Senior Software Engineer - Modernise Public Digital Services (Hybrid)

The Insolvency Service; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

25 days annual leave (30 after 5 years

Civil Service pension

Learning & development leave

Cycle to Work

Wellness programme

Job summary

The Insolvency Service, in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Software Developer with C# and .NET experience to join its Digital Services team. This permanent role offers a salary of £48,429 - £57,722 with 29% employer pension contribution and flexible hybrid working from 9 UK locations including Edinburgh.

You will contribute to a Microsoft .NET 10 and Azure stack, modernising and maintaining enterprise applications used by colleagues, businesses and the public.

Qualifications

• C# and .NET development experience within modern web applications.
• Experience of modern engineering practices including TDD/BDD, automated testing, CI/CD and DevOps.
• Good understanding of integration approaches including APIs, real-time, scheduled, batch and messaging services.
• Experience working with cloud-based IaaS and PaaS solutions, alongside strong knowledge of secure and maintainable software development.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to contribute to technical discussions, share knowledge and support colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain secure, accessible and maintainable applications across enterprise digital services.
• Deliver functionality against agreed user stories, acceptance criteria and Agile delivery objectives.
• Take ownership of code quality through automated testing, peer reviews, defect prevention and addressing technical debt.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, engineering standards, reusable components and common development approaches.
• Support live services through incident resolution, releases, deployments, documentation and ongoing continuous improvement.

Skills

C#

.NET

DevOps

APIs

Communication

Tools

Azure SQL

Cosmos DB

App Services

Function Apps

AI Search

Job description

The Insolvency Service, in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Software Developer with C# and .NET experience to join its Digital Services team. This permanent role offers a salary of £48,429 - £57,722 with 29% employer pension contribution and flexible hybrid working from 9 UK locations including Edinburgh.

You will contribute to a Microsoft .NET 10 and Azure stack, modernising and maintaining enterprise applications used by colleagues, businesses and the public.