Senior Software Developer

Salary: £55,000 - 55,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience developing with C# and .NET in modern web applications.
• Experience with modern engineering practices, including TDD/BDD, automated testing, CI/CD and DevOps.
• Good understanding of integration approaches, including APIs, real-time, scheduled, batch and messaging services.
• Experience with cloud-based IaaS and PaaS solutions, and strong knowledge of secure, maintainable software development.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to contribute to technical discussions, share knowledge and support colleagues.
• Desirable: Experience with Microsoft Azure services such as Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, App Services, Function Apps and AI Search.
• Desirable: Knowledge of clean architecture, OOP, SOLID, RESTful APIs and GitHub-based development workflows.
• Desirable: Experience with GOV.UK standards, including the Service Manual and Technology Code of Practice.
• The role requires SC-level clearance, for which applicants must have resided in the UK for at least five years.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain secure, accessible and maintainable applications across our enterprise digital services.
• Deliver functionality against agreed user stories, acceptance criteria and Agile delivery objectives.
• Take ownership of code quality through automated testing, peer reviews, defect prevention and addressing technical debt.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, engineering standards, reusable components and common development approaches.
• Support live services through incident resolution, releases, deployments, documentation and continuous improvement.

Technologies:

• AI
• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Cosmos DB
• DevOps
• GitHub
• IaaS
• Support
• OOP
• PaaS
• SQL
• TDD
• Web
• ASP.NET

More:

We are the Insolvency Service, and our Digital Services team is part of Change and Technology Services. We support enterprise applications used by our colleagues, external organisations, businesses and the public. We are modernising and improving a portfolio of more than 10 digital services, consolidating our technology stack and moving away from legacy services, with a growing focus on Microsoft .NET 10 and Azure. This permanent Senior Developer role offers the opportunity to improve live services, influence technical approaches and engineering standards, and contribute to a sustainable, user-centred technology environment. The salary is £48,429–£57,722, based on assessment at interview, and we provide a 29% employer pension contribution and Civil Service benefits. Benefits include flexible working and flexi-time, 25 days of annual leave rising to 30 after five years, eight public or bank holidays plus one privilege day, parental leave, paid learning and volunteering leave, a Cycle to Work scheme and access to our employee assistance programme. The role is available on a hybrid basis from our offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham. We expect you to spend 60% of your working time in one of these offices over the course of a month. The role operates under a flexible working hours agreement. Inspire People is partnering with us on recruitment.

last updated 40 week of 2026