Senior UI Developer, C

ECM Selection (Holdings) Limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Cambridge software firm is seeking a Senior Engineer to develop WPF applications for scientific simulations. This role involves significant C# development and collaboration with a close-knit UI team. Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience in C# and .NET, along with strong UI development skills. The company offers a supportive environment and long-term career opportunities while being conveniently located within cycling distance of north Cambridge.

Benefits

Friendly work environment

Long-term career opportunities

Parking on site

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial-grade software development experience in C# with .NET.
• Experience in a senior developer role, including project leadership.
• Familiarity with WPF, desktop UI, or web component UI development.

Responsibilities

• Develop WPF applications for simulations.
• Collaborate with UI and software engineers.
• Ensure UI usability based on user profiles.

Skills

C# software development

WPF

UI development

Understanding of usability

Mentoring

Tools

.NET

Prism

React

Angular

Qt

Job description

Developing WPF applications for simulations for scientific industry

This successful Cambridge company develop simulation software for specialist industry. With international reach, yet local offices and a family feel they would suit an experienced engineer skilled in C# software development including desktop UI. WPF or comparable technologies are ideally sought.

You'll be someone able to take on a senior hands‑on development position within their UI team. Colleagues are likewise C# developers, a small team working closely with mathematical software engineers. They in turn develop the simulation side of the software suite, which is also C#.

You will have:

• Extensive commercial‑grade software development experience in C# with .NET (whether .NET 6‑9, Framework or Core).
• Held senior developer responsibilities before, including taking a view on software engineering approaches, leading projects where required, and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Ideally, experience with WPF, XAML and related application architecture and event routing. Otherwise, desktop UI via Prism or with Windows Forms (or Qt, etc.), or equivalent UI development experience with web component UI such as React, Angular or similar will be considered. You'll likely be familiar with DI / IoC, MVC / MVP / MVVM, and similar patterns for separation of concerns and reduced dependencies.
• Developed applications which allow a skilled user to interact with and manipulate complex technical content, rather than e.g. CRM or other database front ends.
• A good intuition about UI usability, considering users profiles and use cases. This is not a UX role, and the software is already favoured by users, yet intuition and experience will help ensure that future developments are similarly well received.
• The ability to get up to speed quickly, and work independently as well as collaborate with colleagues.

This is a friendly and close‑knit company which can offer a long term career opportunity. Situated within cycling distance of north Cambridge, the company's offices also offer plenty of parking on site.

Keywords: C#, .NET, Senior, Lead, UI, GUI, WPF, XAML, MVVM, Prism, Qt, React, Angular, DI / IoC, usability, simulation software, science and industry, engineering

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