Senior Backend Engineer

About the Client

Our client is amultibilliondollar global retail powerhouseoperating a portfolio of leading sports, premium, and luxury brands. With household names likeSports Direct, Flannels, House of Fraser, USC, GAME, andEverlast Gyms, the group spans1,500+ stores in over 20 countries, reaches millions of customers, and employs around30,000 peopleworldwide.

Buildingone of the world's most admired and connected brand ecosystems, our client combines scale with innovation across commerce, experience, and technology. At the core of this mission is a commitment toelevating everyday access to the world's best brands and experiences through relentless execution, forward thinking, and digital leadership.

The Opportunity

Join a growing In-House Tech function as a Senior Backend Engineer as part of the Digital Data Squadan agile team that's enthusiastic, motivated, and focused on high-quality delivery.

The team operates at the heart of a global retail group known for managing some of the most recognizable consumer brands. All core systems are developed internally, giving engineers end-to-end control without reliance on third-party vendors. This is a strong fit for someone passionate about technology, eager to push innovation, and committed to delivering high-performance systems at scale. Both structured training and on-the-job learning are actively supported.

What You'll Do

• Working on all aspects of our state of the art, inhouse developed, ecommerce platform. Our platform runs over 50 websites - including some of the biggest names in Retail
• Providing innovative, fast, and reliable websites by building robust interconnected data applications and services that serves large quantities of data
• Developing on the backend, mostly with data related systems with a range of exciting technologies
• Managing the full software development lifecycle, ensuring appreciation of quality assurance, continuous integration/delivery, and the benefits of automation
• Designing, developing, and testing, fast, scalable, and architecturally robust solutions
• Staying up to date with the latest technology and industry trends, continuously looking for ways to apply them for our benefit

Qualifications

We are looking for proven experience with -

• .Net Core (C#)
• Relational (Sql Server/Oracle) and NoSQL databases
• Microservices & distributed systems architecture
• Cloud Experience
• 5 years experience in a similar role

Desirable

• Azure
• Terraform
• Node.js
• MongoDB
• REST Api design
• GraphQL
• gRPC
• Search Engines: ElasticSearch/Algolia/Typesense or similar
• Distributed Caching e.g Redis

What to Expect

You'll be working with a team of forward thinkers people who operate outside their comfort zone, embrace challenges, and are focused on changing the future of retail.

Core principles:

• Think without limits Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
• Own it and back yourself Own the basics, own your role and own the results
• Be relevant Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet