Hackajob Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Overview
Join the Software Engineer role at hackajob. This opportunity is in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
About The Role
As a Software Engineer (mid-level), you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based applications. Reporting to an Engineering Chapter Lead, you will take ownership of technical implementations, collaborate with product and UX teams, and contribute to delivering RESTful microservices, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. This is a role for a passionate engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, writing clean and maintainable code, and continuously learning. You will be part of a supportive team that encourages innovation, best practices, and career progression.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop high-quality RESTful microservices, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
* Build cloud-native applications, leveraging Microsoft Azure, with a consideration for event-driven architectures where appropriate.
* Collaborate closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Engineers to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
* Write clean, testable, and maintainable code while following industry best practices and coding standards.
* Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and improving overall team quality.
* Identify technical challenges, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to the team’s continuous improvement efforts.
About The Candidate
* Hands-on experience developing software in a modern programming language, such as .net, C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or others.
* Experience working with Microsoft Azure or another cloud platform, including cloud-native applications, serverless functions, or containerized deployments.
* Familiarity with RESTful APIs and microservices architectures, with an understanding of event-driven approaches.
* Passion for writing clean, testable code, following best practices in TDD, CI/CD, and DevOps.
* A growth mindset, eager to learn new technologies, experiment with modern approaches, and improve continuously.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our Benefits
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits - including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas - interactive investor, Investments, and Adviser - focused on meeting our clients’ evolving needs.
* interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.
* Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
* Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market.
An inclusive way of working
Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you. We’ve adopted a blended working approach, combining in-office collaboration with the flexibility of working from home.
An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements, please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Software Development
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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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