RAC are on the lookout for a Senior Backend .Net Software Engineer to lead within our Acquisition team – which is the squad behind RAC’s bespoke eCommerce platform where members purchase our breakdown products. This high-traffic, mission-critical platform is used by hundreds of thousands of members each year and is central to our growth strategy.
You’ll play a pivotal role in delivering our technical vision and elevating engineering standards across the RAC. As one of the most senior engineering voices in our Digital & Technology teams, you’ll drive best practice, influence architecture and design decisions, and help shape our future technology landscape.
If you’re passionate about high quality engineering, modern platforms, scalable systems and mentoring others, while still staying hands on, this is the role for you.
Based in our Bradley Stoke office working hybrid (2 days per week in office) with flexible working patterns.
What you’ll do
- Act as a key technical leader in your product team, driving engineering best practice, problem-solving, and practical technical decision-making.
- Design and deliver robust backend architecture and high-quality software using .NET Core, C#, SQL, and cloud-native services in Azure.
- Contribute to technical design, future-state architecture and long-term technology strategy across the wider RAC Digital ecosystem.
- Lead engineering initiatives, improve delivery lifecycle processes, and champion automation, quality and continuous improvement.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, Kubernetes, DevOps tooling and scalable cloud patterns.
- Provide coaching and technical mentoring across squads—supporting engineers of all levels to elevate capability and standards.
- Collaborate with Product and other technical functions to shape requirements, clarify complex problems and deliver practical, customer-focused solutions.
- Own and manage technical debt, ensuring intelligent prioritisation and long-term maintainability.
- Support recruitment, onboarding and the development of engineering talent across the team.
- Bring curiosity and innovation—staying ahead of emerging technologies and identifying new opportunities to enhance our digital estate.
What you’ll bring
- Deep experience building high quality backend systems using .NET Core, C#, APIs, SQL, and cloud technologies (preferably Azure).
- Strong understanding of event-driven architectures, microservices, containerisation (Kubernetes) and modern engineering patterns.
- Proven ability to lead technical workstreams, influence decisions and mentor others—without needing formal line management.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to make sense of complex or incomplete business requirements.
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and best-practice software engineering.
- Self-motivated, analytical and results-driven, with the ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
As a Software Engineer – Acquisition at RAC, you’ll get benefits that go the extra mile
- Earnings That Motivate – enjoy a competitive salary plus automatic enrolment in our Owning It Together Colleague Share Scheme, giving you a unique opportunity to share in RAC’s future success.
- Tools to Drive Your Future – get started with a free RAC Ultimate Complete Breakdown Service from day one, plus access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (including electric vehicle options) after 12 months, delivering serious tax savings.
- Time Off That Matters – enjoy 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. We also support work–life balance with paid family leave, flexible schedules and practical resources to help navigate personal commitments.
- Financial Security & Perks – benefit from a pension scheme with up to 6.5% matched contributions alongside life assurance cover of 4× salary (10× optional with flex benefits), designed to support you long term.
- Wellbeing That Works for You – our 24/7 confidential support service is available to you and household members aged 16+, offering reassurance whenever you need it.
- Extras That Make a Difference – access Orange Savings, our exclusive discount portal with deals across top retailers, holidays, tools, tech and more. After passing probation, you’ll automatically join our Colleague Share Scheme, giving you a stake in our collective success.
Why RAC?
For more than 128 years, we’ve been keeping drivers moving, and today we’re trusted by over 15 million members. We’re also trusted by our people, with a 4.5-star Glassdoor rating showing that RAC is a place where support, ambition and opportunity go hand in hand.