Data Idols

Data Idols

Milton Keynes, South East

Staff Software Engineer

Full-Time£75,000 - 85,000 per yearanteayerUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £75,000 - 85,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Extensive experience designing and delivering high-quality software within modern engineering environments.
  • Strong commercial experience with C#, ASP.NET, Azure, React and REST APIs.
  • Experience designing scalable, secure and maintainable software architectures.
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native application development and Azure services.
  • Experience influencing technical strategy and architectural decision making.
  • Knowledge of secure software development practices within SaaS or regulated environments.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practice.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • An interest in using AI tools to improve software engineering productivity and delivery.
Responsibilities:
  • Design and deliver scalable, secure and maintainable software solutions.
  • Lead architectural decisions that balance innovation, performance and long-term sustainability.
  • Drive engineering best practice, coding standards and software quality across development teams.
  • Work closely with Product Managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
  • Mentor and coach engineers, helping to raise technical capability across the wider team.
  • Champion modern software engineering practices, automation and continuous improvement.
  • Explore and adopt AI-powered development tools where they add measurable value.
  • Support the delivery of reliable, cloud-native SaaS products within a security-focused environment.
Technologies:
  • AI
  • ASP.NET
  • Azure
  • C#
  • Cloud
  • Support
  • REST
  • React
  • Security
  • DevOps

More:

We are a growing, technology-led SaaS organisation investing heavily in our engineering capability and modern cloud platform. This is a hybrid role based in Milton Keynes, with one day every other week in the office. You will join a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering team where you will have genuine influence over technical direction while remaining hands-on. We offer a salary of £75,000 to £85,000 depending on experience, along with a comprehensive healthcare and wellbeing package, life assurance, holiday trading, retail discounts, gym and fitness benefits, ongoing learning and professional development, and a culture where technical excellence is genuinely valued.

last updated 32 week of 2026

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About Data Idols

Data Idols

Data Idols

Milton Keynes

IT

Skills & Technologies

C#GoScalaReactASP.NETAzureRESTAIDevOpsUI

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£80,000

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£60,000

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