Software Engineer

Zopa Bank Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in the UK is looking for a Senior Full‑Stack Software Engineer for their Sharedo engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in C#/.NET and SQL Server and a passion for building optimized systems. You will develop features across various technologies, including JavaScript and HTML, and work in a flexible hybrid environment. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £72,800 to £98,600 and various benefits, including private healthcare and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare with life insurance

Pension contribution

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong experience with C#/.NET, including async/await and memory management.
• Deep knowledge of SQL Server and performance tuning.
• 5+ years of varied software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop full‑stack features using C#, .NET, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SQL.
• Write and optimise hand‑crafted SQL queries for high performance.
• Enhance search and data projections with ElasticSearch.

Skills

C#/.NET

SQL Server

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

Event Store

Tools

ElasticSearch

Pulumi

Azure DevOps

Job description

We are currently seeking a Senior Full‑Stack Software Engineer to join our Sharedo engineering team in Alderley Edge, Cheshire UK. The Sharedo engineering team builds and maintains an innovative work‑and‑case management platform used across legal, energy, telecoms and property‑management sectors. Our team tackles a wide variety of challenges – from large‑scale data management to real‑time business workflows – and thrives on collaboration and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop full‑stack features using C#, .NET, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SQL
• Write and optimise hand‑crafted SQL queries to ensure high performance
• Design and implement event‑driven workflows using Event Store
• Enhance search and data projections with ElasticSearch
• Modernise components of the platform to .NET 8+ and Svelte.js, including containerised deployments
• Automate infrastructure with Pulumi and Azure DevOps
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews and maintain engineering best practices

You know better than most that great systems don’t happen by accident – they’re crafted. As a Senior Software Developer, you’ll step into a role where your work shapes the tools a busy service team relies on every day, building intuitive interfaces and maintaining critical systems.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with C#/.NET, including async/await, memory management and resource handling
• Deep knowledge of SQL Server, query optimisation, indexing, execution plans and performance tuning
• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3, Flexbox and CSS Grid
• 5+ years of varied software engineering experience, ideally including scalable systems
• Experience with distributed systems, monoliths or microservices
• Demonstrate a keen interest in improving your craft by using AI

Bonus Points If You Have

• Exposure to ElasticSearch, Event Store, Neo4j, InfluxDB, Seq, Power BI
• Experience with micro‑ORMs such as PetaPoco
• Contributions to open‑source projects or personal coding projects
• Cloud infrastructure experience, especially Azure
• Strong grasp of clean‑code principles, OOP design and software patterns

Benefits & Compensation

• Competitive, equitable salary – £72 800 to £85 700 to £98 600 GBP (regional bands may vary)
• Flexible hybrid work environment
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Private healthcare with life insurance and critical illness cover
• Pension contribution
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Clio anniversary recognition program with special acknowledgements at 3, 5, 7 and 10 years

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and are pleased to provide accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process.

Ready for a new challenge? Join us to build systems that make a real difference in the legal and allied sectors.