Back End Software Engineer - Hybrid 

Salary: £35,000 to £45,000 dependent upon experience

About the company:

Our client is the global payment and data ecosystem for events, stadia, and venues, providing unique end-to-end solutions including cashless payment, white-label and mobile payment apps, RFID, and event analytics. The aim is to enhance live event experiences, providing technology and data, improving customer experience, and increasing profitability, bringing event organisers and venues closer to their fans, giving them control over their payment solutions whilst providing actionable insights to make events even better.

Purpose

Support the development of roadmap improvements for our cloud-based Mobile payments and RFID platform. You will work across all aspects of the application code and will be part of a wider Technologies & Product Team

Key Responsibilities

• Developing back-end services.
• Creating messaging queues and databases for functionality.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in Software Engineering and programming languages.
• Innovate, develop, maintain, and contribute to the existing codebase and its associated applications
• Identify, troubleshoot, and fix any bugs

Key Performance Indicators

• Is results driven with a customer and solutions focus.
• Relishes a challenge, with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• A strong and flexible work ethic.
• Keeps a strategic focus whilst working in the detail.
• Adoption of a DevOps culture across the engineering function.
• Communicates effectively at all levels.

Skills & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant level of experience.
• Proficiency with server-side languages such as C# .Net Core.
• Familiarity with message broker software such as RabbitMQ and an Enterprise Service Bus such as MassTransit.
• Proficiency with unit testing frameworks such as nUnit, xUnit, MStest, and Fluent Assertions.
• Familiarity with database technology such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, LINQ, and query optimisation.
• Aware of clean coding practices such as SOLID and DRY.
• Experience with source control management and deployment pipeline systems such as GitLab.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Lean agile concepts and development e.g. Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD, DevOps.
• Implementing continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Ability to interact with colleagues from all disciplines.

Please apply by submitting a CV and Cover letter