Job Introduction

Application Developer - C# / .NET / SQL

£37,000 - £41,000 per annum depending on experience

Permanent

Folkestone Hybrid

Here at Saga, our central technology team are recruiting for an Application Developer. We have an exciting roadmap of projects over the next year and you’ll join an established expert team, working on across all of our business areas.

Working as a C# .Net Application Developer, you will be focussed on Saga’s ‘Customer Hub’. The Customer Hub team sits in the Technology function and collaborates with stakeholders from across the organisation and trusted third parties, receiving all customer transactions for processing, ensuring data quality and customer matching across product lines / business groups, then republishes through products such as Adobe Campaign for use in an array of marketing campaigns.

You’ll be collaborating closely with other Application Developers and Lead Developers and across the wider IT community, plus engaging with business stakeholders. In this role you will get the chance to deliver, maintain and enhance applications within the Customer Hub function.

This team is fast moving, iterative and highly agile. A great chance for you to develop your skills on multiple platforms, programming languages and interesting projects, we will also support you to enhance your skills in this role.

We work in a hybrid way at Saga both at home and in the office. This role requires you to be working from our Folkestone office roughly once a week, allowing us to collaborate and share success as a business.

Role Responsibility

Our Application Developer will be responsible for the following areas:

• Troubleshooting and data fixes.

• Building and modifying software applications in line with business needs and requirements.

• Integrating software components and third-party applications.

• Working with UAT/QA teams, ensuring any deliveries are of high quality and meet or exceed standards.

• Working collaboratively with other Technology professionals to deliver technology programmes, projects and workstreams.

• Ensuring deliveries are secure, in line with best practice and aligned to policy.

• Creating and maintaining technical documents.

• Remaining up to date with development best practice.

• Assisting with troubleshooting systems and work collaboratively to resolve and prevent any defects, risk or issues.

The Ideal Candidate

As our newest Application Developer you’ll work on flow and fixes of customer data across various systems and customer journeys.

We need our new Application Developer to demonstrate the following skills;

• Have already worked in a C# / .net Application Development role.

• Demonstrates excellent communication and time management skills.

• Has clear knowledge of coding languages and frameworks; C#, ASP .NET, T-SQL (Microsoft SQL Server)

• Shows the desire to learn new coding languages and technologies.

• Has an eye for detail and identifying problems.

Desirable;

• Knowledge of JIRA.

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines.

• Has worked to agile methodologies in a previous role.

• IIS and Windows Server.

Saga Values: Make it Happen, Do the Right Thing, Customer First, Excellence Every Day, Our People Make Us Special

Package Description

At Saga we recognise that our people make us special. We believe our colleagues deserve rewards for the excellence they demonstrate every single day, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.

BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO ALL COLLEAGUES:

25 days holiday + bank holidays
Option to purchase additional leave - 5 extra days
Pension scheme matched up to 10%
Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%
Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salary
Wellbeing programme
Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance
Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Grandparents leave
Income protection
Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform

About the Company

Over the past 70 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. We’re one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for its high-quality products and exceptional standards of service. Our product portfolio includes cruises, holidays, insurance, personal finance products and our Saga Magazine.

We aim to be the most-trusted brand for older people in the UK. Our focus on delivering exceptional products and service empowers our colleagues to create moments that are personal and special for our customers and for each other. Our values underpin our approach and help guide us to deliver our purpose.

We’re committed to making sure that colleagues can be their best, be themselves and make a difference – more than anywhere else. We do this by creating a truly inclusive culture, where all colleagues can bring their full and authentic selves to work and be treated with dignity and respect in an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.

Thanks to our people, Saga has been ranked 6th in the UK’s Best Employers 2025 by the Financial Times and Statista. This recognition, based on the voices of 20,000 employees across the UK, is a testament to the great culture we’ve built together. This award belongs to all our colleagues who collectively make Saga a fantastic place to work.

We are champions of age inclusivity and signatories of the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, we are proud of our multigenerational teams we have in place. We’re also a committed Disability Confident employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

Your application will have fair consideration, and you’ll receive personal communication throughout your applicant journey when you apply to join Saga.

For more information on our DEI policies, colleague stories and other opportunities across the business, please visit Jobs and careers with Saga

Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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