Senior Software Engineer - Tax Technology
KPMG UKLondon, England, United Kingdom
Added 7 Aug · still live
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Salary
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£54,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
Our predicted code SOC 2134 (69% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,700, and KPMG UK is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the published rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
Job details
Location: London
Capability: Tax & Law
Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager
Type: Full Time
Business Area: Technology
Contract type: Permanent
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer – Tax & Legal Technology – D Grade
Tax and Legal Technology Team
We are a team of 300+ technologists providing technology enablement services and solutions across the Tax and Legal business. This business has 2,500 tax & legal professionals covering multiple disciplines. We serve many thousands of clients and private individuals by providing a modern, market-leading suite of technology solutions that provide an efficient digital experience from routine to complex tax advice depending on client’s situation.
Tax is highlighted frequently as an industry where generative AI will have a significant impact on how services are provided. You will be working as a team at the forefront of navigating that change and redefining the way in which tax is determined in the UK and globally, making sure people and companies pay the right amount of tax with the minimum amount of effort.
The Engineering department is made up of Product Owners, Business Analysts, multi-disciplinary Engineering teams (approximately 160 Software, QA and Cloud Operations engineers) and IT Service delivery professionals working on a large portfolio of systems used to improve productivity and solve key business problems across Tax & Legal. We also build cutting edge web portals for clients to interact with KPMG, maximising collaboration and ensuring seamless delivery of information to our clients.
The Role
You will be working in a small team of Software Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers across a variety of projects for both our clients and our internal professionals. You will be responsible both for the development and delivery of software solutions. Your team will work alongside a Product Owner who will help prioritise deliverables allowing you to focus on creating world-class solutions.
The role is based in London. We generally spend two days per week in the office.
Whilst there is no expectation of existing knowledge of tax, we would expect you to develop a degree of domain knowledge over time.
You will have …
Location: London
Capability: Tax & Law
Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager
Type: Full Time
Business Area: Technology
Contract type: Permanent
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer – Tax & Legal Technology – D Grade
Tax and Legal Technology Team
We are a team of 300+ technologists providing technology enablement services and solutions across the Tax and Legal business. This business has 2,500 tax & legal professionals covering multiple disciplines. We serve many thousands of clients and private individuals by providing a modern, market-leading suite of technology solutions that provide an efficient digital experience from routine to complex tax advice depending on client’s situation.
Tax is highlighted frequently as an industry where generative AI will have a significant impact on how services are provided. You will be working as a team at the forefront of navigating that change and redefining the way in which tax is determined in the UK and globally, making sure people and companies pay the right amount of tax with the minimum amount of effort.
The Engineering department is made up of Product Owners, Business Analysts, multi-disciplinary Engineering teams (approximately 160 Software, QA and Cloud Operations engineers) and IT Service delivery professionals working on a large portfolio of systems used to improve productivity and solve key business problems across Tax & Legal. We also build cutting edge web portals for clients to interact with KPMG, maximising collaboration and ensuring seamless delivery of information to our clients.
The Role
You will be working in a small team of Software Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers across a variety of projects for both our clients and our internal professionals. You will be responsible both for the development and delivery of software solutions. Your team will work alongside a Product Owner who will help prioritise deliverables allowing you to focus on creating world-class solutions.
The role is based in London. We generally spend two days per week in the office.
Whilst there is no expectation of existing knowledge of tax, we would expect you to develop a degree of domain knowledge over time.
You will have …
- Deep Technical Expertise: Hands on experience designing, specifying and developing software.
- Programming Skills: Have heavily used modern object-oriented languages such as C# or Java.
- Enterprise Expertise: Know how to build REST APIs and have experience of messaging.
- Data Modelling: Have worked with defining data models and interacting with database.
- Proven Track Record: Have built software that includes user facing web applications.
- Collaborative Approach: Have a passion to work in an agile team working collaboratively with others and adopt best practices.
- Continuous Delivery: Used source control and continuous integration tools as part of a team.
- AI Systems: Built systems leveraging generative AI and machine learning.
- Cloud Experience:
- Experience building applications for the cloud such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or other serverless application delivery platforms.
- Continuous Delivery: Used Git, Jenkins, GitHub or Azure DevOps.
- Proven Track Record: Worked with React, Angular, Blazor, ASP MVC or other modern web UI frameworks.
- Data Modelling:
- Used Entity Framework or other popular ORM tools.
- Used NoSQL databases such as cosmos DB, Mongo or Cassandra.
- Enterprise Expertise: Experience with messaging such as Service Bus, MQ or Kafka.
- Data Analytics: Experience with Data Analytics and Business Intelligence.
- Collaborative Approach: Work collaboratively in a Lean Agile team using a Scaled SCRUM framework.
- Programming Skills:
- Develop Web Applications that use back end C#/ASP.NET Core.
- Using front end Typescript/React/Angular, ASP.NET MVC or C#/Blazor.
- Cloud Experience:
- Build cloud first applications on a continuous delivery platform with 100% infrastructure as code.
- Scale, some of our clients are well known global brands, the infrastructure required isn't small.
- A great team environment.
- A shared love of technology and learning about even newer technology to ensure our cloud platform continues to advance.
- Access to regular training opportunities and paid relevant certifications.
- Market equal pay and benefits such as a subsidised lunch, health care, pension, cycle to work, free day off to celebrate your birthday.
We might be world leaders, but in many ways the department feels like a start-up, with a twist. There’s the buzz of scrum working, the thrill of shaping compelling experiences, the chance to surprise and stretch yourself in response to a fresh challenge. And then there’s all the resources, technology and high-profile projects of a major corporate entity. Crucially, we also offer the benefit of clear career progression.
Why Tax & Law at KPMG?
The issues surrounding tax and legal services are constantly evolving, both locally and globally. Which is why you'll find life at KPMG both intellectually stimulating and rewarding. There's also the scale and breadth of what we do – our services span specialisms such as Corporate and Indirect Tax; Expatriate and Private Client Personal Tax compliance and advice; and KPMG Law.
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2134 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~343k in sampleP25 £42kP75 £76k
£33kmedian £57kgoing rate £55k£103k
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The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2134 going rate of £54,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.