C# .NET Backend Engineer

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About us

Hello, we are i love it -  a platform where you can shop, share, and earn from the things you love. We believe that the people who genuinely love a product or brand will be its best ever salespeople - not an influencer chasing likes or paid brand deals (#ad #sponcon).  Instead, i love it is powered by AI, but founded on the kind of genuine recommendations that passion alone generates. The result:  everyone wins - the shopper, the sharer and the planet. We’re in full start up mode so anyone joining our small but ambitious business has an opportunity to make a huge impact and be part of building something super special.

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About you

We’re looking for that someone who thrives in a start up environment - being dynamic is in your DNA. If you get your kicks from adding value, influence and shaping something from the ground up, read on. We’re in the trenches so we need that get up and go, self sufficiency and motivation from anyone who joins us. Commitment to building scalable systems with a focus on low latency, robustness, and high performance is key. We’re a small but mighty team - working with us means mucking in, wearing several hats and being supportive of the team around you and a big belief in our business. We’ve got kind bones here, courageous even in the most challenging of times, we believe in fairness and we always find the fun. If this resonates with you to, we’d love to hear from you.

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About the role

You will be working closely with magicians - our other engineers, product and design team as well as native mobile and front end engineers to implement efficient and reliable solutions that deliver exceptional user experiences. The product is currently in private beta, so it’s early stage but no Greenfield project. You will be required to quickly familiarise yourself and become proficient with the codebase and architecture asap.

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Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in software development & enthusiasm for programming and technology
• Strong experience with .NET 6+, ASP.NET Core, and Azure cloud services
• C#, MVC, OO design
• Proficiency in SQL
• DevOps experience with Docker & Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture

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Desirable /Bonus skills

• Proficiency with Cosmos DB or other NoSQL databases
• Mass Transit framework for .NET
• gRPC, GraphQL, Apollo GraphQL & Protocol Buffers
• Experience in building an E-commerce or Social network application
• Experience in AI technologies, ML, NLP, LLMs, Adaptive or Generative AI
• Search query interpretation, intent recognition, retrieval models or other transformer-based architectures for search and ranking

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What else can you expect working at i love it

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Lovely offices based at the Hoxton Southwark with snacks on rotation, members cafe and terrace, a wellness suite, socials and shower facilities
• Flexible working with Mondays & Fridays always from home
• Free lunch every Thursday ‘Flunch’
• Working with a great bunch of people (we’re biased obvs) who don’t take themselves to seriously, are kind, fair, courageous and have lots of fun whilst doing it

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How to apply

Please send us a CV and cover letter if this sounds like a role for you at hello@iloveit.com

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