£500 TO 600 GBP

Remote WORKING
Type: Contract

Backend Engineer - .NET / Azure / Event-Driven Architecture

Contract: 6 months

Day Rate: Up to £600per day, Inside IR35

Working Arrangement: Remote-first, with occasional flexibility required

Security Clearance: Active SC clearance required

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to take a technical lead role within a development pod, delivering robust backend solutions using modern distributed systems and event-driven architecture.

You will specialise in designing and developing CQRS-based systems, helping shape technical approaches and ensuring high-quality backend delivery within a collaborative engineering environment.

This is an opportunity for a hands-on engineer with strong architectural knowledge and practical development experience to contribute to complex, secure technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical lead for backend development within a delivery pod.
• Design and develop event-driven, distributed backend systems.
• Implement and maintain CQRS-based architectures.
• Apply event sourcing principles where appropriate.
• Develop and integrate APIs to support reliable system communication.
• Build and maintain solutions using C#/.NET and Azure technologies.
• Work with Azure Service Bus to support event-driven messaging and integration.
• Contribute to technical design decisions, coding standards and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with other engineers and stakeholders to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions.

Essential Skills and Experience

• CQRS: Strong practical experience designing and implementing CQRS-based systems.
• C#/.NET: Proven backend development experience, preferably using C# and .NET.
• Event-driven architecture: Experience building systems based on events and asynchronous messaging.
• Event sourcing: Understanding and practical experience of event-sourced systems.
• Azure Service Bus: Experience implementing messaging and integration patterns.
• API development: Experience designing and developing backend APIs.
• Distributed systems: Understanding of distributed architectures, reliability and system integration.
• Azure: Experience developing and deploying solutions within Microsoft Azure.
• Technical leadership: Ability to guide backend development and contribute to technical decisions within a delivery team.
• Security clearance: Must hold active SC clearance.

Java developers with strong, demonstrable CQRS and event-driven architecture experience may also be considered, although C#/.NET is preferred.

Contract Details

• Six-month initial contract.
• Inside IR35, with flexibility for candidates offering the full range of required skills.
• Remote-first working, with occasional flexibility required.
• Active SC clearance is essential.

If you have strong CQRS experience and enjoy leading hands-on backend development within distributed, event-driven environments, we'd be keen to hear from you.