Senior Back-End Software Engineer
VFX Financial PLC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Portugal
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About the role
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of robust .NET applications within a cloud-based Azure environment
- Define and implement scalable system architecture, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability across services
- Drive CI/CD best practices, including the implementation and optimisation of pipelines using GitHub Actions
- Collaborate closely with Product, Operations, and Engineering teams to translate complex business requirements into effective technical solutions
- Mentor and support engineers within the team, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and fostering continuous development
- Establish and uphold engineering standards across coding practices, security, performance optimisation, and system design
- Actively participate in and lead code reviews, ensuring high-quality, maintainable, and consistent outputs
- Contribute to Agile delivery processes, using tools such as Jira to track progress, manage priorities, and improve delivery predictability
- Drive adoption of modern technologies, patterns, and approaches that enhance engineering efficiency and platform capability
- Support incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement of system stability and resilience.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in .NET development, with strong expertise in C# and .NET Core
- Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers within a delivery team
- Strong experience with Azure services and cloud-native architecture
- Hands-on experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitHub Actions
- Experience working within Agile frameworks and using tools such as Jira
- Solid understanding of software design principles, including clean architecture and scalable system design
- Strong problem-solving capability with the ability to navigate complex technical challenges
- Experience working in fintech or regulated environments is advantageous.
Benefits
- Generous Profit Share Plan (PSP)
- Equity via the Company Share Option Plan (CSOP)
- Competitive salary
- Annual all-expenses paid company incentive trip abroad
- Flexible learning & development budget
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
.NETC#.NET CoreCI/CDcloud-native architecturesoftware design principlesclean architecturescalable system designperformance optimisationincident resolution
Soft Skills
mentoringtechnical guidancecollaborationproblem-solvingleadershipcode reviewscontinuous developmentcommunicationfostering developmentnavigating technical challenges