Software Engineer

The Data Automation Tribe accelerates trusted, scalable automation for our customers—delivering high‑quality data processing, connectors, and intelligent workflows through empowered, self‑organising teams focused on continuous improvement and real customer outcomes. The tribe is transitioning to operate with an AI-first PDLC. AI agents are a digital delivery partner across engineering and delivery management, accelerating how we design, build, test, document, plan, forecast, and report. Humans provide intent, constraints, verification, and accountability. 

As a Software Engineer at Xceptor, you build and improve production-grade software within established patterns and guardrails, delivering well-scoped features and technical slices at a steady pace. You will use AI routinely to accelerate delivery while staying accountable for correctness, security, quality, and control.

You will work closely with senior engineers and the Principal Engineer to shape solutions, learn the platform standards, and increase your scope and independence over time. This role exists to help the tribe ship high-quality capability quickly and consistently, while developing your skills in AI-first engineering and production-grade delivery in a regulated environment.

• Delivers well-scoped features and technical tasks end-to-end, with support from senior engineers when needed.
• Breaks work into small increments, keeps PRs focused, and communicates progress and risks early.
• Clarifies requirements and constraints before building; asks questions early to avoid rework.
• Builds software that meets the tribe’s bar for correctness, maintainability, and operability.

AI-First Delivery System (How we build):

• Uses AI routinely to accelerate delivery (drafting code, tests, docs), and validates outputs rather than accepting them blindly.
• Works effectively within the tribe’s AI-first PDLC, following established patterns, templates, and “golden prompts”.
• Applies verification discipline appropriate to scope: unit tests, integration tests where relevant, edge cases, and basic threat/abuse considerations.
• Contributes improvements to the delivery system: suggests refinements to templates, prompts, docs, and checks based on what slows delivery or causes defects.
• Participates actively in code review: requests reviews early, responds quickly, and learns from feedback.

Technical Delivery:

• Implements robust services and features in modern C# / .NET aligned to the tribe’s architecture and standards.
• Works effectively with SQL/No-SQL: writes safe queries, understands indexing basics, and uses migrations correctly.
• Builds APIs with clear contracts and consistent error handling, applying established resilience patterns.
• Writes and maintains automated tests as part of delivery (unit as default; integration/contract when appropriate).
• Keeps documentation current as part of delivery (with agents drafting), ensuring it’s accurate and useful.

• Meets the tribe’s quality bar: follows testing standards, passes automated gates, and fixes issues quickly when found.
• Builds with observability defaults in mind: structured logs, meaningful events, and correlation/traceability where required.
• Understands and follows safe release practices: changes are reversible, diagnosable, and measurable in production.
• Follows regulated controls and security basics: least privilege, secure coding defaults, and audit-friendly behaviours.

• Collaborates effectively with Product, UX, QA, and Engineering to deliver outcomes.
• Shares progress proactively, asks for help when needed, and supports teammates.
• Demonstrates continuous learning: adopts feedback quickly and applies it to future work.
• Helps create a positive, high-tempo team culture aligned to Xceptor values.

• Solid experience building software in modern C# / .NET and contributing to production systems.
• Working knowledge of SQL/No-SQL and data modelling; understands safe query patterns and performance basics.
• Able to reason about correctness, edge cases, and failure modes for the features you build.
• Comfortable working with CI/CD, code reviews, and automated testing practices.
• Can explain your approach and trade-offs clearly to peers.

• Experience as a software engineer contributing to production systems (typically 2–5 years, depending on your levelling).
• Experience with modern .NET / C# and SQL/No-SQL in delivery teams using code reviews, testing, and CI/CD.
• Evidence of strong engineering fundamentals and ability to learn quickly in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong academic background, including a degree in a STEM subject discipline, or equivalent experience.

We believe great ideas come from everywhere — and that the best teams are made up of people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. At Xceptor, we’re committed to building a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued, and empowered to be themselves.

We know that not everyone ticks every single box in a job description — and that’s okay. If you’re excited about this role and think you could make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Your unique skills and experiences might be just what we need, even if you don’t meet every requirement.

We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all employees — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or background.