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The RAC is on a journey to revolutionise the way we provide our differentiated range of driving services to our 13 million personal and business members, so we’re looking for problem-solvers and passionate engineers to build digital products with cutting-edge technology. We have the exciting opportunity to appoint an experienced mid-level Backend Software Engineer to support delivering projects, maintaining and improving our digital products and codebases. You will play a key part in the wider RAC Technology Design community, helping ensure good practice across all domains and adherence to principles. You’ll collaborate on technical designs, influence architectural decisions, and champion best practices in coding and problem-solving. With a proactive mindset, you’ll identify opportunities to enhance customer experience and improve internal processes whilst supporting digital operations.
Job Responsibility:
Take ownership of designing and delivering innovative technical solutions, creating practical recommendations, and sharing them with both your immediate team and the wider technology function
Develop high quality software and architecture
Perform troubleshooting of operational and integration issues
Attention to detail when writing code and obsessing over delivering high quality solutions to customers
Keep up to date on emerging technologies ensuring any new tools adopted in the RAC are fit for purpose and commercially appropriate
Develop solutions using .NET Core, C#, SQL alongside proficiency with the Azure Cloud Environment and Kubernetes
Able to interface with the business and make sense of complicated or incomplete requests
Provide accurate estimates for business initiatives at concept as well as challenging existing estimates to ensure we’re routinely delivering value
Able to own technical debt across the technology stack and make practical assessments about the relevant priorities
Requirements:
Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment
Proficient in industry-standard engineering practices and patterns, including event-driven design, service-to-service communication and building reusable services
Good understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
Thorough understanding of best practice in the software engineering lifecycle
Understanding of and a passion for automation
Must have good stakeholder management, communication, organisation, and time management skills
An allergy to duplication and proactively seeks conversations to delete/consolidate duplicate technology
Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines
High level of technical expertise in .NET Core, C#, SQL, and alongside experience using the Azure Cloud and Kubernetes
What we offer:
Competitive salary plus automatic enrolment in our ‘Owning It Together’ Colleague Share Scheme
Free RAC Ultimate Complete Breakdown Service from day one
Access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (including electric vehicle options) after 12 months
25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Paid family leave, flexible schedules, and practical resources to help navigate personal commitments
Pension scheme with up to 6.5% matched contributions
Life assurance cover up to 4x salary (10x optional with flex benefits)
24/7 confidential support service available to you and household members aged 16+
Access Orange Savings, our exclusive discount portal with deals across top retailers, holidays, tools, tech and more
After passing probation, you’ll automatically join our Colleague Share Scheme