Back End Engineer

£615 GBP Hybrid WORKING Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Contract Back-End Developer (C# .NET / Azure) Contract: 6 months initial (strong extension potential) Rate: £575-£615 per day (Inside IR35) Location: London (Blackfriars) - flexible hybrid, with in-person sprint planning and workshops Role Overview Our client, operating in the financial services space, is scaling out a modern, event-driven platform and needs a Back-End Developer who can operate across the full lifecycle. This is not a narrow coding role. You will take ownership of services from design through to deployment and production support, working in a DevOps-led environment with high standards around reliability and security. What You'll Be Doing Designing, building, testing, and deploying backend services and APIs end-to-end Owning build, release, and operational responsibilities for your services Developing cloud-native applications using C# / .NET within Azure Building event-driven

architectures using Azure-native services Deploying and managing containerised workloads via Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Defining infrastructure using Terraform in line with engineering standards Implementing messaging patterns with Azure Service Bus and/or Kafka Designing data solutions across Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and storage services Exposing APIs using Azure API Manager (APIM) Contributing to CI/CD pipelines and maintaining high standards across security, performance, and reliability Working closely with architects and platform teams in an agile delivery setup What They're Looking For Strong backend engineering experience using C# / .NET Proven experience working within Microsoft Azure environments Background in financial services (banking, insurance, fintech, or similar) Solid understanding of SQL and data modelling Experience with distributed systems or microservices architectures Hands-on exposure to: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Event-driven architectures Azure Service Bus or Kafka Azure API Manager (APIM) Monitoring tools such as Log Analytics / Application Insights Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code Familiarity with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices Comfortable working in fast-paced, agile delivery teams Strong communication skills, able to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Why This Role Direct exposure to a financial services end client with complex, high-impact systems Full ownership across engineering and DevOps, not just delivery Modern Azure stack with event-driven architecture and containerisation Hybrid working model with meaningful in-person collaboration Strong likelihood of extension beyond the initial 6 months If you have a Microsoft stack background and experience delivering within financial services, this is a high-quality contract with immediate impact. Send your CV and availability, or share a number and a suitable time to discuss.