
• Experience/Familiarity with communications technologies (Web API, Google Protocol Buffers) and message queues (e.g. RabbitMQ, SQS)
• Agile / SCRUM / SAFe
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm
• E-commerce and/or financial services experience

About us:

At AJ Bell, we believe investing should feel good. Whether you're looking for an ISA, pension or dealing account, whether you want to invest with the help of a financial adviser or do it yourself, we have easy-to-use solutions to suit people from all walks of life.

We're one of the UK's fastest-growing investment platform businesses, trusted by everyone from professional financial advisers to first-time investors.

Today, over 762,000customers trust us to manage more than £121.5billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we're helping more people take control of their financial futures.

We're proud to be recognised as one of the UK's Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years, and a Great Place to Work® in 2025 and 2026, a reflection of our supportive and collaborative culture.

What we offer

• 26days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
• 7% Pension with matched contributions
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE)
• Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare
• Free onsite gym
• Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Travel and bike loan schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme

Life at AJ Bell

• Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties
• Learning and development opportunities tailored to you
• Casual dress code
• Friendly, supportive team environment

Our ways of working

We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of50% of your working time per monthspent in the office.

For new starters, there’s an initial period of full-time office working to help you settle in and build relationships.

Inclusion & diversity

We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential.

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