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We build hope for everyone dealing with Cancer.\nElekta is shaping the standard of care, together with healthcare providers, by developing precision radiation medicine that brings advanced radiotherapy into routine clinical practice. Our solutions support consistent, efficient and personalized care, addressing evolving patient needs. Through adaptive radiotherapy, precision treatment delivery and integrated workflows, Elekta supports care teams across a range of clinical settings. Each year more than 2 million patients are treated using Elekta solutions across over 130 countries. Elekta is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with over 4,000 employees and offices in more than 40 countries. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, visit elekta.com.\nWe don’t just build technology. We build hope for everyone dealing with Cancer.\nAt Elekta, we believe every individual deserves access to the best cancer care. 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Working closely with architects, engineering leaders and product teams, you'll define technical direction, guide architectural decisions and ensure solutions are secure, scalable and maintainable.\nYou'll help drive engineering best practices, contribute to safety and cybersecurity initiatives, and support the development of high-quality software that meets the needs of customers worldwide.\nResponsibilities:\nLead the design, development and maintenance of shared software components and services using C#/.NET for cloud and on-premises deployments.\nDefine APIs, integration contracts and component boundaries, ensuring interoperability and backward compatibility across products.\nGuide architectural and technical decisions, balancing performance, scalability, security, reliability and maintainability.\nDrive software quality through code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD practices and engineering standards.\nLead troubleshooting, root cause analysis and resolution of complex product, integration and customer issues.\nContribute to safety, cybersecurity and risk management activities, including vulnerability remediation and technical documentation.\nCollaborate with architects, product teams and engineering leaders to manage technical priorities, dependencies and delivery plans.\nMentor engineers and help elevate technical expertise, engineering practices and software quality across the organisation.\nWhat You’ll Bring:\nExtensive software engineering experience with a strong background in C#, .NET / ASP.NET Core and distributed systems.\nExperience designing reusable services, versioned APIs, microservices and event-driven architectures.\nStrong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, cloud-native technologies and modern deployment practices.\nKnowledge of CI/CD, automated testing and development tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins or equivalent.\nExperience leading technical initiatives, influencing architecture decisions and mentoring engineers.\nStrong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance technical quality, delivery priorities and risk.\nNice to Have:\nExperience working within healthcare, medical technology or other regulated environments.\nKnowledge of PostgreSQL, GitOps, infrastructure automation and scripting.\nExperience contributing to secure software development, observability and cybersecurity practices.\nWhat You’ll Get:\n In this role, you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer, and for everyone regardless of where in the world, to have access to the best cancer care. In addition to this, Elekta offers a range of benefits.\nWork Pattern (you are required to work from the Crawley HQ 4 days a week with 1-day WFH)\nUp to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)\nHoliday Purchase Scheme\nPrivate Medical Insurance\nAttractive Employer Pension Contribution Package\nCycle to work scheme\nLife Assurance\nOnsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining\nLove electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme) \nHiring process:\n We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English, via the “Apply” button. \n For questions, please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner responsible, . We do not accept applications through e-mail.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer\n We are an equal opportunity employer. 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