Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer | Hybrid | Up to £100,000

The Opportunity

We're partnering with an established enterprise software business that develops large-scale SaaS solutions used by organisations across a range of industries.

As part of continued investment in its engineering function, they're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the technical direction and ongoing development of its software platform.

This is a hands-on, senior engineering role combining architectural influence, technical strategy and delivery. You'll work across multiple teams, driving engineering standards, promoting modern development practices and helping deliver scalable, cloud-native software.

What You'll Be Doing

Engineering & Architecture

• Influence technical strategy and architectural decisions across multiple engineering teams.
• Design and deliver scalable, resilient cloud-native systems.
• Help shape architectural standards and the long-term evolution of the platform.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, reliability and engineering productivity.

Delivery & Technical Leadership

• Work closely with engineers, architects and wider stakeholders on complex technical initiatives.
• Help teams navigate technical challenges, manage risk and make effective engineering decisions.
• Balance long-term technical direction with practical delivery and business priorities.
• Champion engineering best practices, including test-driven development and software quality.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes, standards and tooling.
• Promote the adoption of AI-assisted development to improve code quality, productivity and delivery.
• Encourage modern approaches to software design, testing and cloud development.

Coaching & Mentoring

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers across the organisation.
• Help raise engineering standards and develop technical capability.
• Encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

What We're Looking For

• Strong commercial experience with C#, .NET and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience designing scalable architectures and cloud-native distributed systems.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction and deliver complex engineering initiatives.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, particularly TDD and clean architecture.
• Experience mentoring engineers and improving engineering standards.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work across technical and non-technical teams.
• An interest in AI-assisted software development and modern engineering tooling.

Technology Environment

• C#
• .NET
• Cloud-native architecture
• Distributed systems
• CI/CD

Why Join?

• Opportunity to influence the technical direction of an established enterprise SaaS platform.
• Work across multiple engineering teams on complex technical challenges.
• Join a business investing in cloud technologies, AI and modern engineering practices.
• Collaborative engineering environment with genuine technical ownership.
• Access to extensive training, professional development and mentoring opportunities.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Enhanced family leave, private healthcare options and a range of additional employee benefits.
• Competitive salary of up to £100,000.