Senior Engineer

Salary: £47,000 - 56,500 per year

Requirements:

• Strong software engineering background with experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise applications
• Excellent understanding of software design, architecture, and modern engineering principles
• Experience with .NET / C# development
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-native development
• Experience working with microservices architectures and API-first development
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, Automated Testing, and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience working with APIs, integrations, and distributed systems
• Strong understanding of data modelling, database design, and application performance considerations
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments
• Ability to review code, maintain engineering standards, and support technical decision-making
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools
• Experience working across Azure and/or AWS cloud environments
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience mentoring developers and supporting team capability growth
• Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve software delivery

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions across a range of digital products
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design, ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, and maintainable
• Champion engineering best practices including code quality, TDD, automated testing, CI/CD, and DevOps methodologies
• Mentor and support engineers within the team, providing technical leadership and guidance
• Develop and support APIs, integrations, and cloud-based services across complex environments
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, Architects, and stakeholders to define requirements and deliver value
• Support operational excellence through monitoring, incident management, problem resolution, and service improvement
• Drive continuous improvement through emerging technologies, automation, and AI-assisted development practices
• Ensure solutions comply with security, governance, and performance standards

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• AWS
• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• Security
• TDD
• microservices
• ASP.NET
• Network

More:

We are a highly respected organisation with a growing Digital Services function, and we are recruiting multiple Senior Engineers to join our team in Milton Keynes on a hybrid basis, with approximately one day per month on-site. This is an exciting opportunity to work on business-critical digital products and platforms within a collaborative, product-led environment. You will work across a modern technology stack, typically including .NET, Azure, APIs, cloud-native services, and DevOps practices, helping deliver services used at scale across our organisation. As part of a cross-functional product team, you will combine hands-on software engineering with technical leadership, mentoring colleagues, driving quality standards, and helping shape the technical direction of critical products and services in a build-run-own environment.

last updated 31 week of 2026