Reporting to the Digital Product Lead, we are seeking a passionate and detail‑oriented Senior .NET Developer to join our Digital team. In this role, you’ll work on green field projects and contribute to building secure, scalable, and user‑friendly applications that support healthcare professionals and improve patient outcomes. This is a fantastic opportunity to own delivery and influence standards across the full stack whilst making a meaningful and noticeable impact to Primary Eyecare Service.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
* Working in an Agile team, guide and assist in the design, development and maintenance of a C# .NET‑based greenfield healthcare application.
* Collaborate with clinical leads and stakeholders to understand ambiguous problems and user needs then translate them into elegant software solutions or designs.
* Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code following industry and healthcare compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, Data Protection Act, NHS IG).
* Provide day‑to‑day technical mentorship of Junior and Mid‑level developers.
* Conduct thoughtful code reviews, testing, and debugging of applications. Where necessary, pair up with more junior members.
* Design, develop and support integrations with NHS FHIR and third‑party APIs.
* Stay informed about healthcare technology trends and regulatory requirements.
About us
Primary Eyecare Services is the largest not‑for‑profit provider of NHS primary and community eye care services in England. Established over a decade ago in the North West, we now operate nationally, delivering enhanced community‑based eye care through a network of over 3,000 optometry practices.
We work closely with NHS commissioners and Trusts to deliver accessible, high‑quality care, supported by teams with expertise in NHS contracting, patient support, referral triage, and telemedicine.
Why Join Us?
* Pension match up to 5%
* Sick and critical illness pay cover
* Electric car scheme
* Enhanced family leave
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 30 days with service)
* Training and development opportunities
* Employee recognition awards
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
* NHS Blue Light Card
* Hybrid working (60% home, 40% office)
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Performance‑related pay
Person Specification
* Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
* Significant experience building cloud‑hosted .Net services at scale, including architecture, performance tuning and production operations. Deep proficiency in C# and the .NET framework (.NET Core or .NET 6+ preferred).
* Solid understanding of object‑oriented programming, RESTful design, web‑development and distributed source code control systems (Git).
* Strong knowledge of SQL and Postgres (query planning, indexing, JSON operators, etc) and pragmatic use of Dapper.
* Exposure to front‑end technologies (e.g., Blazor, Angular, or React) for effective API‑consumer collaboration.
* Track record of engineering testable systems: fast unit tests, meaningful integration/E2E tests, CI pipelines through Azure.
* Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
* Interest in healthcare and improving patient care through technology.
* Act in ways that support equality and promote diversity. Essential
* Experience working with healthcare data formats or open standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR, openEHR).
* Experience with Azure (App Service/Container Apps, Postgres Flexible server, Managed Identity, Key Vault), API Gateways and message brokers.
* Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
* Grounding in security and data privacy in healthcare environments.
* Knowledge of observability tools.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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