Senior Software Development Engineer

Role Overview

•     Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software components that meet defined functional and non-functional requirements.
  

• Take ownership of significant features or services, ensuring code is maintainable, performant, and aligned with agreed standards.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt and any stability concerns within the codebase.
• Ensure solutions are delivered in line with agreed scope, timescales, and quality expectations.
• Contribute to the implementation of complex components and integrations, working within established architectural patterns.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineers and Architects to ensure technical solutions are consistent with platform design and long-term direction.
• Apply sound engineering judgement to solve problems and make day-to-day technical decisions.
• Demonstrate initiative in identifying improvements and driving them through to completion.
• Support predictable and efficient delivery by contributing to planning, estimation, and task breakdown.
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies clearly within the team.
• Take responsibility for delivering work through the full development lifecycle, from design through to production support.
• Support the operation of production systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and availability.
• Investigate and resolve issues, contributing to root cause analysis and continuous improvement of system resilience.
• Ensure solutions are designed with operability in mind, including monitoring, logging, and supportability.
• Follow and contribute to established engineering standards, testing approaches, and development practices.
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring quality and consistency across the codebase.
• Support continuous improvement in development processes, tooling, and team ways of working.
• Work within defined engineering standards, architectural guidelines, and governance frameworks.
• Ensure developed solutions meet required safety, regulatory, and operational constraints.
• Support documentation and audit requirements where needed.
• Work closely with product, safety, and operational teams to ensure technical solutions meet business and regulatory needs.
• Collaborate effectively with other engineers to deliver integrated platform capabilities.
• Provide guidance and support to less experienced engineers within the team.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and help promote good engineering practices.
• Communicate technical progress, issues, and risks clearly within the team and to relevant stakeholders.
• Support effective collaboration by contributing to shared understanding of requirements and solutions.

Requirements

Essential · Strong commercial experience with C# / .NET · Experience building and supporting distributed or cloud-based systems · Experience with containerised applications (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) · Experience supporting and troubleshooting production systems · Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git) · Experience with TypeScript or modern frontend frameworks · Experience working in agile delivery environments (e.g. Scrum)

Desirable · Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure) · Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release processes · Experience with observability tools (monitoring, logging, alerting) · Experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles · Experience working in safety

• or regulation-driven environments

Technology Stack · .NET (latest versions) · Kubernetes & Docker · Azure (SQL, CosmosDB, cloud services) · PostgreSQL · TypeScript / modern web frameworks (e.g. Vue.js) · Observability tooling (e.g. Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana) · Azure DevOps / CI-CD pipelines

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud
• Docker
• Grafana
• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• Postgres
• Prometheus
• SQL
• TypeScript
• Vue.js
• .NET

Benefits

· Holidays: 25 days per annum + 8 days bank holidays (options to buy/sell days) · 37.5 hour working week · Pension – 4% employee and 4% employer · Private medical insurance (including dental & optical) · Life assurance · Income protection · Employee assistance programs · Flexible/remote working options · Charitable initiatives · Social events (formal & informal) · Learning and development programs · Innovative & collaborative work environment