Senior C# WPF Developer – MVVM & AI-Driven Optimizations

AMETEK; Leicester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1 pm Friday finish

25 days holiday including Christmas

Perkbox – Corporate discounts

Free onsite parking

Job summary

AMETEK Taylor Hobson seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and maintain desktop apps and backend services using WPF, C#, and .NET Core in a multi-location global team. You will follow MVVM, write SOLID code, review peers, and help modernise legacy systems.

You will document APIs, samples, and user manuals, collaborate with teams in the UK and abroad, and evaluate AI tools to boost productivity and quality.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of C#, .NET Core/.NET Framework, and MVVM architecture.
• Proficiency in XAML, UI controls, data binding, templating, and WPF animations.
• Experience with multi-threading, async/await, and performance tuning.
• Strong experience with unit testing frameworks such as xUnit, NUnit, MSTest for desktop applications.
• Hands-on experience with serial communication, networking concepts and protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, and related communication protocols.
• Experience using Git, and building CI/CD pipelines via TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with Azure or cloud native development patterns.

Responsibilities

• The design, development and maintaining of desktop applications and backend services using WPF, C#, .NET Core, following MVVM and other established design patterns.
• Writing clean, testable code following SOLID principles and best practices.
• Participating in code reviews, technical discussions and mentoring of junior developers.
• Working with legacy code where needed and contributing to ongoing modernisation efforts.
• Preparing and maintaining technical documentation, including API documentation, design notes, samples, and user manuals.
• Identifying, proposing, and adopting emerging technologies and tools to enhance product quality and engineering processes.
• Collaborating closely with engineering and non engineering teams across India and other global AMETEK locations.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-marking, work quality, and to reduce costs.

Skills

C#

NET Core

WPF

MVVM

SOLID

Unit testing (xUnit/NUnit/MSTest)

Git

CI/CD (TeamCity/GitHub Actions)

Azure

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Git

TeamCity

GitHub Actions

Job description

AMETEK Taylor Hobson seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and maintain desktop apps and backend services using WPF, C#, and .NET Core in a multi-location global team. You will follow MVVM, write SOLID code, review peers, and help modernise legacy systems.

You will document APIs, samples, and user manuals, collaborate with teams in the UK and abroad, and evaluate AI tools to boost productivity and quality.