Location: PES Manchester Office (40 %) / Hybrid (60%)
Role Purpose
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 join a team working 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.
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.
Person Specification
* Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Essential
* Significant experience building cloud-hosted .NET services at scale, including architecture, performance tuning and production operations. Essential
* Experience working with healthcare data formats or open standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR, openEHR). Desirable
* Experience with Azure (App Service/Container Apps, Postgres Flexible server, Managed Identity, Key Vault), API Gateways and message brokers. Desirable
* Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices. Desirable
* Deep proficiency in C# and the .NET framework (.NET Core or .NET 6+ preferred). Essential
* Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, RESTful design, web-development and distributed source code control systems (Git). Essential
* Strong knowledge of SQL and Postgres (query planning, indexing, JSON operators, etc) and pragmatic use of Dapper. Essential
* Exposure to front-end technologies (e.g., Blazor, Angular, or React) for effective API-consumer collaboration. Essential
* Track record of engineering testable systems: fast unit tests, meaningful integration/E2E Tests, CI Pipelines through Azure. Essential
* Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset. Essential
* Interest in healthcare and improving patient care through technology. Essential
* Grounding in security and data privacy in healthcare environments. Desirable
* Knowledge of observability tools. Desirable
* Act in ways that support equality and promote diversity. Essential
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