Senior Engineer

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 Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops 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, Dev Ops, 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