Software Engineer

Bright Purple Resourcing Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working with 2 days in office

26 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Competitive pension

Discretionary bonus scheme

Cycle to work and EV schemes

Job summary

Bright Purple Resourcing Ltd in London or Edinburgh seeks an AI-first Software Engineer to join a core product team. You will own a powerful, real-time data engine and build backend services using C#, .NET and Azure while embracing AI-powered development approaches.

You will contribute to architecture, drive performance and scalability, and stay hands-on through the full lifecycle. A strong background in trading platforms, Agile, Git and Azure DevOps is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Strong C# and .NET expertise
• Solid database experience
• Experience with AI-assisted coding tools
• Background in trading platforms
• Familiarity with Agile environments and code reviews
• Git and Azure DevOps knowledge
• Strong communicator

Responsibilities

• Drive evolution of the platform's architecture to improve performance, scalability and resilience
• Own technical design decisions while remaining hands-on through the full development lifecycle
• Champion engineering best practices, clean structure, testability and documentation
• Support cloud operations across Microsoft Azure, including App Services, CI/CD pipelines and Azure Front Door
• Stay ahead of emerging tools and techniques, including AI-assisted workflows

Skills

C# and .NET

Database experience

AI-assisted coding tools

Trading platforms

Agile & code review

Git

Azure DevOps

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

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 £65,000
• 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 .NET expertise, with a track record of designing high-performance, real-time systems
• Solid database experience
• Confidence using AI-assisted coding toolsand agentic workflows day to day
• Background within trading platforms
• Familiarity with Agile environments and collaborative code review
• Git and Azure DevOps knowledge
• A strong communicator, able to translate technical detail for non-technical audiences

Interested?

This is a rare chance to combine the stability of an established UK company with the pace and purpose of a growing technology business, all while making a tangible impact on the energy transition. If you're a senior engineer ready to shape technology that genuinely matters, we'd love to hear from you.

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.