Senior Software Engineer - Cloud, APIs & Microservices

SussexDigital; Crawley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Elekta in Crawley is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help shape our software platform for future healthcare products. The role focuses on building cloud and on-premises services, containerised, service-oriented and event-driven systems within a high-performing scrum team.

You will design REST and gRPC APIs, implement microservices, improve CI/CD with Docker, Kubernetes and Azure DevOps, and mentor junior engineers while advancing API design, data solutions and frontend integration using

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• At least five years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with .NET, including C#, and modern frameworks is preferred.
• Strong experience building APIs and microservices, including REST and gRPC, is needed.
• Database experience with PostgreSQL is required.
• Frontend experience with Angular, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 is needed.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines is required.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, infrastructure automation and open-source tools is expected.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance cloud and on-premises services for healthcare solutions.
• Design and implement APIs and microservices with attention to scalability, compatibility and performance.
• Contribute to full-stack development across web user interfaces, backend services and data solutions.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and use Docker, Kubernetes and Azure DevOps to streamline delivery.
• Apply development and test automation skills to help ensure high-quality solutions.
• Collaborate, share knowledge and drive innovation for healthcare professionals and patients.
• Mentor junior engineers and influence architectural and delivery practices.

Skills

API design

Microservices

Cloud platforms

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

PostgreSQL

Angular

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS3

REST

gRPC

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Elekta in Crawley is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help shape our software platform for future healthcare products. The role focuses on building cloud and on-premises services, containerised, service-oriented and event-driven systems within a high-performing scrum team.

You will design REST and gRPC APIs, implement microservices, improve CI/CD with Docker, Kubernetes and Azure DevOps, and mentor junior engineers while advancing API design, data solutions and frontend integration using