Working hours: 5 days per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: up to 6 month contract - outside IR35

Location: Gloucester, Hybrid working

About the role

Our Web Platform is an SDL Tridion content management and hosting solution, we support a number of websites and microsites for the Benefact Group. The platform allows content editors to independently create and manage content, utilising templates, schemas and building blocks delivered by the web platform team.

We are looking for expert level .NET Developers with a strong front-end skills for to join the existing Web Platform team. We have a backlog of work tasks and need to update tools and technologies to the latest versions and using them to develop business critical solutions.

The team use Agile and Scrum methodology to deliver value as early as possible. We use a range of server- and client-side technologies such as C# ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, Web API, Solr, Typescript, Vue.js and Bootstrap.

Essential skills:

• Demonstrable expert knowledge of C#
• Demonstrable expert knowledge of .NET Framework, and Visual Studio.
• Knowledge of cloud development and deployment via Azure.
• HTML 5 / CSS 3 (Less/SASS), JavaScript (or TypeScript), Bootstrap.
• Experience developing websites for mobile devices using responsive design.
• Experience with SDL Tridion or other CMS platforms (SiteCore, Umbraco, Sitefinity, Strapi, WordPress, etc.)

Desirable skills:

• Experience of working in an Agile environment, using concepts like Scrum, Kanban etc.
• Experience of CI/CD pipelines for building and deploying code (e.g. Azure DevOps, Bamboo, Jenkins etc.)
• Experience with unit / acceptance testing, QA practices (using ReSharper and code review), accessibility standards & testing, and source control (using Bitbucket).

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and currently the 3rd largest corporate donor in the country, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have an ambitious plan to become the number one corporate donor with strategic objectives in place to double the groups size over the next five years.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people offer career opportunities and personal development through a fantastic learning and career framework. Luckily for us, the nature of who we are – our giving ethos, our 135 year history and the diversity of what we do – has built a culture of kindness, of great ambition, of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. We understand that the perfect candidate for this role may not necessarily meet every requirement listed in this advert, and we encourage you to apply even if you feel that you don't fulfil every single qualification. Your unique perspective and potential are valuable to us, and we invite you to submit an application if this opportunity resonates with you.