Senior Back-End Developer

Senior Back-End Developer

Location: Hull / Hybrid / Remote

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 DOE + Benefits

What will you be doing?

As a .NET Senior Developer within our Product Development team at Summit, you will be responsible for the back-end development of our market-leading, proprietary technology solutions for retailers. 

As specialists in online retailing, we’ve been using technology to drive better decision making and performance for leading retail brands since 2014 across our suite of products under the Productcaster brand that delivers record-breaking performance across our client's campaigns.

As a Senior Back-End Developer at Summit, you will maintain and develop new features on our existing technology stack. You’ll work with other members of the development team as well as client teams and specialists where appropriate. 

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Define, implement and improve new back-end solutions
• Define, implement and maintain hosting solutions
• Review, analyse and refactor existing code and identify areas of improvement without adverse impact to performance or maintainability
• Follow and improve the team processes around releasing, automated testing and code reviews
• Participate in application maintenance and support
• Testing and technical documentation
• Research into new technologies and plug-ins for new functionality
• Proposing technical solutions for new functionality
• Line management and support of junior team members.

Requirements

What are we looking for?

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be someone that demonstrates a passion for what they do, staying up to date with the latest technology and tools. You’ll be an active member of the team and confident to lead projects where necessary. You will share your ideas and build on the ideas of others. You’ll need to be motivated, self-disciplined and organised, enabling you to manage a busy workload. Ideally, you will be confident working with Azure hosting as well as Azure DevOps.

As a team, we are working towards Microsoft Accreditation and a successful applicant will be encouraged to complete additional training towards this goal. Key skills and knowledge include:

• Extensive experience in C# and .Net Core development
• Experience in Azure hosting as well as Azure DevOps
• Experience with Docker is preferred, but not essential
• Understanding of databases and data storage solutions is preferred but not essential. We utilise a range of tools for data storage, but mostly Azure SQL Server with EF Core
• Time management and accurate time estimation skills are essential, along with managing expectations of delivery within the Scrum team
• You’ll need to have a clear understanding of the principles of Scrum and how it is implemented in technology development
• Have a good working knowledge of continuous integration, its role in development and its implementation
• Good communication skills across a range of personalities and job roles, from working within the development team to managing internal client teams and stakeholders
• You’ll be willing to further develop your skills via in-team coaching, business-wide training and external providers
• Line management experience is preferred but not essential.

Who are we?

Summit is a Changemaker in performance marketing and online retailing. For 22 years, we have worked with some of Europe’s most successful retailers and brands, helping them to transform their online business, growing their customer base and making them more money from retailing online.

We pride ourselves on our retail experience, business agility, genuine people and our proprietary technology, combining all of these with our performance marketing expertise to drive measurable value for our clients.

At Summit, we’re friendly, professional, and focused around our people. We look for candidates that embody our core values and strive for greatness. If that’s you, we can offer you progression opportunities within an established performance marketing agency where you’ll always be encouraged to think big.

What can we offer you?

As a reward for your time and dedication, we will offer you a competitive salary as well as a range of benefits including:

• Remote working: This role is offered with home working as standard, but staff are welcome and encouraged to utilise our Hull office as needed. 
  
• Flexible working: From flexible start and fi