Join Ascent and help us do extraordinary things for our customers!

**This position is available remotely only for talents based in Portugal, Bulgaria and Malta.

About us 

We are Ascent! and we help our customers solve problems, elevate, and do existing things better. We are on a mission to help our customers connect data, software, and purpose to create extraordinary outcomes. You could say we are a digital transformation business.

We specialize in software product development, analytics, data science, IoT solutions, machine learning, DevOps optimization, and modernization of applications, data, and platforms.

We work with incredible clients in all types of industries such as smart home devices, space exploration, beer manufacturing, finance, ecology, and logistics. We work with some of the sharpest minds in the brightest businesses and we employ the sharpest minds too!

Ascent is UK based with specialist hubs in Malta, Bulgaria and Portugal and smaller local teams in 14 countries worldwide. We are a 250+ strong team that’s growing – fast – in a vibrant market and we are continuously looking for new talent and perspectives.
 

The opportunity

We are now looking for a highly motivated, results-orientated Senior .NET Engineer with Azure experience to join our team. An individual who leads by example and demonstrates a strong work ethic.

As a senior member of the Software Engineering team, you will be exposed to interesting and complex projects and will be expected to deliver a range of innovative solutions. You will play an active role in activities related to design, development, and maintenance of our projects. You will be working closely with our team leaders to define specification, architecture, building creative and innovative software solutions.

Your responsibilities as a Senior Engineer will be

• Implementation of systems/product architecture.
• Analyzing and understanding functional and nonfunctional requirements.
• Estimation of functional/technical business requirements.
• Translating functional/technical business requirements into application code.
• Provide peer review of design and implementations produced by other team members.
• Continue to review, evolve and deliver best software development standards, technology, tools and principles.
• Coaching and mentoring less experienced team members and assist on their upward journey
• Closely collaborate with the Lead Engineer to understand and drive the technical needs within the team

Key personality traits:

• Attention to detail and methodical worker.
• Proactive and supportive team player.
• Ability to act independently.
• Quick to learn new techniques and eager to embrace new challenges.
• Positive attitude towards change and a fast-paced environment.
• Can-do approach towards development initiatives, methodologies and working practices.

Skills and Experience

The following skills/experience are necessary:

• Solid exposure on a similar role
• Strong working knowledge with, but not limited to, C#, .NET Core, Entity Framework, HTML, CSS, MVC, jQuery, MS SQL, and Microservices. 
• Experience with Angular 2+, and/or React
• Good working knowledge of Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Azure Service Bus, Azure App Insights, Azure Key Vault, etc.
• Work experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub; including Boards, Pipelines, Repos, GitHub Actions, etc.
• Good understanding of industry best practices.
• Good understanding and experience working with Agile Frameworks such as Scrum.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English, both written and oral.
• Solid time management, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a real passion for technology
• Constructive challenger approach.

The following skills/qualifications are advantageous:

University degree in computer systems design, computer science or equivalent

A passion for emerging technology and new concepts.

Understanding and working knowledge with Docker/Kubernetes tech (AKS preferred) would be considered an asset

The ability to operate whilst under pressure

Working at Ascent

At Ascent we promote a healthy work-life balance by offering flexibility in where you work.  We also promote well-being and provide access to Well Being Coaches.

Your development and learning will be taken seriously, and we'll support your professional development with training and certification, with regular feedback and review. It is a fun, supportive and modern workplace where we really live by our company values of Empathy, Energy and Audacity! Ascent also offers a variety of benefits in each of our countries.

Ascent is an equal opportunities employer. We take intentional steps to ensure inclusion and belonging are something real here, not just something we talk about. No person will be treated less favourably because of their gender, pregnancy, and maternity status, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, or disability status. If you require any reasonable accommodation, please let us know when you apply.