Software Engineer

Job Description

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our IT team in Milton Keynes. You will help development, support and enhance the business systems using .NET technologies and SQL Server.

We offer hybrid working arrangement with 1 or 2 days a week in our Milton Keynes office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Keep up to date regarding best practices in software development and deployment
• Implement best practice coding in relation to Development coding standards
• Consistently produce easily testable, understandable code
• Maintain documentation and release notes
• Awareness of application security considerations
• Work alongside other Software Engineers on projects or work along where necessary
• Create secure and high performing n-tier applications utilising best practices in the development of database applications using SQL
• Contribute to improve the overall development processes and methodologies followed by the Development team

Experience & skills:

Essential

• Strong C# skills
• Web applications experience using C# and ASP.NET MVC
• Excellent skills in SQL Server
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Team first mentality

Desirable

• Microsoft certified status
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• An understanding and/or experience of WPF, WCF, Webforms & Winforms
• Experience working with distributed systems
• Experience with modern web application development architectures and frameworks such as blazor and react

Connells Group is one of the largest and most successful estate agency and property services providers in the UK and as of March 2021 also encompasses Countrywide. Founded in 1936 and with a network of over 1,250 branches nationwide, the Group combines residential sales and lettings expertise with a range of consumer and corporate services including new homes, mortgage services, conveyancing, EPC provision, surveying, corporate lettings, asset management, land & planning, LPA receivers and auctions.

Connells Group UK is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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