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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Manpower
- **Location:** UK
- **Salary:** £60,000.0 - £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Computer-Aided Design, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Software Applications, C Sharp (Programming Language), Software Design Patterns, Extensible Application Markup Language, Hardware Design, Windows Presentation Foundation, Model View ViewModel, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Architecture, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Windows Desktop, Multithreading
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.manpower.co.uk/en/job/it/software-engineer-c-desktop-applications-/449931

## About the Role

Do you want to take on a new challenge?, + Strong commercial experience developing desktop applications using C#

 + Good understanding of object-oriented design, software architecture and design patterns
 + Experience developing multithreaded, concurrent or asynchronous applications
 + Experience designing software interfaces, APIs and maintainable application structures
 + Experience working on software products within engineering, scientific, instrumentation, medical device or hardware-focused environments
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

 + WPF, XAML or MVVM
 + Windows desktop application development
 + Hardware integration, instrument control or data acquisition systems
 + Scientific, imaging, measurement or engineering products

## Description

We're supporting an innovative technology organisation developing advanced scientific and engineering products used around the world. As software continues to play an increasingly important role in product development, we're looking for a Software Engineer to join a collaborative R&D team working on complex desktop applications that interact closely with sophisticated hardware systems.
This is an opportunity to work on challenging engineering problems, contribute to long-term product development and help shape the future direction of world-class technology.
THE OPPORTUNITY
You'll be responsible for developing and enhancing Windows-based desktop software used within advanced scientific and engineering systems. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll contribute to software design, architecture, implementation and testing whilst collaborating closely with other engineers across hardware, systems and software disciplines.
This role would suit a Software Engineer who enjoys understanding how systems work beneath the surface and has experience building robust, maintainable software products rather than purely web-based applications.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

 + Designing, developing and maintaining desktop software applications using C# and Microsoft technologies
 + Contributing to software architecture, application design and long-term technical direction
 + Developing robust and maintainable code using object-oriented design principles and recognised design patterns
 + Building software that interacts closely with complex hardware and engineering systems
 + Working within Agile development teams to deliver new product functionality and enhancements