Software Engineer

Sartorius Stedim; England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global life-science company in Royston is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Process Automation team. You will develop software for bioprocessing products, primarily focusing on web engineering using C#. Responsibilities include architecting web components, collaborating with teams, and enhancing CI/CD practices. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in software development with strong skills in TypeScript, React, and C#. Competitive benefits and some hybrid working options are available.

Benefits

Personal and Professional Development

Comprehensive onboarding

Health & Well-Being support

Competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional software development experience delivering production systems.
• Strong modern web experience, particularly in TypeScript and React.
• Solid C#/.NET skills including object-oriented design.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement modern web components focusing on performance and accessibility.
• Collaborate with Product Management to shape requirements.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines for build reliability and test coverage.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

C#

CI/CD

Tools

Git

xUnit

NUnit

Job description

Join our Process Automation team in Royston as a Software Engineer. We are looking for a Software Engineer for our Process Automation department at Sartorius, reporting to Software Development. This role you will be responsible for delivery of software for bioprocessing products used across pharmaceuticals and biotech customers with the main focus on web engineering and working in C# to bridge current and future stacks.

The team consists of 13 professionals and we are looking forward to shaping the future with you.

This position is available full‑time based at our site in Royston (Hertfordshire) with some hybrid working available. The site is a short walk from Royston train station on the Cambridge to London route and close to A505.

Grow with us: Your Responsibilities

• Build
  • Architect and implement modern web components (TypeScript/React) focusing on performance, accessibility and maintainability.
  • Extend and maintain C#/.NET services and applications; integrate with existing systems and APIs.
  • Produce clear design documentation (e.g. ADRs, UML) to align implementation with intent.
• Collaborate
  • Partner with Product Management and domain experts to shape requirements into small testable increments.
  • Participate in design and code reviews; mentor engineers on best practices.
• Quality
  • Write clean testable code with unit, integration and UI/component tests (e.g. xUnit/NUnit; Jest/React Testing Library).
  • Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across the team.
  • Work within appropriate quality and compliance practices for the domain.
• DevOps
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines build reliability and automated test coverage.
  • Help streamline release processes to reduce lead time and increase deployment confidence.

  What will convince us

  • 5 years of professional software development experience delivering production systems.
  • Strong modern web experience: TypeScript/JavaScript HTML/CSS; React preferred.
  • Solid C#/.NET skills including object‑oriented design and asynchronous programming.
  • Practical experience with automated testing, version control (Git), code reviews and CI/CD.
  • Ability to turn product requirements into clear designs and incremental deliveries.
  • Collaborative communication skills and a continuous improvement mindset.

  Nice to Have

  • React ecosystem expertise (state management, component libraries, accessibility).
  • WPF/XAML experience and desktop‑web integration patterns.
  • API design and implementation (REST/GraphQL) versioning and security basics.
  • Data visualization performance tuning and profiling.
  • DevOps exposure (pipelines, build tooling, artifact management, infrastructure as code).
  • Experience in regulated or quality‑focused environments (e.g. GxP, ISO).

  In order to commence working with us the successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.

  What we offer

  As a growing global life‑science company stock listed on the German TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of benefits:

  • Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, internal seminar offerings.
  • Making an impact right from the start: Comprehensive onboarding including a virtual online platform even before joining.
  • Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics such as coaching, agile working and business women network.
  • Health & Well‑Being: Wide section of health and well‑being support such as healthcare plans and health assessment services.

  Benefits

  Attractive Working Conditions:

  • 37.5 hours working week.
  • 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
  • Free parking on site.
  • Annual option to buy, sell or carry forward annual leave.Free hot and cold drinks.
  • Regular social events and free exercise classes.
  • Competitive benefits package including:
  • Group Personal Pension Plan.
  • Private Medical Insurance.
  • Private Dental Insurance.
  • Group Life Assurance.
  • Group Income Protection.
  • Cycle to work scheme.

  About Sartorius

  Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real‑world medicine faster so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.

  We look for ambitious team players and creative minds who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

  Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.