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Parallel is a fast-paced scale up with the backing of parent company Sewell Group. The business supports public sector clients across the UK to make decisions about their services, estates and budgets through the delivery of market leading web applications and data visualisation tools, including Strata. To support growing client demands and an expanding product range, Parallel is looking to grow its software engineering team and take the business to the next level. The Software Engineer will work alongside the Head of Software and the wider development team to deliver a series of software and data projects, to help modernise existing technology platforms and develop new products for new markets. We are seeking a full stack Software Engineer to play an integral part in the technical delivery of the company’s products. The successful candidate will have relevant commercial development experience, have great attention to detail and be a team player. This is the perfect opportunity to work in a growing business and highly motivated team, where the exposure to multiple technologies, unique products and concurrent projects provides a continuous learning and personal development opportunity. If you are a positive, well organised, people person, looking for an opportunity to make your mark on national products, with the backing of a nationally recognised top employer, we’d love to hear from you.
Job Responsibility:
Design, build, and integrate AI-powered features into our products, including LLM integrations, retrieval pipelines, and agentic workflows
Build responsive, accessible, user-friendly interfaces using Vue 3 with TypeScript, integrating with backend APIs and modern frontend tooling
Use AI coding agents and developer tooling effectively to accelerate delivery, while maintaining a high bar for code quality, review, and security
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications and solutions
Develop backend services and APIs using .NET (C#), ensuring scalability, performance, and security
Integrate front-end and back-end components using RESTful APIs and modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., Vue with TypeScript)
Model and manage data across MS SQL, Postgres
Write and maintain unit and integration tests for both front-end and back-end components to ensure code quality
Participate in Agile development practices including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
Ensure adherence to data protection, security standards, and confidentiality requirements in all development activities
Requirements:
A minimum of 2 years’ commercial experience in full stack software development
Hands-on experience building and running applications on Microsoft Azure or AWS
Practical experience using AI coding agents and assistants (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) as part of day-to-day development
Solid grounding in software engineering fundamentals: OO design, clean code, version control with Git, and code review
Solid experience building backend services with .NET
Strong front-end development skills with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Vue typescript, Angular, React)
Strong experience with relational databases (e.g. MS SQL, Postgres SQL) and exposure to NoSQL stores (e.g. Cosmos DB, MongoDB)
Good working knowledge of ORM (e.g. Entity Framework, Dapper) with database (e.g. MS SQL, Postgres)
Experience working with RESTful APIs and integrating front-end and back-end components
Proficient in use of HTML5, CSS/SCSS, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript standards
Experience writing and maintaining unit tests for backend and frontend
Passion for technology, ongoing learning and client satisfaction
Awareness of the importance of security, data protection and confidentiality
Have good attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
Nice to have:
Experience in data manipulation and analysis
Experience of geo-mapping formats, approaches or tools
Experience with vector databases, embeddings, or building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (e.g. Bicep, Terraform), or containerisation (Docker)
Experience building agentic workflows or working with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), tool use, or function calling
Experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs into applications (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI) – including prompt design and structured outputs
Possess a positive approach to problem solving, with a process driven method to approach design solutions and a keen eye for user experience
What we offer:
Competitive Salary, Dependent on experience
Annual Bonus opportunity
25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days