Senior Software Engineer

We are looking to recruit a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering Community and play a key role in the delivery of our large-scale, operationally critical client projects.

This is a hands-on technical role for an experienced engineer ready to take ownership of an area of a project, while supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team.

What you’ll be doing

• Taking ownership of one or more areas of a project, delivering high-quality, well-tested code
• Upholding the technical quality processes for your project, such as build pipelines, code quality, testing and source control
• Contributing to technical discussions and supporting the alignment of stakeholders and teams around a resolution
• Contributing to requirements analysis and solution design
• Leading the breakdown of requirements into development tasks, and leading task-level estimates
• Supporting Mid-Level Engineers in delivery activities, including stakeholder communication, task estimates and technical quality practices
• Supporting impact assessments for proposed changes
• Contributing to the continual review of processes and tools to identify improvements within your engagement
• Building deep expertise in one or more technologies aligned to Answer’s technology ecosystem
• Contributing to solutions that are secure, scalable and cost-conscious
• Using AI-assisted engineering tools (for example AI coding assistants, automated code review or test generation) to support delivery, applying sound engineering judgement to their output, We’re an Employee-Owned Company. After 12 months - through the Employee Ownership Trust you will be part of the ownership of Answer; a major factor in driving engagement, retention and growth for our people
• Flexible annual leave (buy/sell and carry forward)
• Twice a year income-tax free bonus based on company performance - it’s a reward for being a part of our EOT journey
• Continuous training and development - if you want to learn, we’ll provide the support you need
• Flexible Pension - we match your own contributions up to 5%
• A flexible Healthcare cash plan so you can fund the care you value most
• A packed social calendar including; end of year party (partners invited) and Summer away days, monthly and quarterly company team socials.
• Parking at Head Offices in central Leeds, plus Cycle2Work & Green Car Lease schemes to help get you here
• The chance to give back - get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from different backgrounds into tech, as well as lots of charity and community events
• Hybrid and flexible working - you can vary your working when and where you work, to allow you to collaborate better, feed your creativity, and take the time and space to focus when you need to

• Experience working in client-facing delivery teams, with good stakeholder communication skills
• Hands-on experience delivering features within large-scale development projects
• Agile software development experience with continuous delivery
• SQL and NoSQL database experience
• Good understanding of Agile software development practices and tools
• Comfortable incorporating AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or similar) into your day-to-day workflow

It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we’ll help you with them

• Client-facing experience gained from a technical consultancy or software vendor
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers
• Exposure to system-to-system integration and interoperability
• Common design patterns, such as event-based architecture, CQRS or Domain-Driven Design
• Exposure to integrating AI-powered features (for example chatbots or intelligent automation) into existing applications
• Exposure to platform engineering practices, such as internal developer platforms, paved-road tooling or self-service infrastructure

Answer Digital is a highly successful digital transformation consultancy headquartered in Leeds. We’re a company on a fast growth trajectory with a reputation of delivering large-scale, operational critical solutions.

People are at the heart of everything we do - so much so we’re owned by our people. It sets us apart from most digital businesses you’ll meet and defines our culture and values. Our people are invested in everything we do, because we are invested in them.

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