Senior.NET Developer (Healthcare Technology)

Primary Eyecare; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Eyecare Services is seeking a Senior .NET Developer to join our Digital team in Manchester. You will own the delivery of greenfield healthcare applications, building secure, scalable systems that support healthcare professionals and improve patient outcomes.

The role combines hands-on coding with architectural influence in an Agile environment. You will mentor junior developers, collaborate with clinical leads, and design integrations with NHS FHIR and other APIs while ensuring

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience building cloud-hosted .Net services at scale.
• Experience with healthcare data formats (FHIR, HL7) is desirable.
• Experience with Azure services and API gateways is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and maintenance of a C# .NET-based healthcare application.
• Collaborate with clinical leads to translate user needs into robust software.
• Write clean, scalable code following GDPR and NHS data protection standards.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior and mid-level developers.
• Design and support integrations with NHS FHIR and third-party APIs.
• Ensure code quality through reviews, tests, and CI pipelines in Azure.

Skills

C# / .NET

RESTful design

Object-oriented programming

Unit testing

Team collaboration / mentoring

Security and data privacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

PostgreSQL

Git

FHIR

NHS data standards

Dapper

Job description

Hybrid Manchester
up to £70,000 DOE per annum
Full-time, permanent

Organisation
Primary Eyecare Services

Directorate
Digital

Job Title
Senior .Net Developer

Terms
Full-time

Hours

35 hours per week

Remuneration
Up to £70,000 DOE per annum

Location
Manchester Office (40 %) / Hybrid (60%)

Role Purpose

Reporting to the Digital Product Lead, we are seeking a passionate and detail-oriented Senior .NET Developer to join our Digital team. In this role, you’ll join a team working on green field projects and contribute to building secure, scalable, and user-friendly applications that support healthcare professionals and improve patient outcomes. This is a fantastic opportunity to own delivery and influence standards across the full stack whilst making a meaningful and noticeable impact to Primary Eyecare Service.

Key Responsibilities

• Working in an Agile team, guide and assist in the design, development and maintenance of a C# .NET-based greenfield healthcare application.
• Collaborate with clinical leads and stakeholders to understand ambiguous problems and user needs then translate them into elegant software solutions or designs.
• Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code following industry and healthcare compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, Data Protection Act, NHS IG).
• Provide day-to-day technical mentorship of Junior and Mid-level developers.
• Conduct thoughtful code reviews, testing, and debugging of applications. Where necessary, pair up with more junior members.
• Design, develop and support integrations with NHS FHIR and third-party APIs.
• Stay informed about healthcare technology trends and regulatory requirements.

The Organisation reserves the right at any time during your employment to vary your duties and responsibilities where necessary to meet the needs of the Organisation.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential / Desirable

Method of Assessment

Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). E Application form / interview

Experience

Significant experience building cloud-hosted .Net services at scale, including architecture, performance tuning and production operations. E Application form / interview

Experience working with healthcare data formats or open standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR, openEHR). D Application form / interview

Experience with Azure (App Service/Container Apps, Postgres Flexible server, Managed Identity, Key Vault), API Gateways and message brokers. D Application form / interview

Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices. D Application form / interview

Skills & Qualities

Deep proficiency in C# and the .NET framework (.NET Core or .NET 6+ preferred). E Application form / interview

Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, RESTful design, web-development and distributed source code control systems (Git). E Application form / interview

Significant experience building cloud-hosted .Net services at scale, including architecture, performance tuning and production operations. E Application form / interview

Strong knowledge of SQL and Postgres (query planning, indexing, JSON operators, etc) and pragmatic use of Dapper. E Application form / interview

Exposure to front-end technologies (e.g., Blazor, Angular, or React) for effective API-consumer collaboration. E Application form / interview

Track record of engineering testable systems: fast unit tests, meaningful integration/E2E Tests, CI Pipelines though Azure. E Application form / interview

Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset. E Application form / interview

Interest in healthcare and improving patient care through technology. E Application form / interview

Grounding in security and data privacy in healthcare environments. D Application form / interview

Knowledge of observability tools. D Application form / interview

Other

Acts in ways that support equality and promotes diversity E Application form / interview