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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** DCS Recruitment
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), Software Quality, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Spring Cloud, ReactJS, Event Driven Architecture, Build Management, AngularJS, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.cv-library.co.uk/job/225435749/senior-software-engineer

## About the Role

* Strong commercial experience with .NET / C#
 * Hands-on experience with AWS (essential)
 * Experience building scalable, distributed systems
 * Strong understanding of APIs and microservices architecture
 * Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps ways of working
 * Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Desirable Skills

 * Experience with Docker / Kubernetes
 * Knowledge of event-driven systems
 * Any frontend exposure (React / Angular) is a bonus
 * Experience in a regulated environment (nice to have)

## Description

We are looking to hire experienced Senior Software Engineers to join a growing engineering function. You'll play a key role in designing and building scalable, cloud-native applications that support a rapidly evolving digital product suite.

Working closely with the wider engineering team, product managers, and stakeholders, you'll contribute across the full development lifecycle - from architecture and design through to deployment and optimisation.

This is a great opportunity to join a forward-thinking, collaborative team with a strong engineering culture and modern tech stack., * Design, develop and maintain applications using .NET technologies (C#)

 * Build and deploy scalable systems within AWS cloud environments
 * Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making
 * Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver features
 * Champion best practice, code quality, and mentoring within the team
 * Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability
 * Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes


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