Job Description

ABOUT XCEPTOR

Data is at the heart of everything we do: Xceptor has been designed around data manipulation in its broadest sense. We source data from wherever it flows. We curate, normalise, validate, repair, and enrich that data so it reaches its destination in a reliable and consistent format. Data coming out of Xceptor is data our clients can trust.

We are recognised as an expert in the Financial Services vertical, which strongly aligns with Business Users in Middle and Back-Office teams. We enable these users to solve their data challenges by themselves, rather than through a technology-led project.

Our mission is to empower business users within financial institutions to build automated processes that deliver trusted data.

Our values are:

• Client Centricity
• One Team
• Impactful

🚀 Your Role:

Business Area and Team

The Data Automation Tribe accelerates trusted, scalable automation for our customers—delivering high‑quality data processing, connectors, and intelligent workflows through empowered, self‑organising teams focused on continuous improvement and real customer outcomes. The tribe is transitioning to operate with an AI-first PDLC. AI agents are a digital delivery partner across engineering and delivery management, accelerating how we design, build, test, document, plan, forecast, and report. Humans provide intent, constraints, verification, and accountability.

As a Software Engineer at Xceptor, you build and improve production-grade software within established patterns and guardrails, delivering well-scoped features and technical slices at a steady pace. You will use AI routinely to accelerate delivery while staying accountable for correctness, security, quality, and control.

You will work closely with senior engineers and the Principal Engineer to shape solutions, learn the platform standards, and increase your scope and independence over time. This role exists to help the tribe ship high-quality capability quickly and consistently, while developing your skills in AI-first engineering and production-grade delivery in a regulated environment.

🧩 What You’ll Be Doing:

Mission Delivery

• Delivers well-scoped features and technical tasks end-to-end, with support from senior engineers when needed.
• Breaks work into small increments, keeps PRs focused, and communicates progress and risks early.
• Clarifies requirements and constraints before building; asks questions early to avoid rework.
• Builds software that meets the tribe’s bar for correctness, maintainability, and operability.

AI-First Delivery System (How we build):

• Uses AI routinely to accelerate delivery (drafting code, tests, docs), and validates outputs rather than accepting them blindly.
• Works effectively within the tribe’s AI-first PDLC, following established patterns, templates, and “golden prompts”.
• Applies verification discipline appropriate to scope: unit tests, integration tests where relevant, edge cases, and basic threat/abuse considerations.
• Contributes improvements to the delivery system: suggests refinements to templates, prompts, docs, and checks based on what slows delivery or causes defects.
• Participates actively in code review: requests reviews early, responds quickly, and learns from feedback.

Technical Delivery:

• Implements robust services and features in modern C# / .NET aligned to the tribe’s architecture and standards.
• Works effectively with SQL/No-SQL: writes safe queries, understands indexing basics, and uses migrations correctly.
• Builds APIs with clear contracts and consistent error handling, applying established resilience patterns.
• Writes and maintains automated tests as part of delivery (unit as default; integration/contract when appropriate).
• Keeps documentation current as part of delivery (with agents drafting), ensuring it’s accurate and useful.

Quality, Security & Production Readiness (Speed with Control):

• Meets the tribe’s quality bar: follows testing standards, passes automated gates, and fixes issues quickly when found.
• Builds with observability defaults in mind: structured logs, meaningful events, and correlation/traceability where required.
• Understands and follows safe release practices: changes are reversible, diagnosable, and measurable in production.
• Follows regulated controls and security basics: least privilege, secure coding defaults, and audit-friendly behaviours.

Collaboration & Culture:

• Collaborates effectively with Product, UX, QA, and Engineering to deliver outcomes.
• Shares progress proactively, asks for help when needed, and supports teammates.
• Demonstrates continuous learning: adopts feedback quickly and applies it to future work.
• Helps create a positive, high-tempo team culture aligned to Xceptor values.

Key Competencies

Technical:

• Solid experience building software in modern C# / .NET and contributing to production systems.
• Working knowledge of SQL/No-SQL and data modelling; understands safe query patterns and performance basics.
• Able to reason about correctness, edge cases, and failure modes for the features you build.
• Comfortable working with CI/CD, code reviews, and automated testing practices.
• Can explain your approach and trade-offs clearly to peers.

🎯 Who we're looking for:

• Experience as a software engineer contributing to production systems (typically 2–5 years, depending on your levelling).
• Experience with modern .NET / C# and SQL/No-SQL in delivery teams using code reviews, testing, and CI/CD.
• Evidence of strong engineering fundamentals and ability to learn quickly in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong academic background, including a degree in a STEM subject discipline, or equivalent experience.

🌍 Diversity & Inclusion at Xceptor

We believe great ideas come from everywhere — and that the best teams are made up of people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. At Xceptor, we’re committed to building a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued, and empowered to be themselves.

We know that not everyone ticks every single box in a job description — and that’s okay. If you’re excited about this role and think you could make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Your unique skills and experiences might be just what we need, even if you don’t meet every requirement.

We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all employees — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or background.

🌗 Hybrid at Xceptor

We love the buzz of the office and the flexibility of home—so at Xceptor, you get the best of both. Our people spend 2-3 days per week in the office collaborating, brainstorming, and connecting in person. The rest is up to you. It’s all about great teamwork, balanced with the freedom to work your way.
#LI-GL1 #LI-Hybrid

Please note:

• Xceptor works with clients in financial services and our offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of background checks, which includes criminal record checks, and credit reference checks.
• If you have any employment gaps exceeding three months within the last six years, we will request additional information and evidence to clarify those periods.