Senior Software Engineer, Retailer Finance - Full or Part Time

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer in our automotive finance technology business, which powers our finance consumer journey on Autotrader and helps our customers optimise their finance operations. Its a service-oriented architecture primarily in .NET 10 processing millions of loan enquiries each month. As a team, our software engineers are responsible for ensuring service availability and responsiveness and continue to improve our systems with 50+ lenders.

Do you have experience in Web services?, * You should be comfortable working with .NET Core (.NET 5+ or C# 9+)

• Experience with RESTful APIs and web services know how
• Experience designing service orientated applications
• Knowledge of relational databases (SQL)
• Experience with RabbitMQ or other event-driven architectures.
• Building high-throughput applications, with considered application of caching (we use Redis).
• Knowledge of structured logging, including tooling such as Kibana, Elastic Search Application monitoring / alerting
• A structured approach to development and testing with a focus on continuous delivery and automation.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring others, helping them grow.

We're offering a salary of £50,000 - £70,000, plus an additional 10% of your salary awarded to you in shares each year. These awarded shares will become yours in yearly instalments over the next three years, and you can choose to either sell them or keep them as shares. And you'll receive 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays and comprehensive private medical cover.

That's not all. You'll be enrolled in our pension scheme, where our standard contributions are 7% and employee contributions are 5%. We also have comprehensive private medical cover, enhanced family leave provisions, a car salary sacrifice scheme, share-save options, and much more.

We always want to give you the support you need and help prioritise your wellbeing, that's why we provide access to 24/7 online GP and dentist, as well as specialist support for assisted fertility, gender dysphoria, menopause, period care plans and lots more.

On top of all that, our hybrid model, Connected Working, combines the best of both worlds - office and home working. You'll spend a minimum of 3 days a week in the office with your team, focused on collaboration and connection..

About Autotrader You've probably heard of Autotrader, but do you know what we're all about? We're the most trusted, most visited automotive marketplace in the UK. A heritage brand and a tech innovator. We bring together vehicle buyers and sellers to give them real choices. Cars may be what we're best known for but we're also the place for pretty much everything else on wheels, from e-bikes to caravans. In the automotive world, change is a constant; that's why we take our job of untangling the complex car-buying journey very seriously. At our core, we're all about people. We go our own way while embracing diversity and celebrating our differences. We dedicate ourselves to the idea that we work better together. Autotrader is a beautiful, surprising and vibrant place to work. We might not be for everyone, but we could be perfect for you.