Software Engineer .NET

Title: Software Engineer .NET Contract Type: 12-month & 18-month Fixed-Term Contracts, Full-Time, 35 hoursSalary: Salary starting from £47,920 (Manchester) per annum and from £55,270 (London) depending on experience and locationGrade: 10Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working) Closing Date: Sunday 23rd November 2025Interview Dates: First stage interview will take place on the 26th November. Second stage will take place on the 5th December 2025

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Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join our Team at L&Q:

We have an exciting opportunity for a .NET Software Engineer to join our team to support our large transformation programme, leveraging the latest technologies to become a data driven organisation.

Your impact in the role:

You will work in a team of Engineers to develop products and technology that will serve the needs of our business and customers, for example:

• Developing features and capabilities for end users, either external customers or internal employees.
• Building integrations between a mixture of in-house developed and off the shelf systems, as well as Azure.
• Building CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, improving security and implementing monitoring in Azure.

We are looking for candidates who are self-motivated, are passionate about learning, and improving code to deliver value to the business. Your responsibilities are to:

• Work within an agile engineering squad to design, develop and maintain robust and reliable solutions, to defined IT requirements in line with departmental standards and procedures
• Write clean, scalable code using .NET programming languages primarily using C#
• Investigate and propose solutions to development and design problems.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences, with strong oral, written, and documentation skills
• Shares knowledge and experience in own specialism to help others
• Conduct analysis to determine integration needs and design and plan integrations.
• Collaborate in code reviews and apply best practices to ensure high-quality outcomes, while proactively improving software performance by diagnosing and resolving critical issues
• Participate in common agile ceremonies (estimations, backlog prioritisation, show & tell, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, etc.)
• Keep up to date with and exploit opportunities to use the latest technologies

What you'll bring:

• Experience in ASP .NET MVC (.NET Framework and .NET Core), C#, HTML/CSS, Sass, JavaScript, jQuery
• Experience with Azure e.g. Azure Functions, Logic Apps, APIs, APIM, App insights, Azure Service bus, Azure Data Factory, Storage Accounts, App insights and Log analytics
• Relational Databases (e.g. MS SQL, Azure SQL, TSQL, Stored Procedures, CTE), with query optimisation a bonus
• Knowledge of unit Testing, TDD practices using Playwright, xUnit, NUnit etc.
• Working knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD principles and practices, ideally based on AzureDevOps pipelines and/or Git
• Proven expertise in Object-Oriented Programming and SOLID principles, combined with hands-on experience in Agile/Scrum delivery and end-to-end software development using robust SDLC methodologies.
• Problem solving, analytical and debugging skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Familiarity with best practices for credential management in a highly secure environment. Awareness and understanding of key DevSecOps.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of ORM technologies (e.g., Entity Framework, Dapper, etc.)
• React
• Umbraco

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read more.

At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

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