Application Engineer: Build Real-World Vet Care Software

IVC Evidensia; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Vets Now Emergency in Edinburgh is seeking a capable software professional to build and support our practice management system and integrations. Reporting to the Applications Manager, you’ll work on real problems, own them end-to-end, and help shape what we build next while supporting users in a busy environment.

You’ll collaborate with front-end (React), data (SQL Server) and cloud (Azure) developers, turning user needs into clear priorities and delivering reliable improvements that make a

Qualifications

• Around three years’ commercial experience building technical solutions.
• A track record of developing small, well made improvements that make life easier for users on applications.
• Rigour with data: you reconcile the numbers before you trust the results.
• The ability to turn user needs into clear priorities, and to explain trade offs to colleagues with and without a technical background.

Responsibilities

• Build and support production software, turning what users need into small, well made improvements.
• Get to the real problem behind each request before committing to a fix, and push back when someone hands you a solution instead of a problem
• Figure out whether an issue calls for training or a missing feature before deciding what to build
• Write up requests from clinics and support teams as clear requirements, with the evidence behind them
• Test changes to client journeys, weigh up the results, then decide whether to keep testing, make the change permanent or switch it off
• Work with React on the front end, SQL Server for data and Azure services, connect systems through APIs, and use AI tools for discovery, building and analysis while keeping a critical eye on what they produce

Skills

Technical solutions

Data analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Tools

React

SQL Server

Azure

APIs

Job description

Vets Now Emergency in Edinburgh is seeking a capable software professional to build and support our practice management system and integrations. Reporting to the Applications Manager, you’ll work on real problems, own them end-to-end, and help shape what we build next while supporting users in a busy environment.

You’ll collaborate with front-end (React), data (SQL Server) and cloud (Azure) developers, turning user needs into clear priorities and delivering reliable improvements that make a