Senior Software Engineer – Manchester Digital

Join our award‑winning investment platform as a Senior Software Engineer in Operational and Regulatory Technology.

What to Expect

• Agile methodologies, continuous improvement, and building a high‑performance engineering team.
• Guide the team to design and deliver high‑quality products.
• Architectural and non‑functional requirements, working with the team to deliver.

Tech Competency

• Commercial experience developing services and APIs with C#, .NET Core, Mongo and/or SQL, using domain‑driven design and MVC.
• Strong background in web development with Angular/React/Vue.
• Developing HTTP‑based APIs and RESTful services with JSON.
• CI/CD pipelines, TDD, test frameworks.
• Scalable, highly available, performing middle‑tier components.
• Containerisation, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Cloud‑based solutions on AWS.
• Web pages performance, Entity Framework Core.
• Communications technologies (Web API, gRPC), message queues (RabbitMQ, SQS).

Soft Skills

• Agile / SCRUM / SAFe.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• High motivation, drive, enthusiasm.
• E‑commerce and/or financial services experience.

About AJ Bell

AJ Bell is one of the fastest‑growing investment platforms in the UK, with over 620,000 customers and £96.1 billion assets under management.

What We Offer

• 26–31 days holiday entitlement.
• Holiday buy/sell scheme.
• Matched pension up to 7%.
• Discretionary bonus.
• Free share award scheme.
• BAYE scheme.
• Simply Health cash plan.
• Private healthcare and dental.
• Free gym membership and on‑site gym.
• Employee assistance, bike loan, sick pay.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
• Nursery fees at Kids Planet.
• Travel season‑ticket loans.
• Death in service scheme.
• Proof‑of‑concept time, tech conferences, volunteer PTO.
• Charitable giving.
• Social events and parking.
• Personal development programmes, technical training, professional qualification support.
• Talent management, peer recognition scheme.
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches.
• Casual dress code.

Hybrid Working

Hybrid model: minimum 50% of working time per month in the office. Initial full‑time in‑office period.

Equal Employment Opportunity

AJ Bell is committed to equal employment opportunities. All hiring decisions based on qualifications and merit.