Job title - Software Engineer Location - Malvern, UK. 2 days onsite, 3 days home working Role benefits - Flexitime: (core hours 10.00am - 12.00pm and 2.00pm - 3.00pm) to help you to achieve a good work-life balance Benefits 25 days holidays Partners in Discovery. Together, we achieve more. About the role As a Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing high‑quality software within Malvern Panalytical's R&D team, for our physical characterisation instruments at the Malvern Centre of Excellence. You will work across a mix of incremental improvements and cutting‑edge, multi‑disciplinary projects, delivering software into scientific and industrial instrumentation used across diverse global markets. Your work will directly support product innovation and empower our customers explore, understand, and improve the materials that shape our world. What you'll be doing: You will build software components using C#/.NET and C++, contributing across the stack from device control and data acquisition to user interfaces, with guidance on overall software architecture. You will modernise existing code through thoughtful refactoring, improving test coverage, introducing contemporary design patterns, and coordinating changes to minimise delivery risk You will apply strong engineering practices by following object‑oriented design principles, writing clean and maintainable code, participating meaningfully in code reviews, and adhering to established architectural patterns You will prioritise thorough testing, clear documentation, and effective tooling to deliver reliable and scalable software You will contribute to Agile delivery by participating in refinement sessions, providing estimates, and breaking down work, delivering iteratively with feedback loops, and collaborating to keep work flowing smoothly You will support knowledge sharing by pairing with peers, contributing to technical discussions, and offering constructive feedback You may offer targeted mentoring to junior engineers on specific tasks. You demonstrate curiosity, openness, and a willingness to learn from others while developing your own depth of expertise About you: Experience with automated testing frameworks and practices, such as contributing to regression automation or working with tools like Playwright or BDD frameworks-to improve reliability, coverage, and delivery speed. An interest in science, engineering, or instrumentation You enjoy solving meaningful technical problems, take pride in producing high quality software, and collaborate effectively with others. You are eager to grow your engineering skills, contribute to a supportive team culture, and What's in it for you? Flexitime, hybrid working and an opportunity to work on complex, innovative analytical software systems. Be a part of an ambitious, fast-growing, international company with a friendly and inclusive culture Drive growth within a leading global organisation whose purpose is to work with our customers, to make the world a better place Be a key member of our team in our amazing offices, with a hybrid working model available Access to an onsite restaurant Gym discounts Volunteering days and much more LI-CS2