.NET Software Engineer

Jigsaw Finance is a UK-based vehicle finance broker. We work with a substantial panel of motor finance lenders to serve customers across all credit profiles — from those with excellent credit ratings through to customers with adverse history who have previously had difficulty obtaining finance.

Due to ongoing growth, we are looking to recruit an additional Software Engineer to join our engineering team. The successful candidate will help maintain and improve our existing systems while contributing to the development of new projects.

WHAT WE BUILD

As a finance broker that manages its technology entirely in-house, our engineering team owns and operates a broad range of systems and products, including:

• A full-featured CRM with 40+ direct lender integrations
• External APIs consumed by third-party integrators and partners
• Finance application forms and calculators used by dealers and introducers
• A dealer portal for lender quoting and deal management
• Direct integrations with credit reference agencies

This is a role with real variety and genuine technical depth — the successful candidate will be working across a wide range of systems and problem domains.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain, improve, and extend existing .NET applications and services
• Contribute to the design and development of new software projects
• Integrate with and maintain external API connections (REST and SOAP)
• Write clean, maintainable code aligned with SOLID principles
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
• Support internal stakeholders with questions and issues relating to in-house software
• Work collaboratively within the engineering team and independently where required

LOCATION & WORKING ARRANGEMENTS

This is a primarily remote role, however some office attendance will be required. The successful candidate must be able to travel to our Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent offices for stakeholder meetings and other business requirements.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Core .NET Development

• At least 2 years of commercial .NET development experience
• Experience across a range of .NET versions, from .NET Framework 4.8 through to .NET 8
• Experience with ASP.NET MVC 5
• Demonstrable understanding and application of SOLID principles
• Debugging and performance profiling

Data & Back-End

• Experience with SQL Server and T-SQL
• Experience with Entity Framework (Code First)
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs
• Experience integrating with external APIs (REST and SOAP)

Front-End

Tools & Workflow

• Git and source control best practices

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience with Angular
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, including Azure Management, Azure Functions, and Service Bus / Message Queues
• Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline configuration
• Experience with Docker
• Experience implementing AI solutions, such as large language model integrations or machine learning pipelines

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Self-motivated with the ability to take initiative and manage your own workload
• Strong communicator, comfortable liaising with both technical and non-technical colleagues
• A collaborative team player who is also capable of working independently
• Detail-oriented with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving