Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (C# / .Net Framework / MS SQL Server)

London

We're currently hiring for a Senior Software Engineer to join us at an exciting time for the business

Brady Technologies enables energy market participants to profit in new ways from the energy transition. We provide software solutions to support above market returns from trading, manage power operations, manage complex risks in evolving and volatile markets, impacted by increased decentralisation, diversity of asset types, the drive for decarbonisation, and ongoing regulatory change. Our customers include globally renowned utilities, independent power producers, renewable asset developers, energy and multi-commodity trading firms, oil & gas companies, hedge funds and other financial institutions, as well as state power grid operators.

Brady is leading the way in developing modern trading technologies and enabling market participants to adapt to the new world of energy trading. Backed by the PE firm, Hanover Investors, we are making significant investments in our people and solutions, building upon an amazingly talented workforce which combines ex traders, technical experts and sector specialists. We are proud to be a carbon neutral company and our people are passionate about making a difference developing innovative software solutions that support the green energy transformation.

This role will be part of a small, innovative team developing Igloo’s next-generation energy trading and risk management software, used by power and gas trading companies across Europe. We predominantly use modern Microsoft stack including C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core/.Net 7, MS SQL Server and Azure. We’ve got an interesting product roadmap ahead of us with plans to integrate Igloo with our new cloud-native algorithmic short-term power trading solution.

This is a great opportunity to further develop your Software Engineering career at a company with strong growth ambitions in a dynamic and future-looking industry.

Key technical skills:

• C#
• Microsoft .NET Framework and/or .Net Core/.Net 6/7
• Microsoft SQL Server
  
• Good security knowledge
• REST API

Nice to have:

• Azure
• Messaging libraries such as ZeroMQ
• Experience with Web UI such as Angular or Typescript
• Microsoft Entity Framework and/or Entity Framework Core
• Microservices
• Commodity or energy trading system development experience

Key Accountabilities:

• Coding in the languages we use and work towards becoming an expert in these, keeping up to date with language versions
• Ensuring/proving your code works as expected using a Test-Driven Development approach based on agreed Acceptance Criteria
• Perform maintenance programming and correction of identified defects
• Create, document, and implement unit test plans and scripts
• Follow our Continuous Integration and deployment approach
• Follow our Source Control approach with Git
• Perform final level reviews using our Peer Code Review development approach
• Assessing opportunities for application and process improvements
• Support and encourage the reduction of technical debt in our development codebase
• Pro-active in understanding and contributing to the technical solution from design through to code level
• Provide suitable documentation to support development work - from release notes up to product documentation
• Software Design and requirements breakdown in the form of User Stories using various Agile methodologies
• Interpret written requirements and technical specification documents

Along with suitable technical experience, you'll:

• Be a team player, supporting and encouraging team collaboration and a mindset for Continuous Improvement
• Be great problem-solver, proactively identifying issues and seek to resolve them quickly and effectively
• Be a passionate learner, willing to undertake training with a willingness to share knowledge and collaborate with colleagues
• Have proven experience in the ownership of software development projects and technical solutions
• Show a commitment to quality and a thorough approach to work
• Have the dedication in creating high quality applications for a demanding industry
• Have demonstrable ability and passion to mentor, teach and coach individuals in the team

What Brady offers:

• Great compensation + 8% pension + 5% pension + private health insurance and more!
• 23 days' holiday + bank holiday, increasing by one day per year of service up to 28 days + bank holidays
• 1/2 day off Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve
• Pluralsight licenses for engineering team members
• Flexible working hours
• An opportunity to build a modern technology platform for the power and energy trading markets
• A positive, values-driven culture

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