Software Engineer, Backend Developer, .NET Developer

Job Location:

Milton Keynes, Remote/Hybrid

Closing Date: 25 October 2026

Weekly

Working Hours:

37

Contract Type:
Permanent

Fixed Term

Contract:

End Date:
Not Applicable

Welsh Language:
Not Applicable

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part‑time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education. Find out more about us and our mission by watching this short video (you will be taken to You Tube by clicking this link).

Digital Services is at the heart of delivering life‑changing learning experiences that enrich society. We combine trusted design, data expertise, and cutting‑edge technology to support lifelong learning.

Our objectives are to:

• Enhance the student and staff experience through simple, evidence‑based solutions.
• Deliver value iteratively, securely, and at speed.
• Foster a vibrant, supportive workplace that embraces continuous learning and growth, empowering everyone to succeed.

As a service‑led institution, we are committed to simplifying and improving how we work by organizing ourselves around the services we provide. This enables us to design and deliver outstanding services effectively and efficiently.

With our ethos of being “open to people, places, methods, and ideas,” we proudly support students in every setting imaginable—from submarines to prisons, and everywhere in between. We take pride in enabling our academics to teach and our students to learn, no matter the circumstances.

We are recruiting multiple Software Engineers across a range of Digital Services teams. These roles sit within agile, product‑focused environments delivering business‑critical digital services that support students, staff, and the wider University.

As a Software Engineer (known internally as an Engineer
) at The Open University, you will contribute to the design, development, and support of high‑quality software solutions, working across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis and system design through to coding, testing, and deployment.

These positions will work within product teams delivering and evolving user‑facing services, building scalable, secure, and user‑centred applications.

Engineers will work with modern engineering practices, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, cloud‑based delivery, and Dev Ops ways of working. You will gain experience working with a diverse technology stack, including cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and AWS, and will be supported in developing your technical capability and service ownership over time.

Engineers within Digital Services work across a modern technology landscape that includes .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, REST APIs, React, Next.js, design systems and reusable component development, observability and Open Telemetry, Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Headless CMS platforms. The technologies used will vary across teams and services, providing opportunities to apply existing expertise while working with a broad range of modern engineering practices.

In addition to building new functionality, you will support the services you develop, contributing to application monitoring, incident management, and ongoing improvements to reliability and performance.

Candidates are not expected to have experience across all technical areas. The specific technologies, team context, and areas of focus will be discussed during the recruitment process, alongside opportunities for learning and professional growth.

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