Senior Application Engineer

TN United Kingdom; South Kesteven; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS Education for Scotland as a Senior Application Engineer, where you'll lead the development of innovative web applications to enhance healthcare services. This role offers flexibility in working patterns and a chance to make a significant impact on patient care through technology. Enjoy a supportive work environment with extensive benefits, including annual leave and salary progression.

Benefits

Flexible working and hybrid options

Annual incremental salary progression

27 Days annual leave plus public holidays

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in Microsoft .NET web development and SQL Server.
• Ability to provide technical leadership in a multi-disciplinary agile team.
• Strong communication skills for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, robust, and scalable web applications.
• Lead continuous improvement and best practices in application design.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary agile team on complex challenges.

Skills

Microsoft .NET web development

SQL Server

Cloud technologies

Technical leadership

Agile methodology

Effective communication

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21.05.2025

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Job Description:

Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.

Work Pattern: Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week

You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.

Who We Are

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.

NES Technology Service has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow NES to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government’s technology strategies.

We are in the business of providing safe, secure and innovative technology products and services that aim to improve outcomes across education, training, workforce, health and care in the public sector in Scotland.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Application Engineer to join our small, but highly talented and growing team to collaborate and problem-solve some of the most complex challenges in health and social care.

Do you enjoy working as part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary agile team?

Do you want to play a key technical leadership role in the development of high quality, robust and scalable web applications that will directly improve the working lives of NHS colleagues and help improve patient care?

Do you want to lead continuous improvement and development of best practices in areas such as application design patterns, cloud architecture, security, and test-driven development?

Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?

Working within the NES Technology Development team you will have the opportunity to define and drive innovation that will directly inform the development of digital services for health and care professionals, and the general public.

Does this sound like you?

What We Love to See

Senior Application Engineers offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:

Ability to confidently provide technical leadership and facilitate development of complex software within a multi-disciplinary agile team

Highly experienced in Microsoft .NET web development, SQL Server and cloud technologies such as Azure

A clear understanding and advocate of architectural principles, patterns, and security best practices

Ability to collaboratively design, code, test, and document software of medium to high complexity using the right standards and tools

You are a highly effective communicator who knows how to make complex technical information and language simple for a diverse range of senior internal and external stakeholders

Ability to innovate and research while organising and prioritising workloads to meet tight deadlines

Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary

Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines

Benefits Which Matter

As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working

Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review

Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday

NHS discounts and more

Diversity and Inclusion

Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.

We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.

It’s not essential to be in a Senior Application Engineering role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.

Next Steps

Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.

All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.

Online interviews - 10th and 11th of June

For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.