Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join UNiDAYS as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to the development of our next-generation marketplace product. This hands-on role requires building innovative solutions, bridging user needs with business goals, and working within a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with product, delivery, and engineering teams, focusing on a modern, distributed architecture. The position offers remote work options within the UK with occasional travel to London or Nottingham. Success in this role demands strong technical skills, agile methodology understanding, and excellent communication abilities. UNiDAYS provides a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and various perks.

Requirements

• A good working knowledge of AWS, C#/.Net and how to use them to implement modern architectures in a cloud environment
• A passion for engineering craft - you practise writing maintainable code, reviewing code, pair programming at times, and writing tests
• A coaching mentality - you help make the entire team better by working with them
• A desire to build services that are stable, scalable, secure, observable, and performant
• You seek to understand how your work aligns with business goals and maximise the impact
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies such as scrum, kanban etc. and the adaptability to respond to the needs of the business
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• You’re accountable for performance, playing your part in achieving team goals and ensuring your contribution positively impacts overall success
• Lead by example to proactively foster an inclusive, diverse, and positive engineering culture across the business

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the team's goal of delivering our next generation marketplace product
• Deliver impactful features with a pragmatic approach
• Proactively contributing to the betterment of other engineers in the company through sponsoring, mentoring and providing constructive, candid feedback
• Proactively giving technical and strategic feedback on projects that enable our teams to build more effective products that provide greater value to the business
• Prioritisation of the most impactful problems and being able to bring about change with effective momentum
• Communication of solutions/risks of technical problems to non technical stakeholders
• Championing user-centric solutions with a keen eye on market fit and profitability

Preferred Qualifications

• Typescript and React
• ASP.NET MVC

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
• Competitive salaries
• 4pm finishes every Friday
• Company bonus scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Private health insurance (Vitality)
• Income protection policy
• Life assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Core hours with flexibility around how/when you manage your time
• Regular team building activities
• The latest tech and hardware will be supplied from day one
• Good Vibes Program: we know we’ve all had to adapt to new ways of working and UNiDAYS has always taken pride in the community we’ve created in the office but we’re just as committed to creating an innovative approach to fostering connections and improving engagement outside of the office! We want to boost your remote working experience so think virtual parties, pottery classes, wellness classes and guest speakers just to name a few!
• Support for home working for all new team members. We will help assess your home set up and you can expense £150 towards any additional furniture you may need to be safe and comfortable when working from home