Senior Software Engineer

Cardiff

3 months ago

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Software Engineers - Why You Should Apply

Remote Working: Opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in Europe, with quarterly fully expensed visits to the UK site in South Wales for R&D meetings.

Shape the Future: This isn't just another coding job; it's a chance to make a real difference by developing software for products that improve lives across fields such as medical devices and environmental monitoring.

Flexibility & Benefits: After probation, benefit from an industry-leading flexi-time scheme, enabling you to earn an extra day off each month - work-life balance done right!

What you'll be doing as the Senior Software Engineer

As the Senior Software Engineer, you'll join a friendly, multi‑disciplined team. You'll design and implement user‑facing application software architecture, coordinate the application development lifecycle from conception to release, and support the applications, engineering, operations, sales, and support teams with the development and maintenance of existing software products.

What you will need to apply for the Senior Software Engineer position

A degree-level qualification or equivalent.
Experience developing application software from scratch using C#.
User interface design experience.
Excellent communication skills, with experience liaising with a range of stakeholders.
Desirable - WinForms experience.About your remuneration package

Salary & Benefits: Competitive salary, with a potential bonus and excellent benefits, including a salary sacrifice pension, 24 days of holidays, plus eight bank holidays.
Other Perks: Flexi-time, an EV lease scheme, benefits such as will-writing, technology purchasing and a nursery support scheme which can save employees £1000s in childcare costs, a cash healthcare plan for routine healthcare needs, state-of-the-art spacious offices, free on-site parking, and free use of EV chargers.About the company you'll work with

An award-winning global organisation with four international subsidiaries, a friendly culture, and very low staff turnover rates. Interested?

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