Details:
- Salary: £47,000 - 56,500 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Milton Keynes
- Date: 3 days ago
Description:
Role: Senior Engineer
Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid – approx. 1 day per month on-site)
Salary: £47,000 - £56,500
Network IT are working with a highly respected organisation to recruit multiple Senior Engineers to join a growing Digital Services function.
This is an exciting opportunity to work on business-critical digital products and platforms, developing modern software solutions within a collaborative, product-led environment. You'll work across a modern technology stack, typically including .NET, Azure, APIs, cloud-native services, and DevOps practices, helping deliver services used at scale across the organisation.
Role Overview
As a Senior Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, delivery, and support of modern software solutions. Working as part of a cross-functional product team, you will contribute to architectural decisions, champion engineering best practices, and help shape the technical direction of critical products and services.
You'll combine hands-on software engineering with technical leadership, mentoring colleagues, driving quality standards, and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and maintainable throughout their lifecycle. Working within a build-run-own environment, you'll help deliver and support applications from initial concept through to production and continuous improvement.
Key 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
Essential Skills & Experience
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