Senior Software Engineer
Taunton - Hybrid (2 days on site P/W)
£45,000 - £60,000 + Bonus + Training + Progression + Private Pension + Holiday Buying Options + Autonomy
Are you a Senior Software Engineer looking to take ownership of architecture, influence technical direction, and build high?quality software that interfaces directly with real?world industrial hardware?
This is a senior, hands?on role working across modern service?based platforms and established WPF applications used in demanding automated electrical test environments. You will play a key part in shaping system architecture, driving best practice, and developing robust, maintainable solutions that are relied upon by customers worldwide.
You will work closely with electrical, systems, and test engineers to deliver integrated solutions, contributing across the full lifecycle from concept and design through to delivery and long?term support. Backed by a stable engineering business that continues to invest in new technologies, this role offers long?term career progression, autonomy, and the opportunity to make a genuine technical impact.
You will be trusted to tackle open?ended technical problems, lead design discussions, and help guide the evolution of both new microservice?based platforms and legacy WPF products. The environment is collaborative, quality?driven, and agile, with projects ranging from short development cycles through to long?term programmes.
The Role:
1. Design, develop, and maintain desktop and web applications using C#, WPF, and modern web technologies such as
2. Take a leading role in software architecture and design, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions
3. Contribute to microservice architecture and Azure?based modernisation initiatives
4. Maintain and evolve legacy systems while planning for their future development
5. Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams in an agile environment
6. Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and CI/CD processes
The Person:
7. Senior Software Engineer with significant commercial experience (5+ years)
8. Strong background in C#, WPF, and modern software design principles (SOLID)
9. Proven experience contributing to or leading architectural decisions
10. Exposure to industrial systems, electronics, or hardware?integrated software is advantageous