Senior Software Engineer; Azure Microservices

Role: Contract Senior Software Engineer (.NET)

Contract: 6 month initial contract (multiyear scope)

X4 Technology are partnered with a Commodities Trading company embarking on a major technology transformation, moving from a CTRM-centric architecture to a modern data-centric platform.

As part of this multi-year programme, the business is integrating a new event-driven, near real-time platform, decoupling from their ETRM to build a scalable data hub to support future trading systems and business services.

They are looking for an experienced .NET Software Engineer to develop event-driven services, distributed microservices and real-time integrations within this modern cloud-based trading architecture.

Responsibilities for the Contract Senior Software Engineer (Azure Microservices)

• Design, develop and deploy cloud-native .NET microservices within an Azure environment
• Build event-driven integrations using Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus and real-time messaging patterns
• Develop scalable APIs, data processing services and integration components supporting critical trading and risk systems
• Work with Azure Kubernetes Service and Docker to deploy, manage and optimise containerised applications
• Contribute to solution architecture, ensuring highly scalable, resilient and maintainable microservice-based solutions
• Implement modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring and deployment automation using Azure Dev Ops
• Collaborate with Architecture, Infrastructure and Engineering teams to deliver secure, high-performance cloud solutions

Requirements for the Contract Senior .NET Software Engineer

• Proven experience building event-driven architectures using Event Hubs, Service Bus or Kafka
• Strong experience designing and developing microservices, REST APIs and distributed systems (gRPC desirable)
• Experience building cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure, including Azure Kubernetes Service and Docker
• Experience working with Cosmos DB, SQL Server or other No
  
  SQL/relational database technologies
• Strong understanding of asynchronous messaging, event streaming and integration patterns
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops, Git, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting and performance optimisation skills within distributed systems
• Comfortable taking ownership of technical delivery within agile, multidisciplinary engineering teams

An excellent opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team delivering a large-scale digital transformation within a fast-paced Commodities Trading environment. This is a long-term outside IR35 contract with significant scope across a multi-year programme. Please apply online for immediate consideration.