Senior Software Engineer

About this role

### Description

Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5/ week

Salary: circa £84,000 depending on experience

Location: Birmingham city centre

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Software Engineering Manager
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.


Role Summary:
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our delivery team, part of a broader engineering space that delivers critical systems to help the UK achieve Net Zero by 2050. Our digital platform underpins multiple applications, including contract management, task management, automate workflows, automate repetitive tasks, standardize templates, settlement tools, forecasting engines, calculation services, analytics, dashboards and data portals that enable the business to meet this ambitious goal.

As a technical leader, you will collaborate with the Principal Software Engineer & Architect to define system, mentor team members, and champion engineering best practices, while remaining actively involved in hands-on development. Although this role does not include direct line management, it requires strong technical leadership and the ability to guide the team through complex challenges.

### Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable software solutions, ensuring alignment with Principals and Architects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, QA, and DevOps, to deliver high-quality features.
• Lead code reviews and technical discussions, and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Lead complex coding tasks; ensure code quality
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
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