Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Software Engineer to work at the forefront of our cloud modernisation within our Credit & Verification Services. This is a hybrid role requiring travelling to Hyderabad office 40% days per month.

This is an incredibly exciting time for the Experian UKI Region, as we look to build our presence in the UK and Hyderabad and work on a technology transformation to meet our aspiration to significantly scale our business over the next five years. This an opportunity to join Credit & Verification Services on this journey and be part of a collaborative team that uses Agile DevSecOps principles to deliver business value. 

Credit and Verification Services currently comprises nearly 100 engineering teams who deliver over 200 products achieving significant revenue per annum for our UK Business.  Our unique culture and agile ways of working offer a great opportunity to those seeking to join a talented set of diverse problem solvers to design, build and maintain our products. We pride ourselves in excellence, adopting best practices and holding ourselves to the highest standards.

Role Context:

We’re a predominantly .NET house, building modern, cloud-native applications using the latest in .NET 8+. All new services are developed with a forward-looking mindset, and we actively evaluate emerging features and tools to continuously improve our engineering practices.

We build our in house and client facing frontend in Vue.Js.

Our architecture is built on Kubernetes (EKS), enabling us to run scalable, resilient microservices in the cloud. On top of this, we leverage a wide range of AWS services (Lambda, Kinesis, Dynamo and RDS to name just a few), to enhance performance, observability, and integration across our platform.

We place a strong emphasis on quality and automation, employing a variety of testing strategies including unit, integration, and behaviour-driven testing. Our CI/CD pipelines, powered by modern DevOps tooling, ensure smooth and reliable delivery through all stages of our environments.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Working as a software developer in an agile team to deliver high-quality software solutions within agreed timelines, ensuring alignment with business requirements and agile principles.
• Translating business requirements to clean, scalable code ensuring minimal defects.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional team members to design, develop, test, and release.
• Collaborate in development processes and practices, a culture of continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Follow DevSecOps practices into the development lifecycle to ensure code quality & security while leveraging static code analysis and security scan tools.
• Provide clear and concise documentation for code, processes, and system architecture to facilitate knowledge sharing and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of hands-on experience in the developer role in software engineering.
• Hands-on experience with .NET 6+ or .NET Core or .NET Framework building scalable, maintainable and performant REST/SOAP/RPC APIs with microservice or SOA architectures using ASP.NET with proficiency in C#.
• Hands-on experience with UI development in a JavaScript framework, preferably Vue.js.
• Proficient in writing high-quality unit and integration tests using xUnit or nUnit with 100% coverage, with hands-on experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD). Skilled in using mocking frameworks to ensure test reliability and alignment with acceptance criteria.
• Familiarity with clean architecture, SOLID principles, and design patterns.
• Experience with any of NOSQL or SQL Databases.

Highly Desirable and Useful Skills:

• Working knowledge of using GEN AI tools for coding.
• Knowledge with Python/Scala or big data frameworks (e.g. spark).
• Experience having worked in an agile team using either Scrum or KANBAN.
• Any certifications relevant to public cloud, AWS Certifications are preferred.
• Experience working with Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Architecture.
• Experience with any of streaming, messaging, event bus technologies while build event driven architecture either Kafka, Event Bridge, Kinesis, Rabbit MQ, Active MQ or any other message bus.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation or Cloud Development Kit.
• Experience on static code quality analysis tools, vulnerability management.

Additional Information

Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2024 (Fortune Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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