Mid-Level Software Developer

Role Description

We're looking for a Mid-Level Software Developer to join our development teams at Activate Group who are responsible for our core line-of-business Claim Management System (Quartz) and the Fleetscout fleet management platform, alongside a range of internal tools and integrations. These systems manage the vehicle repair lifecycle from first notification of loss (FNOL) through to return-to-driver, and integrate with a wide range of third-party APIs covering insurers, fleet operators, repairers, parts suppliers etc.

As a Mid-Level Developer, you will be expected to:

• Take ownership of features end-to-end.
• Contribute to technical design discussions.
• Support more junior team members.
• Work closely with the Quartz Development Team, QA, Delivery Managers, and Product Owners to ship high-quality software.

Tech stack: Microsoft .NET (C#) back-end, React with TypeScript on the front-end, MSSQL (Azure SQL) and MySQL databases, hosted on Azure and orchestrated with Kubernetes. Work is managed through Azure DevOps (Boards, Repos, Pipelines), with CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Qualifications

• Commercial .NET / C# experience — Typically 3+ years building and maintaining production C# applications, including ASP.NET Core Web APIs.
• Strong C# language skills — Including Entity Framework / EF Core, LINQ, async/await, delegates, generics, and dependency injection.
• React and TypeScript — Demonstrable experience building and maintaining front-end applications using React with TypeScript, including component design, state management, and consuming REST APIs.
• Relational database experience — Confident working with both MSSQL and MySQL (or willingness to cross-train), including schema design, indexing, writing performant queries, stored procedures, views, and understanding execution plans.
• SOLID, design patterns and clean code — Able to recognise and apply common design patterns and refactor towards cleaner, more maintainable code.
• Version control with Git — Confident with branching strategies, pull requests, merge conflict resolution, and code review practice.
• API design and integration — Building and consuming RESTful APIs, working with JSON and XML payloads, and understanding authentication patterns (OAuth2, JWT, API keys).
• Asynchronous and concurrent programming — Solid understanding of async/await, threading concerns, and message/event-driven processing.
• Problem-solving and debugging — Strong analytical skills with the ability to diagnose issues across the stack using logs, profiling, and debugging tools.
• Communication and collaboration — Able to articulate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and work effectively in a cross-functional Agile team.

Requirements

• Experience with Blazor (we maintain some Blazor components within Quartz) - Desirable but not essential.
• Containerisation with Docker - Desirable but not essential.
• Experience working with message queues / event-driven architectures (e.g. Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ) - Desirable but not essential.
• Experience with the insurance, claims, automotive, or fleet management domain - Desirable but not essential.
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs - Desirable but not essential.
• Familiarity with observability tooling (Application Insights, Grafana, or similar) - Desirable but not essential.
• Experience supporting or mentoring junior developers - Desirable but not essential.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday, including bank holidays.
• Personal health cash plan – claim back the cost of everyday healthcare such as dental and optical check-ups.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay.
• Life assurance at three times your basic salary.
• Free breakfasts and fresh fruit.
• A birthday surprise for everyone.