Please note: for this role, you must be based in Malta or Bulgaria
The creative mind behind every project. Put your skills to the test to build solutions that continue to shape the world we live in.
About Us
Ascent has recently been acquired by Acuity Analytics. This is both a significant milestone for us and a tremendous opportunity for you. Acuity Analytics is a business with a strong global reputation, an impressive client base and ambitious growth plans. We delivers deep insights and domain-led digital transformation to high-growth and heavily regulated organisations. To our customers, we bring a partnership that provides the talent, technology and capability to enhance performance and operational efficiency.
About the role
In this role, you will apply your expertise across a set of interesting customers, diverse sectors and complex challenges, on both major transformations (typically 6-18 months) and smaller-scope engagements. This is an opportunity to develop your career in an ambitious, modern business that is committed to delivering measurable customer impact with leading-edge tech.
About you
Key personality traits:
- Attention to detail and a methodical approach to work.
- 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.
- Embraces a challenger mindset, thriving on pushing boundaries, driving innovation, and focusing on delivering value.
Your daily responsibilities as a Senior Software Engineer will be:
- Contribute to architectural and technological decisions throughout project delivery.
- Provide technical guidance and support to team members.
- Mentor colleagues to promote knowledge sharing and growth.
- Participate in agile ceremonies and support efficient delivery practices.
- Conduct thorough code reviews to maintain high code quality.
- Promote and apply best practices in engineering and solution design.
- Identify and address technical risks and impediments early.
- Collaborate with other teams to ensure smooth delivery across the stack.
Required Skills and Experience
The following skills/experience are necessary:
- 5+ years of professional full-stack development experience, delivering enterprise-grade solutions across back-end, front-end, and cloud.
- Strong back-end expertise with C#, .NET Core, and ASP.NET Core, including RESTful API and microservice development.
- Solid front-end experience with Angular, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, with the ability to build and maintain complex, performant UIs.
- Practical hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, Storage, Identity, networking fundamentals).
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps or equivalent CI/CD tooling.
- Proficient with Git and modern branching strategies.
- Solid understanding of software design principles, SOLID, and clean architecture.
- Experience with automated testing practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues, make sound technical decisions, and balance trade-offs.
- Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal).
The following skills/qualifications are advantageous:
- Experience maintaining or modernising applications.
- Familiarity with React or other modern frontend frameworks.
- Familiarity with Next.js.
- Experience with front-end testing frameworks and tooling.
- Knowledge of event-driven or serverless architectures.
- Experience with containerisation (Docker) and infrastructure as code.
- Cloud certification in Azure.
Why join us
People are at the Heart of our Business. By investing in people, we achieve exceptional results for our clients and create new opportunities for our teams to thrive. Check out this page for more details.
Skills Required
- 5 or more years in a similar role
- Strong expertise in .NET C#, Angular and Azure
- Strong back-end development experience with .NET C#
- Solid understanding and experience with Azure cloud services
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- Strong time management, organisational, and analytical skills
- Ability to support and collaborate with other team members
- A passion for emerging technologies and new concepts
- University degree in computer science or a related field
- Practical knowledge and experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies
What We Do
Ascent is a design-led software, data and cloud business that specialises in advanced analytics and AI. We design, build and manage cloud-native products, solutions, platforms and experiences on Azure. Our community of engineers, architects, data scientists, experience designers and consultants is here to help customers do something new, or do something better. Ascent is home to 450+ technology specialists across 5 key European locations (UK, Germany, Portugal, Malta and Bulgaria). Our talented, consultative teams deliver a range of solutions, from digital product and service design to mobile app development, API integrations, data engineering, AI and data science. Our modern app, data and infrastructure platforms help businesses leave legacy behind and enable rapid, efficient innovation
