Senior Software Engineer

This is an opportunity to take real ownership as a Senior Software Engineer at the Natural History Museum, building the services and integrations that underpin both our public-facing digital estate and core business systems, including ticketing and payments. Your work will directly support how millions of visitors engage with one of the most visited museums in the world, online and on site.

Working closely with product managers and business stakeholders, you'll be involved end-to-end decision making, from discovery, design and delivery. You'll help shape technical direction, design robust APIs and services, and contribute to engineering standards and continuous improvement, while mentoring others and raising quality across the team.

Do you have experience in APIs?, We're looking for someone who is excited by the chance to build and run production systems with real reach and responsibility, and to influence how software is designed and delivered at scale. You'll enjoy solving complex problems, making thoughtful trade-offs and taking pride in creating secure, reliable and maintainable services that stand the test of time.

You're motivated by collaboration, impact and helping others grow through mentoring and shared best practice. You'll value the opportunity to shape engineering standards, improve ways of working and play a visible role in the Museum's evolving digital future.

• 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
• Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
• Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
• Life insurance
• Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
• Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
• We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website. Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. We employ 1100 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world. Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment. We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.