Software Engineer (Fixed Term contract)
Hybrid
Hereford, United Kingdom
Freelance
04-04-2025
Job Specifications
About The Role
allpay Limited are one of the fastest growing Fintech companies in the UK and are experts in the payment and financial services arena.
We now have a fantastic opportunity for Software Engineer to join us on a fixed term contract basis in our Research and Development team.
Within This Role You Will
Assist in the requirements gathering process to help ensure requirements contain enough information and fact to support design, development and implementation.
Participate in ‘Agile’ development team to develop software designs and specifications based on system level requirements and in accordance with defined development procedures.
Actively participate in sprint and release planning, daily stand-ups and retrospectives.
Design software that meets the requirements of the business and users with scope for extensibility, ease of maintenance, supportability and configuration.
Provide support, consultancy and assistance to colleagues and other areas within allpay as required.
Maintain and improve current skillset by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.
About You
To be successful in this role you will need to:
Experience of using object oriented programming languages, especially C# and .NET.
Experience of using SQL Server or equivalent directly via Management interface or software application.
The ability to solve problems and provide workable solutions or workarounds. Ability to continually learn and adapt to new technologies and implement where suitable.
Experience with Microsoft Azure platform and services desirable. Web Frontend development experience beneficial and desirable.
Possess good knowledge of software and hardware environments including networking.
This role is hybrid at our offices near Hereford, commutable from Birmingham, Gloucester, Cheltenham or Worcester.
About Us
People are at the heart of allpay and we reward our employee with a competitive benefits package which includes, a defined contribution group pension scheme, income protection, life assurance, an array of health and wellbeing options including private healthcare cover and an onsite gym. This is coupled with our excellent Learning and Development offering.
We work with some great recruitment agencies. We don’t choose to partner with everyone. Explicit consent or confirmation must be received from our HR department before we accept CV’s. Contractual terms and specific campaigns must have been signed and agreed before you are considered a partner. We never accept unsolicited CV’s, EVER! Even from our trusted partners. We consider it “spoiling,” which does not endear you to us. By sending us unsolicited CV’s we deem these a free gift. If we choose to engage these candidates directly we will not pay you any fees. You will be deemed to have accepted this zero fee by providing unsolicited or spoiled candidates.
We are a company committed to Equal Opportunities.
All roles at allpay Limited are subject to successful background checks including a DBS and Credit Check.
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About the Company
As a business we pride ourselves on making payments easy. We stand as a leading payments specialist in the UK, facilitating the seamless collection and distribution of funds between organisations and their customers. Established in 1994, allpay has consistently been at the forefront of payment aggregation, processing over £9.4 billion annually for over 900 public and private sector entities. With over three decades of experience, we now process in excess of 66.4 million transactions annually, offering a comprehensive bill... Know more
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