Staff Software Engineer

Job Title: Staff Software Engineer (C#/.Net) - Tax & Legal Technology

Base Location: Glasgow based (Hybrid - 2 days per week in office)

The KPMG Tax & Legal Technical Engineering function is a cornerstone of our business. We do work that matters to our local business and communities - supporting technical innovation and adoption of cutting edge solutions across the United Kingdom. This team will be responsible for delivering technology enabled outcomes across the Tax & Legal business using modern and best in class engineering methodologies. We drive this transformation through the adoption of Cloud based technologies and have strategic relationships with Google, Microsoft among others. We have a technology agnostic view and select the right tool/language/cloud provider to achieve the best outcome for the business and our clients alike.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

Why Join the KPMG Tax & Legal Technology Engineering team as a Staff Software Engineer

We might be world leaders in Tax & Legal, but in many ways the engineering department feels like a start-up, with a twist. There's the buzz of scrum working, the thrill of shaping compelling experiences, the chance to surprise and stretch yourself in response to a fresh challenge. And then there's all the resources, technology and high-profile projects of a major corporate entity. Crucially, we also offer the benefit of clear career progression.

What will you be doing?

In this role you will be an accomplished individual contributor. You will also provide cutting edge solutions to assist our teams of Software and Quality Assurance Engineers by enhancing their practices. You will be responsible for writing code and have a passion for building scalable, high quality software solutions.

What will you need to do it?

1. Hands on experience designing, architecting, specifying and developing large scale complex systems.
2. Deep expertise in the design and development of full stack C# /.Net Core and either Blazor, Angular 2+ or React frameworks.
3. Expertise in software design patterns, clean code and how to build Rest APIs and messaging.
4. Be a specialist in building applications for the cloud such as Azure (pref.), AWS or GCP.
5. Worked with defining data models and interacting with databases.
6. A good understanding of best practices in application security controls, such as SAST, DAST, Penetration Testing etc.

Skills we'd love to see/Amazing Extras:

1. Demonstrable experience of integrating AI technologies using large language models, such as Azure AI Services or ChatGPT.
2. Experience packaging applications in containers and deploy on Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container Apps or other Azure compute services.
3. Experience with messaging such as Service Bus, MQ or Kafka.
4. Use entity framework code first data with Azure SQL or a No SQL.

To discuss this or wider Technology roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country but preference will be given to candidates who are willing and able to do 2 days per week in our core Tech hub for this role, which is Glasgow.

We can potentially facilitate flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.