Lead Software Engineer 6 month FTC

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ResponsibilitiesLead Software EngineerWe’re hiring!Aon are currently recruiting of a Lead Software Engineer to join our Reward Solutions team in London. This role is a 6 month fixed term contract. Our Reward Solutions team is part of wider Human Capital Solutions Practice and team help the world’s largest companies understand and shape their workforce. As part of an industry-leading team, you will help empower results for our clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions as part of our technology group within Aon in London.About AonHeadquartered in London, Aon Plc is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.Aon is an equal opportunities employer. Aons recruitment and selection policy ensures the best possible skill mix of colleagues and the highest quality candidates are appointed using objective job-related criteria.About the RoleProviding technical leadership to technical team members, on and off shore.Develops/builds code of high-priority and high complexity web and cloud applications according to the User Stories in a fast-paced Agile work environment;Partners with UI/UX designer to ensure the developed website matches mockups and prototypes;Investigate operational or systematic problems and user queries as required;Designs software solutions for medium complexity requirements under minimal guidance leveraging existing standards;Participates in all agile ceremonies including Daily Stand Ups, Retrospectives, Sprint Planning and Sprint Review;Supports the team in project planning activities, estimating, evaluating risks, and prioritizes needs based on requirements;Participates in formal code reviews to ensure standards are being met;Conduct root cause analysis and resolution of application bug fixes in production and test environments;Create and maintain cascading style sheets (CSS) that are consistent across all browsers and platforms.Responsibility for working in accordance with the Aon UK Limited Risk Management Framework, and compliance with the Aon UK Limited policies, including participation in the management of risks (including completion of mandatory training) that may adversely affect the business, interests or reputation of any Group Company.About youYour knowledge and expertise:Hands-on experience creating complex, interactive web applications using the Microsoft Stack.Proven ability to translate business requirement into design andarchitecting software with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency and user experience.Articulate and document design and architectural principles.Knowledge of the .NET Framework, CLR and C# with ASP.NET 4 or later or ASP.NET CORE.Must have experience with most of jQuery, Angular 8 or higher, Web APIs, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX and JSON.AWS/Azure or similar cloud technology and cloud ready application development.Experience in Agile development environment.Knowledge in delivering software including unit testing, continuous integration and deployment, code quality/linting and matrix/grid/cross-platform testing.Knowledge of well-known software design patterns and practices including SOA or Microservices, Dependency Injection, test driven development etc.Experience working on n-tier & SOA web applications (UI, Service Layer, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer) with a focus on cloud and container deployments.Experience of automated performance testing and app...