About [Employer hidden]

[Employer hidden] is the original end-to-end business technology provider for estate agencies of all sizes. We’ve been helping sales and lettings agents build relationships and grow their businesses for more than 25 years. Our technology empowers property professionals across Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand. Worldwide, over 100,000 agents across more than 15,000 branches use [Employer hidden] to run their businesses.

What you’ll be doing

• Architecting, building and shipping complex, high-performance distributed services in C# and .NET Core 8/9 – primarily serverless on AWS Lambda.
• Designing data models and persistence patterns across Aurora RDS MySQL and DynamoDB.
• Building resilient, event-driven systems with SQS and related AWS messaging primitives.
• Owning each feature’s solution end-to-end – partnering with Business Analysts.
• Leveraging Claude Code and advanced agentic workflows.
• Designing clean, well-versioned, well-documented APIs.
• Inputting into architecture and technical direction.
• Championing a high-quality engineering culture – test coverage, peer review, CI/CD discipline.
• Mentoring and up-levelling engineers through pairing, PR review, architectural guidance.

Who we’re looking for

• A proven senior-to-staff-level backend engineer with deep expertise in C# and .NET Core 8/9.
• Authority in AWS serverless architecture – Lambda-first, with AWS API Gateway, SQS, Step Functions, EventBridge, IAM.
• Deep data expertise across Aurora RDS MySQL and DynamoDB.
• Proven track record designing event-driven systems with SQS.
• Strong API design sensibility.
• A strong product brain – comfortable without a traditional Product Owner.
• Strong communication skills and comfortable with ad-hoc client interaction.
• Proven track record with Claude Code and advanced agentic workflows.
• Rigorous engineering standards – Git, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Infrastructure as Code, comprehensive testing.
• Technical leadership without the title – mentoring and lifting teams.
• Pragmatic, outcome-oriented mindset.
• Nice to have: OpenSearch and/or AWS AppSync.

What your impact and success looks like

Within 1 month: Fully onboarded onto the [Employer hidden] stack – shipped first production endpoints; established trusted working relationships; configured Claude Code; built clear independent view. Within 3 months: Owning end-to-end delivery of substantive services; recognised as go-to technical voice; influenced engineering practice; shipped well-designed APIs; left maintainable footprint.

What’s in it for you?

We operate a Flexible Working Policy – no expectation of in-person attendance beyond occasional ad-hoc meetings in Solihull or London offices. Industry competitive day rate. [Employer hidden] is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and building an inclusive environment.

About [Employer hidden] UK

• Used by 2/3 of the UK’s most profitable estate agencies
• 15,000+ estate agency branches worldwide
• 78,000+ sales & lettings agents
• 1m+ properties under management
• Founded in 1997
• Co-workers 800