Software Engineer

Redgate's internal systems, covering data, security, purchasing, licensing, identity, authentication and usage, keep the wider business and thousands of customers running smoothly. As the company scales and takes on new commercial offerings, the Shared Applications & Services group needs engineers who can help keep that platform healthy, resilient and ready for what's next. This role gives a mid-level engineer real ownership over meaningful features while building the deeper technical and architectural understanding needed to grow further.

Responsibilities

Independently deliver significant features end-to-end across systems that the whole business relies on; Work across systems spanning data, security, purchasing, licensing, identity, authentication and usage, supporting both product engineering teams and the wider business; Influence architectural decisions and deepen understanding of how Redgate's platform is designed and operated; Take ownership of production issues, from investigation through to resolution and prevention; Gain exposure to a broad tech stack spanning C#/.NET, React, Azure, event-driven architecture and observability tooling

Requirements

Solid experience with modern C#/.NET, SQL, source control and CI/CD pipelines, and confidence applying design principles and architectural patterns with an understanding of trade-offs in context; A bias for simplicity and maintainability, backed by strong engineering practices including unit testing, code review, debugging and safe change management; Awareness of distributed systems and operational risk, such as timeouts, retries, versioning and partial failures, and the judgement to apply this when changing shared or production systems; Ability to investigate production and support issues using logs, telemetry, database queries and service-level diagnostics; Strong communication skills, in person and in writing, particularly when explaining technical findings, risks or trade-offs to engineering and product partners

Benefits

Hybrid working: home and Cambridge office; Monthly wellbeing allowance; Generous paid time off; Genuine investment in learning, development, and career progression; Private health insurance