Junior Software Engineer

About this role

Are you ready to take the next step in your engineering career? Due to continued growth, we’re looking for a talented Junior Software Engineer, hybrid working between our Derby City Centre office and home, to join our collaborative, forward‑thinking development team. You’ll play a key role in building and enhancing our Revolution platform and other business‑critical applications, helping us deliver high‑quality, scalable software used across the organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• **Feature Development** — Build and enhance key modules from design through deployment.
• **Technical Design Collaboration** — Contribute to architectural discussions and help shape scalable, maintainable solutions.
• **Code Quality & Security** — Participate in code reviews and follow engineering best practices.
• **Problem Solving** — Investigate issues and deliver effective, well‑engineered solutions.
• **Performance Optimisation** — Identify and resolve bottlenecks to improve user experience.
• **Continuous Improvement** — Suggest enhancements to processes, tooling, and workflows.
• **Cross‑Team Collaboration** — Work closely with support, users, and technical teams to resolve issues.
• **System Knowledge Building** — Become a go‑to expert on our platform.
• **Agile Participation** — Contribute to daily stand‑ups, design sessions, and retrospectives.
• **Documentation** — Help maintain clear, accurate technical documentation.
• **R&D** — Stay up to date with emerging technologies and share insights with the team.

What You’ll Bring

• 1+ years’ commercial experience with the Microsoft stack.
• Strong skills in **.NET, .NET Core, MVC, WebForms, C#/VB.NET, Entity Framework**.
• Experience with **Git**, branching/merging, and modern development workflows.
• Solid SQL skills and the ability to write optimised queries.
• Experience building and maintaining web applications.
• Experience or familiarity with leveraging AI tools (e.g., code assistants) to enhance sof...