Senior Software Developer

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Passionate about contributing to a more sustainable world? Bring your passion for sustainability and digital innovation to a meaningful Senior Software Developer role that is instrumental in shaping and advancing the digital infrastructure that supports our engineering and consultancy teams to design services for some of the world's best and most sustainable buildings.

ABOUT US

At Max Fordham we are proud to be a partnership, run by the people who work here. This ensures we are an open and supportive environment for everyone that works here, and it means everyone has the opportunity to be involved in how the practice is run and have a voice.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Based in either our Edinburgh or London office, the Senior Software Developer will play a critical part in advancing the digital capabilities of our engineering and consultancy services. This role will involve software development to support the digital transformation of our workflows, project delivery, and performance modelling across the built environment.

Working closely with engineering, digital design, and business operations teams, the role involves developing data-driven tools, automating processes, and delivering actionable insights from complex datasets. The successful candidate will be expected to support the development of the technical strategy, supervise and mentor junior staff, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our digital infrastructure.

The expectation is that the successful candidate will work from the office 2-3 days per week and undertake some travelling between the other offices as required.

Listed below are the technology stacks that Max Fordham use. The successful candidate will be expected to work with the following core technologies; however, it is not expected that they will have prior experience of them all:

• AEC Platforms & Standards:
  Revit, Revit API, py Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, IES VE (and it’s Python API), BIM data standards (IFC, COBie)
• Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) Responsibilities

In addition to the core technology listed above, this role will involve:

• Developing and maintaining custom software tools and plugins that integrate with AEC platforms (e.g. Revit, Rhino, IES).
• To support the Director responsible in developing the technical strategy for data and software initiatives aligned with the practice’s digital transformation goals.
• Designing and implementing data pipelines and analytics dashboards to support project performance, sustainability metrics, and digital design workflows.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate engineering and project requirements into scalable digital solutions.
• Ensuring data quality, governance, and compliance with UK BIM standards and construction data protocols.
• Mentoring junior developers and analysts, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
• Communicating complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and project teams.
• Staying abreast of emerging technologies in data science, machine learning, digital twins and any other innovations relevant to the built environment.

ABOUT YOU

We value people who can think analytically and creatively, adopting a first principles approach to create elegant and innovative solutions to practical problems. We recruit and support the development of people who can rise to this challenge.

Essential personal attributes for this role include being keen and willing to learn and to possess a strong sense of ownership for the work that you do. You must care about the presentation and detail of the work and have a strong desire to achieve technical excellence and completeness.

Being a motivated team player and a good communicator is also fundamental for the role, as well as having the ability to build strong relationships and collaborate with the Software Development and Digital Design teams.

It would also be advantageous to have some knowledge or interest in the built environment and the construction (AEC) industry.