Software Developer

Salary: £45,000 - 45,000 per year

Requirements:

• Solid, demonstrable experience designing, building and publishing APIs in a mainstream language such as C#/.NET, Python or Node.js, through professional work or substantial personal projects.
• Ideally experience working on projects where we decided the approach ourselves, rather than only building to someone elses specification.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, with practical experience deploying and managing live resources.
• Sound SQL skills, including confidence writing joins, aggregations and data updates, together with a careful approach to production data.
• The ability to work independently: given an objective, we can produce a short written plan, identify what needs approval, and deliver without close supervision.
• Clear, concise written communication to support that independent way of working.
• A strong sense of ownership over the systems we build, including their reliability once live.
• The confidence to question the current approach when we think there is a better one, and to say so.
• Experience with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and release management is desirable.
• Experience of infrastructure as code such as Bicep, ARM templates or Terraform is desirable.
• Exposure to Microsoft 365 administration or the Power Platform is desirable.
• Experience within a regulated sector such as financial services, debt recovery or legal services is desirable.
• An understanding of security fundamentals, including authentication, secrets management and the principle of least privilege, is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and publish APIs supporting the exchange of data between our systems, clients and suppliers, from initial design through to live release.
• Take ownership of the full lifecycle of each API, including versioning, documentation, testing and ongoing maintenance.
• Manage and maintain our Azure infrastructure supporting these APIs, including application services, databases, networking and monitoring.
• Develop and optimise SQL, including queries, stored procedures, data corrections and reporting extracts against production-scale datasets.
• Plan your own work by translating objectives into a short written approach, raising risks or dependencies early, and proceeding with minimal supervision once the approach is agreed.
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines for the APIs and services we own.
• Provide technical enablement to the wider business, including supporting the Operations departments AI and process improvement function with API access and data provision.
• Monitor, investigate and resolve incidents and issues across the systems we are responsible for.
• Produce and maintain clear technical documentation for all APIs, infrastructure and solutions delivered.
• Operate at all times within the security, data protection and compliance standards expected of a regulated debt recovery business.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• ARM
• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Support
• Microsoft 365
• Python
• SQL
• Security
• Terraform
• Office 365
• ASP.NET
• NodeJS
• Cloud

More:

Our client operates high volume debt recovery services supported by a technology platform built on Microsoft Azure, with SQL Server at its core and a range of API and file-based integrations connecting the Group to its clients and suppliers. This Software Developer role works alongside the Group Technology Director, with direct access to shape how APIs and infrastructure are built as the role and platform grow. The position offers hybrid working between the Manchester office and home, a 37.5 hour working week, 25 days paid holiday plus Bank and Public Holidays, and a workplace pension scheme with auto enrolment after three months service. Salary is up to £45,000 per annum.

last updated 39 week of 2026