Job description
Red Ember Recruitment is currently recruiting for an experienced Software Engineer for their client in Bedfordview. Design, develop, test and maintain features across a modern enterprise web platform. Build secure backend services and web applications using C# and modern .NET. Develop and maintain REST APIs and integrations with third-party systems.
Work with relational databases, data models and performance-sensitive queries. Contribute to responsive and user-friendly web interfaces. Take ownership of features from technical design through development, testing and release. Review requirements and identify technical risks, dependencies and edge cases. Participate in architecture discussions, technical planning and code reviews.
Write clean, maintainable and appropriately tested code. Investigate defects, performance issues and production incidents. Estimate development effort and communicate progress, risks and blockers clearly. Produce and maintain technical documentation. Contribute to engineering standards, secure development practices and delivery processes.
Support and mentor less-experienced developers where appropriate. Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve delivery, testing, documentation and technical analysis.
Requirements
Core Technical Requirements. The successful candidate should have strong commercial experience in most of the following: C# and modern .NET. ASP.NET Core. RESTful API design and third-party integrations. PostgreSQL, SQL Server or another enterprise relational database. Entity Framework Core or a comparable ORM. HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Git-based source control. Unit, integration and automated testing. Object-oriented programming and software design principles. Dependency injection and separation of concerns. Authentication, authorisation and role-based access control. Secure web application development. Cloud-hosted applications. Docker or similar container technologies.
Automated build, testing and deployment processes Advantageous Experience AWS or another major cloud platform. React, Next.js or a comparable frontend framework. Multi-tenant SaaS platforms. High-volume enterprise applications. Workflow-driven business systems. Background processing and asynchronous workloads. Application monitoring and performance optimisation.
Single sign-on and identity-provider integrations. Reporting and analytics platforms. AI-enabled product features. AI-assisted software development tools. Security and Quality. The candidate should have a practical understanding of: Secure authentication and session management. Role- and permission-based access control.
Secure API design. Input validation and protection against common web vulnerabilities. OWASP secure development principles. Logging, monitoring and audit trails. Protection of confidential and personal information. Code quality, maintainability and testability. Experience and Qualifications Approximately five or more years of relevant commercial software development experience.
Strong recent experience developing production software using C# and .NET. Experience delivering meaningful features from requirement through to production. Experience working within a professional software development team. A relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field is preferred.
Equivalent practical experience and a strong technical track record may be considered in place of a formal qualification.