Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Working on sitters.co.uk – the leading platform for ad hoc childcare 

Salary: £45k - £50k depending on experience (Poole – Hybrid working in place) 

Our major system transformation programme is complete, and we’ve successfully launched a brand-new, Azure-based platform alongside a cross-platform mobile app. 

We’re now seeking a full stack Software Engineer to drive the next stage of our platform’s growth, creating new features for our customers, optimising performance, and continuously improving our app and core platform. 

You’ll work across both frontend and backend systems, contributing to a modern event-based architecture built on C#, Azure, and Flutter. We’re open to strong experience in either C# / Azure or Flutter - and if you’ve got both, even better. 

You’ll be part of a small, collaborative agile team using Kanban, playing a hands-on role in shaping how our systems grow. 

Meet Jack & Jakub

• A full-stack mindset with experience across modern application development. 

• 3+ years’ experience in C# or Flutter. 

• Comfortable working in complex project environments. 

• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines. 

• Knowledge of agile development practices - particularly Kanban. 

• Confident writing unit and integration tests. 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

Responsibilities 

• Designing, developing, and owning high-quality, secure, production-ready code. 

• Working across the full stack - backend services, APIs, and mobile app features. 

• Understanding the architecture and actively take part in how the system is designed. 

• Writing high quality, maintainable software with: 

  • SOLID principles 

  • Unit and integration testing 

  • Thoughtful use of design patterns 

  • Code that is easy to reason about, extend and support 

  • Continuous improvement through refactoring and peer review 

• Collaborating closely with the team, including pair programming where it adds value. 

• Continuously learning, improving, and sharing knowledge. 

• Helping drive technical and process improvements as the platform evolves. 

About 288 Group 

You’ll be joining 200 colleagues in a financially secure e-commerce business with a 75-year track record of successful trading. Be part of our future growth in a business as we build on sales of £45 million. 

We offer flexibility over your working hours around daily core-hours. When necessary, the ICT team work together to support critical systems during evenings and weekends. There is no expectation to be formally ‘on-call’ but there may be occasions when your assistance is requested. Time worked out-of-hours is generously compensated. 

Benefits 

As well as receiving a competitive salary, you will also benefit from: 

• 25 days annual holiday, rising to 30 days with service 

• Your birthday as an extra day’s holiday 

• Annual company trading bonus 

• Private healthcare 

• Death in Service 

• Enhanced company sick pay 

• Additional maternity / paternity benefits 

• Pension 

• Subsidised gym membership 

• Great summer and Christmas parties 

*Some benefits subject to qualifying period