Kensington Mortgages: Software Engineer

Developer is needed in Maidenhead, United Kingdom.

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Client: Kensington Mortgages

Location: Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Contract: Other

Overall Purpose of Job

Kensington’s Digital Services Team has the goal and vision to reimagine the traditional mortgage journey. Through innovation, we strive to create best-in-class digital experiences for our customers and stay ahead of the competition. In the role of Software Engineer, you will join our successful Engineering team who deliver enterprise-quality software which supports digital self-service journeys for our mortgage customers, line-of-business applications for our contact-centre, APIs for our B2B Partners, and public-facing Websites.

We strive to continuously improve our Engineering and DevOps methodologies supported by strong Agile principles; in this role, you will be expected to contribute and recommend enhancements to our practices, processes, and tooling. This role, requiring both front and back-end expertise, with a focus on APIs, and having a solid understanding of modern software architectures and development techniques.

You will work closely with your fellow Software Engineers, Architects, Quality Engineers, and Test Automation Engineers, delivering software in a culture of trust, collaboration, and empowerment. You will support the wider Agile Team; the Agile Coach, Product Owner, and Business Analyst on the refinement and delivery of our product backlog.

*** This role is a 12 months Fixed Term Contract ***

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of enterprise-quality software, web, and API solutions on Microsoft Platforms (Azure Cloud and On-Premise Hybrid environment)
• Making key contributions to Agile events; Daily Stand-Ups, Product Demos, Backlog Refinement workshops and Retrospectives
• Conducting and participating in code and architecture reviews, supporting continuous learning and knowledge sharing across the team.
• Adhering to in-house engineering and architectural principles which follow industry best-practices, and providing expert opinion and insights on how those can be improved and evolved in a constantly changing technology environment.
• Supporting our colleagues in the Cyber and Information Security Team; ensuring our software meets the required standards for privacy, security, compliance, and regulation.
• Following in-house policies and procedures for change governance, testing and release of software
• Production of technical documentation, wikis, and release notes, where required, to support all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Presenting Solutions and Designs to the Technical Design Authority.
• Provide Production/BAU maintenance and support as necessary.
• Reviewing existing software, systems, architectures, and processes; providing expert opinion and proposals for improvements, innovation, and automation.
• Supporting the onboarding of new colleagues into the Engineering team with knowledge transfer.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills

Technical - Required

• Solid knowledge of Object-Oriented Development and Service Oriented Architectures
• Solid knowledge of Software Design Patterns, SOLID principles, and advanced-level engineering approaches, such as DI/IoC, CQRS, DDD
• Proficient in C# programming with demonstrable knowledge of .NET Core and .NET Framework
• Experience designing and building modern and developer-friendly APIs with OpenAPI / Swagger specifications using ASP.NET Core.
• Experience building scalable and fault-tolerant applications and platforms using message-queues, event sourcing and distributed caching.
• Experience in developing Web Applications using ASP.NET (MVC, Razor Pages, Web Forms, Web API)
• Experience delivering low-latency Web Services and APIs with a solid understanding of REST
• Proficient in Database Development on MS SQL Server with extensive knowledge of T-SQL and relational data modelling
• Strong knowledge and experience of the Software Development Life Cycle and Application Life-Cycle Management
• Experience delivering Software using Agile (Scrum or, preferably, Kanban) methodologies, DevOps, and Continuous Integration
• Extensive experience working with source control (Git in particular), branching strategies, automated build, deployment tools and package managers (e.g. Azure DevOps, NuGet, NPM)
• A solid understanding of Web Security and OWASP Principles
• Able to write clean unit-testable code (TDD) and be a strong advocate of software craftsmanship.

Technical - Desirable

• Experience with Developing solutions for Cloud, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience building Microservices.
• Experience with NoSQL Databases (e.g. CosmosDB)
• Experience working with Azure Serverless and PaaS Services (e.g. Azure Functions, API Management, App Services, Redis, AppInsights)
• Experience working with Containers (Docker & Kubernetes)
• Experience with Blazor (WebAssembly and Server)
• Expertise in Front-end Web Development using HTML, JavaScript, CSS