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The RAC is on a journey to revolutionise the way we provide our differentiated range of driving services to our 13 million personal and business members, so we’re looking for problem-solvers and passionate engineers to build digital products with cutting-edge technology.
We have the exciting opportunity to appoint an experienced mid-level Backend Software Engineer to support delivering projects, maintaining and improving our digital products and codebases. You will play a key part in the wider RAC Technology Design community, helping ensure good practice across all domains and adherence to principles
You’ll collaborate on technical designs, influence architectural decisions, and champion best practices in coding and problem-solving. With a proactive mindset, you’ll identify opportunities to enhance customer experience and improve internal processes whilst supporting digital operations.
The successful person will need a high level of technical expertise in .NET Core, C#, SQL, and alongside experience using the Azure Cloud and Kubernetes.
Joining Digital Development Team on a permanent basis, this role will be a hybrid role, where you will spend two days in the office in Bradley Stoke and three days at home.
What You’ll Do…
Day to day, you’ll take ownership of designing and delivering innovative technical solutions, creating practical recommendations, and sharing them with both your immediate team and the wider technology function. As well as;
* Develop high quality software and architecture
* Perform troubleshooting of operational and integration issues
* Attention to detail when writing code and obsessing over delivering high quality solutions to customers
* Keep up to date on emerging technologies ensuring any new tools adopted in the RAC are fit for purpose and commercially appropriate
* Develop solutions using .NET Core, C#, SQL alongside proficiency with the Azure Cloud Environment and Kubernetes
* Able to interface with the business and make sense of complicated or incomplete requests.
* Provide accurate estimates for business initiatives at concept as well as challenging existing estimates to ensure we’re routinely delivering value
* Able to own technical debt across the technology stack and make practical assessments about the relevant priorities.
What You’ll Need…
* Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment.
* Proficient in industry-standard engineering practices and patterns, including event-driven design, service-to-service communication and building reusable services.
* Good understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
* Thorough understanding of best practice in the software engineering lifecycle.
* Understanding of and a passion for automation
* Must have good stakeholder management, communication, organisation, and time management skills.
* An allergy to duplication and proactively seeks conversations to delete/consolidate duplicate technology
* Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
In return, we offer...
At RAC, our colleagues do whatever it takes to help our customers. And we believe in rewarding you in return. As well as a competitive salary, you’ll have all these extra benefits:
* FREE RAC Complete Breakdown Service from Day One.
* 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays.
* Option to join RAC’s Group Personal Pension scheme where we will match / contribute up to 6.5% on qualifying earnings.
* 2 x Basic Salary Core Employer funded Life Assurance cover (4 x for pension scheme members) with the option to flex up to 10 x cover through our flexible benefits offering.
* Family leave support including paid time off, flexibility and resources to help balance work and family commitments.
* Confidential personal support service, available 24 hours a day every day of the year for you and any family members ages 16+ in your household.
* Car salary sacrifice scheme - after 12 months of employment, where you’ll enjoy significant tax savings, including electric vehicle options.
* Access to Orange Savings, our online discounts portal offering 1000’s of savings on high street retailers, supermarkets, holidays, tech and much, much more.
When you join us you will automatically be opted into our Colleague Share Scheme, called ‘Owning it together’. This is a unique opportunity for our colleagues to get rewarded for the outstanding work they deliver, to share in the future success of the RAC and is no ordinary work benefit, incentive, or bonus!
We’re committed to developing a culture that is representative of the diverse communities we serve and one which is open, accessible, collaborative, and inclusive. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and experiences.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries
Vehicle Repair and Maintenance
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