Software Engineer

GardX; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid & Flexible Working

On-Site Gym

On-Site Personal Trainer

Birthday off

State of the Art Offices

Company Pension Scheme

EAP System

Doctor on call

Job summary

Xcceler AI te, part of GardX Group, is building and enhancing automotive SaaS and AI products. You will contribute across the tech stack (Vue.js, .NET, MS SQL, AWS) and help shape scalable software in a fast-paced, global environment.

Join a collaborative team focused on innovation, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software. This role follows a Kanban workflow with a strong product-driven mindset.

Qualifications

• Understand software engineering principles including design, implementation, quality assurance, and maintenance.
• Build, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand customer needs, challenge conventional thinking and develop innovative, scalable solutions that deliver real value.
• Embrace modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, to accelerate development, improve productivity and continuously enhance software quality.
• Be comfortable working in a global environment with platforms distributed across Europe, America, UAE, and Australia.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance Xcceler AI te’s growing portfolio of automotive SaaS and AI products.
• Take features through the full SDLC with a ‘you build it, you run it’ mentality.
• Follow Kanban—fast and fluid delivery with minimal bureaucracy.
• Collaborate across Vue.js (front end), .NET (backend) and MS SQL Server, plus exposure to AWS.

Skills

Software engineering principles

Agile/Kanban

Problem-solving

Tools

MS SQL Server

GitHub Actions

Docker

Design Patterns

OOP

SOLID

Clean Code

Unit testing

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Location:Office Based -Port Solent - 4 days on Site - 1 day WFH
Job Type:Full-time

Are you looking for a software engineering role where you can help build and enhance innovative SaaS and AI products for the automotive industry?

Xcceler AI te, part of GardX Group, is a growing automotive technology business developing software that helps retailers improve customer engagement, operational efficiency and commercial performance. With an ambitious product roadmap and international growth plans, there’s plenty to get involved in!

What You’ll Work On

You’ll be primarily focused on developing and enhancing Xcceler AI te’s growing portfolio of automotive SaaS and AI products. Working alongside our wider engineering team, you’ll help drive innovation, push boundaries and build scalable software solutions using modern technologies. We encourage curiosity, fresh thinking and embracing emerging technologies, including leveraging AI to enhance how we design, develop and deliver software.

Your Role

At the core of our tech stack is Vue.js (front end), .NET (backend), and MS SQL Server. You’ll also get exposure to AWS cloud services, and opportunities to contribute to architecture, best practices, DevOps and the evolution of our SaaS platform.

You’ll thrive in our collaborative, fast-paced environment where you’ll take features through the full SDLC with a “you build it, you run it” mentality. We encourage innovation, continuous improvement and a product-focused mindset, balancing speed of delivery with quality, simplicity and scalability.

We follow Kanban, not Scrum—our approach is fast and fluid, minimizing bureaucracy so you can focus on what really matters: delivering high-quality software and continually improving our products.

What we are looking for

If you’re passionate about technology and problem-solving, we want to hear from you. The ideal candidate will:

• Understand software engineering principles including design, implementation, quality assurance, and maintenance.
• Build, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand customer needs, challenge conventional thinking and develop innovative, scalable solutions that deliver real value.
• Embrace modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, to accelerate development, improve productivity and continuously enhance software quality.
• Be comfortable working in a global environment with platforms distributed across Europe, America, UAE, and Australia.

Your Background

• Forward-thinking, curious and proactive engineer who embraces emerging technologies, experiments with new tools and challenges traditional ways of working.
• Enthusiastic about leveraging AI and modern development tools to improve engineering efficiency, accelerate delivery and unlock new possibilities.
• Experience working in Agile (preferably Kanban)
• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience

Tech Skills We Would Love to See

• MS SQL Server / T-SQL
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
• Docker
• Knowledge of Design Patterns, OOP, SOLID, and Clean Code
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (unit testing / front-end testing) is highly desirable
• Experience with, or a keen interest in, AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or similar.

Why Join Xcceler AI te?

• Work on innovative, high-impact SaaS and AI products for the automotive industry
• Help develop scalable software used by automotive retailers and partners internationally
• Be part of a collaborative engineering team with a dedicated focus on a growing technology business
• Contribute to new product features, platform improvements and an ambitious development roadmap

So, what’s in it for you?

Xcceler AI te is part of GardX Group, an established international automotive business that has grown for over 20 years.

• In scale

And that growth naturally creates opportunity for our people to progress too. So, when you go with GardX, you’re choosing a career where you’re encouraged to progress, given the freedom to innovate, a business with strong values and support as part of a close-knit team that shares the same global purpose.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Training & Personal Development
• Competitive Benchmarked Salary
• Hybrid & Flexible Working
• State of the Art Offices
• Up to 28 days Holiday* + Plus Bank Holidays
• Birthday off
• Company Pension Scheme
• On-Site Personal Trainer
• On-Site Gym
• EAP System
• Doctor on call

*Holidays increase with Length of Service