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Senior Software Engineer C# - Near Edinburgh Hybrid

Stockbridge, City of Edinburgh
3 weeks ago
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Senior Software Engineer C# - Near Edinburgh Hybrid

Lorien's long-standing, successful (and growing) client, with offices very commutable from Central Edinburgh, West Lothian, Fife and the surrounding, is looking to recruit a Senior Software Engineer with proven C# / .Net skills to join its core R&D team. You'll collaborate daily with specialists across software, hardware, algorithmic, and data science functions to help build and refine offerings that analyse, automate and optimise key processes.

In return, you'll join a great organisation well versed in keeping their staff happy, plus a generous bonus scheme, hybrid working (to the tune of 3 days per week in office) plus flexible hours, annual salary reviews, ongoing career progression, and a range of other benefits designed with employee happiness in mind. We'd also be happy to share the great feedback from all the people we've placed into this firm already from Software and Hardware Engineers to PMs, Support and Operations staff, Managers and more.

Role Outline

Design new scalable, maintainable software using object-oriented methods, making sure agreed requirements are met
Produce clean, testable code in C# / .Net, integrated via automated pipelines for internal and user-facing software offerings
Contribute to the analysis and definition of technical requirements for new and evolving software features
Define and review interfaces between systems, ensuring alignment across teams
Support UI design through scenarios, wireframes, and usability input
Write and maintain technical documentation, including Unified Modelling Language design artefacts
Review code from colleagues, offering constructive feedback and identifying improvements
Investigate bugs, test failures, and performance issues across development stages
Suggest improvements to working practices, tools, or technical approachesWhat you'll bring to the table

Strong background in software development using object-oriented principles with the likes of C# .NET, and SQL Server (and ideally some MongoDB, though this isn't a necessity)
Proven Testing skills (Automated, Unit)
Familiar with Agile/Waterfall methodologies and automated build/test pipelines (CI/CD)
Exposure to requirements gathering processes, issue tracking, and technical documentation
Strong attention to detail and code qualityThis is a great opportunity to work for a rewarding company doing good around the world, so if you like the idea of exciting technical challenges, collaborating across disciplines, and working on real-world systems with varying requirements, apply now with your latest CV.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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