Senior Software Engineer

Pearson Carter; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson Carter is partnering with a not-for-profit NHS-contracted healthcare organisation to deliver secure, scalable healthcare software. As a Senior .NET Developer in Manchester, you will join a hard-working team on greenfield projects and contribute to high-impact applications used by clinicians.

The role is hybrid with 2 days in the Manchester office, focusing on C# .NET 6+, React front-end, and cloud-hosted services, with a strong emphasis on GDPR and NHS data standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial experience in a full-stack role.
• Strong C# and .NET (6+) skills with async patterns.
• Experience with React and modern front-end state management.
• Experience building cloud-hosted services at scale.
• Familiarity with GDPR and NHS data protection standards.

Responsibilities

• Guide and contribute to design, development, and maintenance of a C# .NET-based greenfield healthcare app.
• Collaborate with clinical leads to translate needs into software solutions.
• Write clean, scalable code and conduct thoughtful reviews and debugging.
• Mentor Junior and Mid-level developers in daily work.
• Design and support integrations with NHS FHIR, e-RS, and third-party APIs.

Skills

5+ years commercial

C#/.NET (6+)

React proficiency

Cloud-hosted services

NHS data standards

Tools

Azure

FHIR

REST APIs

Job description

Senior .NET Developer | up to £70k | Manchester, Hybrid

Pearson Carter are working with a not-for-profit, NHS-contracted healthcare organisation that coordinates and delivers NHS primary and community eye care through a large network of local opticians.

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.

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, e-RS, and third-party APIs.
• Stay informed about healthcare technology trends and regulatory requirements.

Experience

• 5+ years of commercial experience in a full-stack role.
• Significant hands-on experience designing and delivering cloud-hosted .NET services at scale, including architecture decisions, performance tuning, and production operations.
• Deep proficiency in C# and modern .NET (6+), with strong command of async patterns, dependency injection, and building well-structured, maintainable codebases.
• Strong proficiency in React - including hooks, state management (e.g. Redux, Zustand, or React Query), component architecture, and performance optimisation. Candidates with equivalent depth in a comparable framework (e.g. Vue) will be considered.

They offer a competitive salary, dependent on experience and up to £70k.

Location

The client is based in Manchester and are looking for someone to come into office 2x per week.