Senior Software Engineer

About Elekta

As a leader in precision radiation therapy, Elekta is committed to ensuring every patient has access to the best cancer care possible. We openly collaborate with customers to advance sustainable, outcome-driven and cost-efficient solutions to meet evolving patient needs, improve lives and bring hope to everyone dealing with cancer. To us, it's personal, and our global team of 4,700 employees combine passion, science, and imagination to profoundly change cancer care.

We don’t just build technology, we build hope.

Want to join a team with a mission to improve and save lives? We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers – healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities. We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details! We don’t just build technology. We build hope for everyone dealing with Cancer.

At Elekta, we believe every individual deserves access to the best cancer care. That’s why we’re committed to developing innovative solutions that make precision radiation therapy and radiosurgery more effective, efficient, and accessible. If you re passionate about making a meaningful impact, we invite you to bring your expertise and energy to our team.

• We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the software platform that will power all future Elekta products. As part of our Enterprise Shared Component team, you’ll:
• Design and develop containerised services in a service-oriented architecture using Docker, Kubernetes, REST APIs, and Azure.
• Contribute across the full stack, including distributed event-driven systems.
• Collaborate in a high-performing scrum team to deliver robust, high-quality solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and influence architectural and delivery practices.

• Build and enhance cloud and on-premises services that power Elekta’s healthcare solutions.
• Design and implement APIs and microservices with a focus on scalability, compatibility, and performance.
• Contribute to full-stack development, from modern web UIs to backend services and data solutions.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and work with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Dev Ops to streamline delivery.
• Apply cross-functional skills in development and test automation to ensure high-quality solutions.
• Collaborate, share knowledge, and drive innovation that makes a difference for healthcare professionals and patients.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with .NET (C#) and modern frameworks.
• Strong skills in building APIs and microservices (REST, gRPC) and working with databases (Postgre
  
  SQL).
• Frontend experience with Angular, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS
  3.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops or similar).
• Familiarity with open-source tools, cloud platforms, and infrastructure automation.
• Understanding of software design patterns, asynchronous programming, and event-driven systems.
• Experience in regulated industries (healthcare preferred), cybersecurity best practices, and observability tools desired.

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.

• Work Pattern: you are required to work from the Crawley HQ 4 days a week with 1-day WFH
• Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance
• Onsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining
• Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme)

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.