Senior Software Engineer

DCS Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Manchester

Strong engineering culture

Clear progression opportunities

Opportunity to influence technical方向

Job summary

DCS Recruitment is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a hybrid team in Manchester. You will design, develop and maintain cloud-native .NET applications, with a focus on AWS and scalable architectures.

You'll collaborate with product managers and engineers across the full development lifecycle, driving architectural decisions, CI/CD and DevOps practices. The role offers a competitive salary and a collaborative engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with .NET/C#.
• Hands-on AWS experience is essential.
• Experience building scalable, distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain applications using .NET technologies (C#).
• Build and deploy scalable systems within AWS cloud environments.
• Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making.
• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver features.
• Champion best practice, code quality, and mentoring within the team.
• Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.

Skills

NET/C#

AWS

APIs & microservices

CI/CD & DevOps

Autonomy & teamwork

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Software Engineer (.NET / AWS)

Location: Manchester / Hybrid
Salary: Up to £75,000 + benefits

The Role

We are looking to hire experienced Senior Software Engineers to join a growing engineering function. You’ll play a key role in designing and building scalable, cloud-native applications that support a rapidly evolving digital product suite.

Working closely with the wider engineering team, product managers, and stakeholders, you’ll contribute across the full development lifecycle – from architecture and design through to deployment and optimisation.

This is a great opportunity to join a forward-thinking, collaborative team with a strong engineering culture and modern tech stack.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain applications using .NET technologies (C#)
• Build and deploy scalable systems within AWS cloud environments
• Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making
• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver features
• Champion best practice, code quality, and mentoring within the team
• Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes

Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience with .NET / C#
• Hands-on experience with AWS (essential)
• Experience building scalable, distributed systems
• Strong understanding of APIs and microservices architecture
• Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps ways of working
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Docker / Kubernetes
• Knowledge of event-driven systems
• Any frontend exposure (React / Angular) is a bonus
• Experience in a regulated environment (nice to have)

What’s on Offer

• Salary up to £75,000
• Hybrid working in Manchester
• Strong engineering culture and collaborative team
• Opportunity to influence technical direction
• Clear progression opportunities

  INDTECH

  DCS Recruitment and all associated companies are committed to creating a working environment where diversity is celebrated and everyone is treated fairly, regardless of gender, gender identity, disability, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, age, or nationality