Software Engineer, Backend
About Walr:
Walr is a data creation company that supports insight professionals globally. It specializes in reaching diverse audience segments, leveraging proprietary technology, and offering bespoke services. With a comprehensive suite of tools, backed by a team of seasoned industry professionals, Walr’s services include efficient data collection methods, intuitive data visualization and reporting techniques, and supportive and transparent advice. Walr exists to unify the complex and fragmented research process by introducing more efficient, rapid, and straightforward methods.
As a rapidly growing company and acclaimed recipient of the Best Workplace in Tech™ and Best Workplace in Wellbeing™ titles, we're not just offering a job – we're inviting you to shape our journey. Empowerment and growth define us. Join us in reshaping the future of business.
About The Role:
As a Backend Software Engineer at Walr, you will be responsible for designing and developing backend systems using C#, .NET, and cloud platforms like MS Azure. You’ll ensure high-performance, scalable solutions while working within a DevSecOps environment, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring system security and reliability. You’ll also collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric solutions and continuously support feature development through the product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Backend Software Development:
- Develop backend systems using C#, .NET, CosmosDB, and MS Azure.
- Maintain operational health by monitoring, identifying, and resolving issues in a timely manner.
- Uphold high engineering standards to promote a robust software development culture.
- Ensure CI/CD pipelines, observability, automation, and security in a DevSecOps environment.
2. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Agile Delivery:
- Collaborate in agile, cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions that provide value to users and the business.
- Contribute to all stages of product development, from ideation to production deployment, ensuring the continuous delivery of new features.
Desired Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in backend software development.
- Strong proficiency in C# and .NET.
- Solid experience in developing APIs with a focus on performance, scalability, and security.
- Experience with software design and development in a cloud environment (MS Azure preferred), with a focus on microservice and serverless architecture.
- Experience in DevOps/DevSecOps environments (Azure DevOps preferred), including CI/CD, observability, automation, and security.
- Proficiency with NoSQL databases (CosmosDB preferred).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Desired Skills & Attributes:
- Experience in SaaS-based operating environments.
- Microsoft certifications such as Azure Developer, CosmosDB Developer, DevOps Engineer, or Solutions Architect.
What We Value:
- We Delight through Dedication: We go above and beyond for our clients, committed to delivering best in class service. We choose consistently to act in the best interests of our clients – with integrity, honesty and fairness – to delight through dedication.
- We Lead with Trust: We approach our work with a data driven mindset, balanced by an acknowledgement that we are all human, first. As our company continues to grow, we don’t lose sight of what’s most important — our people. We default to open, choose respect, and show comfort with candor knowing that doing so fosters an environment where people can be their best selves.
- We Revel in Innovation: We aren’t afraid to take informed risks, learn from mistakes and act with purpose to build the future. Through continual innovation, we deliver new solutions for our clients and elevate expectations — both within our business and throughout our industry.
- We Celebrate as A Team: Walr is a globally distributed team that equally emphasizes individual accountability and collective success. We take the time to value others’ contributions and invest in growth by prioritizing Learning & Development and celebrating milestones during Monthly Group Meetings. Prioritizing inclusivity and leaving egos behind, we see that the whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
- We Are Empowered to Act Like Owners: Regardless of background, tenure or title, all employees are empowered to be ambitious, act courageously and be accountable for their actions, in pursuit of the future of Walr.
- Department
- Technology
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
London
About Walr
We are a data creation partner unifying smart technology and thoughtful expertise to bring efficiency to online research.
With hundreds of years of combined experience in market research, working in a 24/7 customer-centric manner, our aim is to build extremely successful and trusted partnerships. In support of this ethos is our proprietary, cloud-based technology, which enables us to deliver delight at scale.
We are experts in data creation, so our customers don’t have to be. Instead, they can spend more time creating value in the areas they excel most.
Software Engineer, Backend
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