Software Engineer .NET

Job Description

Were hiring a Software Engineer to join our e-commerce development team and help build several key services, including our new checkout which is used across our mobile app and website.This is a chance to innovate and experiment at scale, build services that millions of customers will interact with and work in an inclusive product team that aligns with our e-commerce and in-store retail teams and their goals.Weve been going through a digital transformation, changing how we deliver value to our business. A big part of this change is fostering a culture of being open and honest, collaborating, having fun and enabling psychological safety. We want to create a place for teams to do their best work, and youll have the opportunity to influence our decisions, help define standards across the teams and contribute to a healthy and happy working environmentThe Team The e-commerce team has just delivered a new front-end checkout using React, hosted in Azure with a build and deployment process using Azure DevOps so they can safely release work, and theyre just about to start the process of refactoring the existing monolith backend into a shape thats fit for the future by breaking it up into microservices.Heres some real examples of what the software engineers across our different teams have been working on recently, to give you an idea of the kinds of things youd be doing:

Replacing monolith applications with microservices to create independently deployable and safe systems

Creating an API test harness using Logic Apps

Implementing an event-based backend using Event Hubs

Consuming internal APIs from our Platform team

Configuring CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps

Implementing integration tests into the CI pipeline

Rolling out new Azure infrastructure using Terraform

There are times when youll be pairing with a front-end developer to create an API they need, and others when youll be working with backend developers to implement feature toggles as part of a strangler pattern approach to legacy code. We also swarm on issues with the wider teams if required using the equivalent of an Andon cord so people are alerted to, and team up on fixes together. At every point, youll have the support of your team and the business to do the right thing with autonomy, mastery, and purpose.Above everything else, youll have the opportunity to influence our decisions, help define standards across the teams and contribute to a healthy and happy working environment.About You Within your current organisation, you love being part of a team, capable of building things in a clean, scalable way. You support those around you, you are constantly learning and work in a kind, considerate and collaborative manner with a keen interest in new ways of working.The ideal candidate would have experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams, understanding how to build solutions that offer real business value, able to coach, and be coached on better practices based on continuous improvement and working to deliver as a team.You see the value in test-driven development, committing to trunk, making your work open and supporting your colleagues career progression through coaching and mentoring as we try and create meaningful change at Footasylum based on working together.Salary and Benefits Were offering a salary of up to £60,000 for the right person, which we assess based on your own experiences, technical skills and against the principles of our department and our ways of working. Youll also get access to our ‘FA Presents company benefits platform, 25 days holiday and pension as standard, and use of our training budget to help you develop your skills.Diversity We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are building products and services. We know that this will help us build useful and accessible things which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.Recruitment Process We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit well invite you to meet with a few members of the Footasylum team for an informal chat about the role over Zoom, and to see if were a good fit for you. You will hear from us the same day on whether we would like to bring you back to meet the team for a follow up interview where well give you a chance to show us how you think and what your approach to a take-home scenario is.With the COVID-19 situation our teams are all working remotely, adjusting to this new way of working as best we can - and as such well help make the interview process as clear and stress-free as possible, giving you the same opportunity as if we were meeting face to face.