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Our software pays 1 in 6 UK employees, supports over 12,000 schools, and is relied on by 91 of the top 100 UK accountancy firms.\nWe're a Great Place to Work® certified employer, recognised for our commitment to well-being, inclusion and development - and we're growing fast.\nYou will be involved in a variety of cutting-edge technical solutions, ranging from the latest .NET technologies using C# to various Front End Web JS Frameworks, all while contributing to our AI-powered platform evolution. You will be supported in your career growth by a highly experienced team, comprehensive learning opportunities, and a vibrant technical community committed to creating exceptional solutions that make a real difference in how our customers operate and succeed.\nRole Purpose\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader within your team, responsible for delivering complex full-stack web applications, serving millions of users, driving technical excellence, and mentoring other engineers. You'll be expected to bring commercial awareness to every technical decision, understanding that the best solution is the one that delivers value to customers and the business, not just the most elegant one. 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impacts\n\nDrive technical excellence by establishing architectural patterns, standards, and best practices that others can follow\n\nEnsure knowledge transfer and documentation for owned systems to enable team continuity\n\nCollaboration & Communication\nLead with AI-first practices by actively drive AI-led ways of working within the team, using tools such as Cursor, Copilot, and Claude Code as a core part of how you design, build, and ship, while bringing others along on that journey\n\nLead story refinement sessions with Product Owners, providing technical expertise for estimation and risk assessment\n\nPartner with cross-functional teams (product, design, QA) to deliver comprehensive solutions that meet business objectives\n\nInfluence technology choices based on deep technical understanding and business context\n\nLead team Agile ceremony facilitation to drive continuous process improvements, and establish team practices that enhance delivery predictability\n\nProactively identify and inspire resolution of technical debt and system improvements\n\nQuality & Standards\nChampion comprehensive quality practices including TDD/BDD standards, automated testing strategies, and shift-left testing\n\nLead security implementation across complex features establish security practices and conduct comprehensive security reviews\n\nEstablish development tooling and practices used consistently within the team\n\nLead troubleshooting efforts for complex software issues and production incidents\n\nEstablish documentation standards for complex team systems and drive knowledge transfer practices across team deliverables\n\nGrowth & Development\nMentor junior and mid-level engineers actively to raise team capability and technical standards\n\nLead team code review standards establishment conduct complex feature reviews, and drive quality improvements across team deliverables\n\nDrive continuous improvement and champion responsible AI adoption with team governance practices\n\nRequired Experience & Skills\nTechnical Skills\nFrontend Development: Strong proficiency with modern UI frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Vue.js, Blazor) including performance optimisation and component architecture OR working knowledge with focus on backend specialisation\n\nBackend Development: Strong proficiency with .NET Core, C#, ASP.NET Core Web APIs, REST, application architectures, and distributed systems\n\nDatabase Systems and Data Architecture: Strong knowledge of SQL, NoSQL and data architecture decisions.\n\nAI-Assisted Software Engineering: Actively engaged in AI-first ways of working by showing a genuine shift in how you approach design, development, and problem-solving with AI as a core part of the workflow, not just a productivity add-on.\n\nExperienced integrating AI tools (Cursor, Copilot, Devin, Claude Code, etc.) into engineering practices to accelerate design, development, testing and debugging, using them critically and responsibly to improve quality, productivity and decision-making.\n\nObservability: Advanced DataDog, Application Insights or Amazon CloudWatch implementation with performance tuning and cost optimisation\n\nInfrastructure as Code: Infrastructure as Code with either Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates or AWS CloudFormation/CDK\n\nCI/CD Design: Design comprehensive CI/CD architectures for team deliverables, establish deployment strategies, and optimise pipeline performance for team efficiency\n\nCloud Architecture: Strong proficiency in SaaS using Azure (Functions, Queue, Blob Storage, VMs, etc) or AWS (Lambda, SQS/SNS, EC2, etc.) services, infrastructure design, and performance tuning\n\nContainer Orchestration: Strong containerisation (e.g. Docker) or Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) experience with production-scale deployments\n\nArchitecture Expertise: Expertise in clean architecture principles, SOLID design patterns, and domain-driven design\n\nQuality & Testing: Drive TDD/BDD adoption in team testing strategy and quality 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Proficient in debugging complex issues, performance optimization, and production troubleshooting\n\nExperience Requirements\n5-7 years of professional software development experience\n\nProven ability in delivering complex, multi-system solutions\n\nExperience working with highly scalable, internet-facing solutions serving millions of users\n\nDemonstrated technical leadership through architecture decisions, technical mentoring, and cross-team collaboration\n\nTrack record of driving technical excellence, establishing standards, and influencing technology choices\n\nActive mentoring experience with junior and mid-level engineers\n\nExperience leading technical initiatives that span multiple sprints or quarters\n\nSoft Skills\nCommercially aware and outcome-oriented - understands that engineering decisions exist within a business context, and prioritises delivery and customer value over technical perfection\n\nDemonstrates resilience and adaptability in the face of changing priorities or commercial commitments - able to pivot without losing quality or motivation\n\nStrong analysis and problem-solving skills for troubleshooting technical issues\n\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders\n\nTechnical leadership and influencing skills without formal authority\n\nAbility to utilise technical skills to develop and coach others through mentoring and knowledge sharing\n\nCollaborative approach and ability to work as part of wider Engineering, Platform and Quality teams\n\nConflict resolution skills for technical disagreements and cross-team coordination\n\nGenuinely curious and AI-forward by continuously evolving how you work, with AI tooling as a natural part of your day-to-day, not an afterthought\n\nDesirable Skills\nExperience working with regulated or complex domains (finance, health, govtech) with audit requirements\n\nExperience designing high-quality AI interactions through effective prompt engineering, efficient token usage, and optimisation techniques, combined with practical use of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to integrate AI systems with tools and services for richer, automated workflows\n\nExpertise with advanced monitoring and APM strategies using Datadog, including custom dashboards and alerting (or similar observability platform)\n\nExpertise with modern UI architecture patterns (micro-frontends, SSR/SSG)\n\nKnowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements (OAuth2, OIDC, RBAC)\n\nExperience with event-driven architectures\n\nExposure to DevOps processes and automation ensuring end-to-end responsibility of features\n\nAdvanced cloud certifications in Azure or AWS\n\nWhy You’ll Love Working Here\nImpact: Your work will influence millions globally.\n\nGrowth: Continuous learning and career development opportunities.\n\nBelonging: A culture that celebrates diversity and empowers every individual.\n\nReady to Apply?\nClick Apply - we’re excited to learn about your unique perspective and experience. If you need adjustments during the process, let us know. We’re committed to making this opportunity accessible to everyone.\nWhat to expect from our hiring process\nOur process is designed to be fair, transparent and straightforward. 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