Location: Cambridge

In-office expectation: Once every two weeks

Employment type: Permanent

Salary: up to 55000 DOE

Why This Role Exists

Redgates internal systems covering data security purchasing licensing identity authentication and usage keep the wider business and thousands of customers running smoothly. As the company scales and takes on new commercial offerings the Shared Applications & Services group needs engineers who can help keep that platform healthy resilient and ready for whats next. This role gives a mid-level engineer real ownership over meaningful features while building the deeper technical and architectural understanding needed to grow further.

About Redgate

Redgate brings together people who want to do their best work in an environment built on trust accountability and collaboration.

We build solutions that help data professionals securely manage the data and databases that their organisations depend on a space thats only becoming more critical as systems scale data regulations increase and AI adoption accelerates.

AI at Redgate

By 2028 Redgate will operate as an expert-plus-agent company domain experts amplified by AI delivering customer value at a pace our peers cant match.

AI handles the heavy lifting. Our people control the judgement. Everyone at Redgate works with Claude giving you access to the best AI tools from day one.

Why Join the Shared Applications & Services Team

Youll join a small cross-functional team made up of a Tech Lead Lead Software Engineer Product Owner and fellow engineers alongside a Shared Applications & Services Manager and an architect who provide direction and support at the group level.

Theres a coaching function in place to help you get unblocked and real scope to grow your technical and architectural understanding as you take on more.

The team cares about craft collaboration and quality and values sustainable delivery: good ways of working and time to improve how you build not just what you ship.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer (Mid) youll independently deliver significant features end-to-end across systems that the whole business relies on seeking support as needed while continuing to build your knowledge of design principles testing methods and Redgates internal systems.

Work across systems spanning data security purchasing licensing identity authentication and usage supporting both product engineering teams and the wider business

Real scope to influence architectural decisions and deepen your understanding of how Redgates platform is designed and operated

Take ownership of production issues from investigation through to resolution and prevention

Exposure to a broad tech stack spanning C#/.NET React Azure event-driven architecture and observability tooling

A role structured around learning while delivering: broadening your technical skills and system knowledge while contributing real value from day one

What Makes You a Great Fit

Solid experience with modern C#/.NET SQL source control and CI/CD pipelines and confidence applying design principles and architectural patterns with an understanding of trade-offs in context

A bias for simplicity and maintainability backed by strong engineering practices including unit testing code review debugging and safe change management

Awareness of distributed systems and operational risk such as timeouts retries versioning and partial failures and the judgement to apply this when changing shared or production systems

Ability to investigate production and support issues using logs telemetry database queries and service-level diagnostics

Strong communication skills in person and in writing particularly when explaining technical findings risks or trade-offs to engineering and product partners

What We Offer

Salary range: Up to 55000

Hybrid working: home and Cambridge office

Monthly wellbeing allowance and generous paid time off

Genuine investment in learning development and career progression

Private health insurance

Link to full benefits page here

What Happens Next

Your application will be reviewed by a person. We dont use AI or automated tools to assess applications and every profile is read by one of our Talent Partners.

Youll hear back within a few days. Whether its a next step or a no we aim to respond promptly so youre not left wondering.

Our interview process is straightforward and consistent. Youll find more detail on our typical hiring process below so you know whats coming and why.

Belonging at Redgate

We believe that people do their best work in an environment built on respect fairness and trust and that diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes. Redgate is an equal opportunity employer and we make hiring decisions based on skill potential and alignment with our values.

You can read more about how we approach belonging and inclusion at Redgate on our Belonging at Redgate page here.

Required Experience:

IC