Senior .NET Developer
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Overall purpose of the job
To develop the suite of applications, built in .NET. The work is varied, challenging, fast-paced and rewarding. To deliver lean, pragmatic solutions that leverage the latest techniques across the whole .NET stack.
About Benchmark
Our award-winning, proprietary solutions cover regulatory, platform and investment services, and are designed to support advisers at every step of their journey - from starting and running a financial advice business more productively and effectively, to accelerating its growth and realising its value.
We support high quality financial advisers with our award-winning technology and support services.
And with our own Financial Advice business, we help families find solutions to meet their needs and aspirations and achieve peace of mind. By providing access to higher quality solutions, we make it easier for them to meet and exceed their goals.
Ensuring good client outcomes, with the client's interests central to decision making, is very important at Benchmark. Treating Customers Fairly principles are embedded within our organisation and we take responsibility for embracing and promoting our duty of care to all clients, including those who may be more vulnerable than others.
The base
You'll be based at our Schroders Business Campus near Horsham in West Sussex. It has high standards and international reputation, without being in the city: a big, countryside campus means life will feel a little different. We support our offices by using cutting edge software and hardware and our spacious campus facilities mean there's a great working environment for the team. With an on-site restaurant, coffee shop and gym, our campus has much to offer. And commuters can relax on our dedicated regular shuttle bus to and from Horsham's main line train station.
What you'll do
• Develop existing and new features to the product suite following the SAFe methodology
• Use code reviews to help drive quality improvements and share knowledge
• Work with other Senior and Principal Developers to implement new best practices, design patterns and technologies
• Coaching and mentoring of other developers, including design, coding, automated testing and quality best practices, and managing technical debt
• Help guide the team at a technical level
• Support the team in achieving its objectives
• Core technologies used: Azure PaaS and IaaS, HTTP API's, Messaging with NServiceBus, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, TypeScript, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Framework, SQL Server, Azure Storage, Git, Team City and Octopus
The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
• 6 years' experience as a Developer including at least 3 years building web applications
• 3 years' experience of .NET Core and ASP.NET Core
• 3 years' experience of C# and SQL Server
• Experience as a technical lead on projects within a small group of developers
• Working within Agile methodologies like SCRUM and Kanban
• A deep understanding and practical experience of object-oriented principles and best practices such as SOLID
• Experience of ORM frameworks such as Entity Framework, Dapper & NHibernate
• SOA / Microservices
• NServiceBus (or similar)
• An appreciation of the world outside of Development - understanding the pressures and challenges facing key stakeholders across the business
• Strong communication skills
The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help
• Financial Services
• Working within the SAFe methodology
• DevOps processes
• CQRS
• Azure (Storage, ServiceBus, Azure functions)
• Experience of ASP.NET MVC
• Git
What you'll be like
• Promoter of the Treating Customers Fairly principles, and deliver your own responsibility for the duty of care to our clients Open and honest
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Proactive and willing to take on additional responsibilities when there are clear resource gaps
• Outcome focused
• Highly motivated with an attention to detail
• Ability to manage tasks and workload - doing own work whilst supporting others
• Should be adaptable to shifting priorities and changing circumstances
We're looking for the best, whoever they are
Our purpose is to provide excellent client outcomes and service. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.