Associate - .NET

As an Associate - .NET Engineer at Davies, you will contribute to the design, development, and support of our software applications within an Agile Scrum team. You will work with modern technologies including C#, .NET Core, React, Azure, and microservices, helping to build secure, scalable, and high‑quality solutions. You will collaborate closely with senior engineers, architects, and product teams, participate actively in Agile ceremonies, and contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering practices across the organisation. This role is ideal for someone with solid commercial experience who is ready to deepen their technical expertise, work across a growing technology estate, and play a meaningful role in delivering high‑quality digital products.

Key Responsibilities

Software Design & Development

• Design, develop, and maintain applications using C#, .NET Core, SQL Server, and JavaScript frameworks such as React.
• Develop APIs, microservices, and event‑driven components.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following SOLID principles and modern engineering practices.
• Contribute to secure coding, performance optimisation, and system reliability.

**Collaboration & Delivery **

• Work closely with product owners, QA engineers, architects, and senior developers to deliver features from concept to deployment.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Assist in the maintenance and support of existing applications within the Davies estate.
• Contribute to discussions on technical design, problem solving, and improvement opportunities.

Quality, Testing & Automation

• Write unit tests and support automated testing practices.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving code quality across the team.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Work towards developing a test‑driven mindset, supported by senior engineers.

Continuous Improvement

• Stay up‑to‑date with emerging technologies and propose opportunities for improvement.
• Contribute to enhancing engineering processes, patterns, and working practices.
• Participate in knowledge‑sharing sessions and technical workshops.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Commercial experience with C#, .NET Core, SQL Server, Entity Framework.
• Experience with React (or Angular/Vue) and modern JavaScript/TypeScript practices.
• Understanding of microservices and event‑driven architecture.
• Experience working with Azure cloud services (or AWS/GCP equivalent).
• Proficiency with RESTful APIs , Web APIs, and integration patterns.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines , automated testing, and DevOps tooling.
• Good understanding of software design principles and secure coding practices.
• Consistent delivery of high‑quality, secure, and maintainable software.
• Effective collaboration within the Scrum team and across technical functions.
• Contribution to improving technical processes and development standards.
• Proactive ownership of tasks and strong participation in Agile delivery cycles.
• Support for application maintenance, reliability, and performance improvement.