Senior Software Engineer

Ticketer; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in transport is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its development team. This role involves engineering scalable architectures, developing customer-facing .NET web applications, and collaborating with various stakeholders. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of software development experience, excels in communication, and is self-organised. The position offers competitive benefits, including private health insurance and the flexibility of remote working within the UK.

Benefits

Private Health Insurance

Mental Health Support

Annual wellbeing allowance

25 days of annual leave

Remote working environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years commercial software development experience.
• Superb verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-organised, methodical, and a promoter of ‘we can do anything’ mindset.
• Logical problem-solver, pragmatic, ambitious, and team-player oriented.

Responsibilities

• Engineer scalable back-end architectures and communications protocols.
• Design, develop and support feature-rich, modern, customer-facing .NET web applications.
• Work with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Quality Assurance and external partners.

Skills

C# .NET Core

APIs and backend services

Unit testing

Azure experience

Containers

SQL Server

Postgres

Agile Software Development / Scrum

Job description

About Ticketer

Ticketer has grown to become the UK’s market leader in smart electronic ticketing technology across the public transport sector. Our software enables passengers to use the latest payment technologies, whilst providing operators with real‑time performance insights to improve efficiency, service levels, and profitability.

An exciting opportunity has opened up for a Senior Software Engineer to join our development team to deliver industry‑leading functionality. This role will suit an enthusiastic and skilled individual with excellent communication skills, who loves to make a difference. The successful candidate would be working on real‑world systems with significant impact.

Main Responsibilities of the role:

• Back‑end: Engineer scalable back‑end architectures and communications protocols to support our mobile device systems. This includes message processing, HTTP data interfaces, APIs, e‑commerce, and other services
• Front‑end: design, develop and support feature rich, modern, customer‑facing .NET web applications
• Working with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Quality Assurance and external suppliers, partners and clients to understand and deliver quality features.

We are looking for someone with experience and skills in:

• C# .NET Core
• APIs and backend services
• Unit testing
• Azure experience, e.g. Service Bus, Storage, KeyVault, etc.
• Containers
• SQL Server, Postgres
• Agile Software Development / Scrum

The successful candidate would:

• Have superb verbal and written communication skills
• Be self‑organised, methodical, and promoter of ‘we can do anything’ mind‑set
• Be a logical problem‑solver, pragmatic, ambitious, and team‑player oriented
• Have a minimum of 8 years commercial software development experience

It would also be desirable if you have:

• High volume data processing
• Kubernetes
• Grpc
• Knowledge of architectural and design patterns
• Front‑end web skills including CSS/SCSS, HTML/JavaScript, TypeScript, Blazor
• Security awareness
• Transport industry knowledge

Why join Ticketer?

• You’ll be joining a business that’s leading digital transformation within the transport sector.
• Our culture is built around wellbeing and support. You will have access to Private Health Insurance, Mental Health Support, and an annual wellbeing allowance to spend on what matters most to you. We also provide financial protection, including income protection and life insurance, for added peace of mind.
• You’ll enjoy 25 days of annual leave (which increases with service), three half‑day Summer Fridays, and your birthday off to celebrate.
• We offer a remote working environment that empowers you to do your best work – wherever that may (as long as it's UK‑based)
• And that’s not all – we have a few more great benefits we can’t wait to share with you