About Us
SDL Surveying is the UK's largest independent provider of residential surveying and valuation services, completing over 200,000 mortgage valuations every year for many of the UK's leading lenders.
Technology plays a vital role in enabling our business, from integrating with customers and third-party platforms to automating business processes and delivering the systems that support our operational teams.
As we continue to invest in our technology capability, we are looking for a Senior Business Systems Engineer to join our growing Technology team.
Your Life as a Senior Business Systems Engineer
As a Senior Business Systems Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing and supporting the business systems that underpin SDL Surveying's operations.
Working across data engineering, systems integration, backend development and automation, you will design scalable solutions that improve business efficiency, increase resilience and support the company's continued digital transformation.
This is a hands-on technical role with the opportunity to influence technical direction, establish engineering best practice and mentor other engineers within the team.
Key Responsibilities
Business Systems & Automation
- Design, develop and maintain business process automation using Microsoft Power Automate.
- Develop and support business applications using Microsoft Power Apps.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual business processes and improve operational efficiency.
- Ensure automation solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and fully supported.
- Develop monitoring, alerting and recovery mechanisms for business-critical automations.
Data Engineering & Integration
- Design, develop and maintain integrations between internal and third-party systems.
- Develop, optimise and maintain Microsoft SQL Server databases, stored procedures, views and functions.
- Build and support ETL solutions using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) or equivalent technologies.
- Design robust APIs and backend integration services.
- Ensure the integrity, performance and security of business data.
Software Engineering
- Develop backend services and integration components using C# and .NET.
- Produce high-quality, maintainable and well-documented code.
- Contribute to solution architecture and technical design.
- Follow modern engineering practices including source control, testing and CI/CD.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation
- Write and maintain effective unit and integration tests
Operational Support
- Investigate and resolve complex production issues affecting business systems.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Work collaboratively with Infrastructure, Service Desk, Development and Product teams to deliver reliable technology solutions.
- Support change management, release processes and production deployments.
Technical Leadership
- Act as a senior technical specialist within the Business Systems Engineering team.
- Mentor and support other engineers, helping to grow technical capability across the department.
- Promote engineering best practice, documentation standards and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to technical strategy and the continuous improvement of SDL's business systems and automation capability.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven commercial experience developing solutions using Microsoft Power Automate.
- Proven commercial experience developing applications using Microsoft Power Apps.
- Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including T-SQL, stored procedures, views and performance optimisation.
- Experience developing ETL solutions using SSIS or equivalent technologies.
- Experience designing and developing integrations between business systems.
- Experience developing APIs and backend services using C# and .NET.
- Experience supporting and troubleshooting business-critical production systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiar with the use of unit and integration tests
Desirable Skills
- Azure DevOps
- Azure Functions
- Azure Data Factory
- Microsoft Fabric
- RESTful APIs
- Windows Services
- Git
- CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working with Azure or AWS cloud platforms
- Experience mentoring or coaching other technical team members
Personal Attributes
- Is passionate about technology and continuous improvement.
- Enjoys solving complex technical problems.
- Takes ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality solutions.
- Has a collaborative and supportive approach to working with colleagues.
- Can communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Enjoys sharing knowledge and helping others develop.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment where priorities can evolve.
- Has a strong focus on quality, resilience and maintainability.
Why Join SDL Surveying?
Joining SDL Surveying means becoming part of a Technology team that is investing heavily in its future.
You'll have the opportunity to work with modern technologies, influence the technical direction of our Business Systems capability and deliver solutions that have a direct impact across the organisation.
This role offers the chance to make a genuine difference, work alongside experienced professionals and help shape the next generation of business systems within one of the UK's leading surveying organisations.
Pay: Up to £45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Nottingham NG9 6RZ
