Experienced .NET Engineer

ABOUT THE COMPANY

At Influential, we are a boutique systems integrator and top-tier Microsoft partner, designing and delivering high-quality technical, team augmentation and recruitment solutions to 200+ global clients, including famous names such as Deloitte, Church of England, Pret, CERN as well as various councils, universities and colleges.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Due to our continued growth, we are looking for an experienced .NET Engineer to work as part of one of our dedicated development teams, each of which delivers first-class bespoke software development and integration projects, providing excellently managed services and consistent engagements for specialised technologies across the digital ecosystem. As a lead .NET Engineer, you will champion software quality and technical vision for the company and our clients, work on large-scale projects and help junior and mid developers grow in their roles. You will have experience of writing high-quality code in a complex software environment and has delivered major technical projects. You will play a key role as a subject expert for your team and will take full ownership of the projects and deadlines assigned to your scrum. You will be managing a team of 3-4 other .NET Engineers, providing guidance and support on their day-to-day work and people matters.  

If you are a hands-on coder and a go-to problem solver who is looking to advance your career, working with new clients and technologies while leading an ambitious team, this is an excellent opportunity for you.   

RESPONSIBILITIES

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  Set targets, plan workloads and delegate tasks for a team so that they remain goal-orientated and disciplined;


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  Assess team performance and provide feedback to employees following company policies;


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  Mentor and coach, your team for live and future projects, lead by example and guide others to progress their skills;


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  Lead in the design and development of high-quality applications;


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  Work on large-scale, multiple industries, eCommerce and enterprise-level software development projects using languages and technologies such as .NET Core, C# .NET, AWS, MySQL and more;


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  Build platform integrations with external customers and suppliers;


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  Champion software quality and technical vision for our clients;


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  Provide third-line support of solutions in production;


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  Hands-on coding with C#.NET;


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  Work closely with all development, product and service delivery teams using the Agile method;


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  Share and implement ideas for system improvements and changes; experiment with new technologies and make new suggestions where applicable;


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  Offer technical assistance, support and development across the company;


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  Liaise with 3rd party software providers throughout the lifecycle – including design, development, support, and maintenance;

REQUIRED SKILLS

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  Leadership skills to provide support and direction to the team; able to delegate responsibilities while ensuring that work is completed effectively


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  Outstanding and interpersonal communication skills with ability to resolve conflicts


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  Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills;


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  Excellent analysis, debugging, and troubleshooting skills, able to understand, adapt and fix code designed without modern patterns;


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  Experience of planning, coordination, delivery incrementally working testable software working in scaled Agile environments;


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  Knowledge of software structures / architectures / design patterns and of the software development process and industry tool sets;


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  You should be experienced in the following technologies:

·        At least 5 years’ experience in C#·        .NET Core 3.1·        ASP.NET MVC (Core), Razor Pages·        EF Core·        Azure (Web Apps, Serverless, Messaging, SQL Server/CosmosDB)·        HTML, CSS and JavaScript frameworks (React/Angular)·        CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, CircleCI)

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  Entity Framework

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

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  API design, REST, JSON


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  Distributed systems integration/communication, microservices


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  DevOps experience: exposure to TeamCity, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy


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  Worked within an Agile environment


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  Familiar with TDD, BDD

BENEFITS

• Life insurance and 24/7 access to online GP


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  Discounted gym membership & online fitness programme


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  Cycle to work scheme


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  Perkbox discount platform


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  Mental health support, life coaching


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  Financial wellbeing support


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  Nutrition plans and advice


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  30 days of paid holiday


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  Career progression opportunities

APPLICATION
Please submit the following items with your application:
• Cover letter explaining why you are suitable for the role and what excites you about working in this role for our business
• Confirmation that you live in or around the Maidstone area of Kent and are able to work in the development office in Central Maidstone on a full-time basis

• Up-to-date CV