Senior Software Engineer in Leeds

What you'll be doing:

• Taking ownership of one or more areas of a project, delivering high-quality, well-tested code.
• Upholding the technical quality processes for your project, such as build pipelines, code quality, testing and source control.
• Contributing to technical discussions and supporting the alignment of stakeholders and teams around a resolution.
• Contributing to requirements analysis and solution design.
• Leading the breakdown of requirements into development tasks, and leading task-level estimates.
• Supporting Mid-Level Engineers in delivery activities, including stakeholder communication, task estimates and technical quality practices.
• Supporting impact assessments for proposed changes.
• Contributing to the continual review of processes and tools to identify improvements within your engagement.
• Building deep expertise in one or more technologies aligned to Answer's technology ecosystem.
• Contributing to solutions that are secure, scalable and cost-conscious.
• Using AI-assisted engineering tools (for example AI coding assistants, automated code review or test generation) to support delivery, applying sound engineering judgement to their output.

What you'll bring to Answer:

• Experience working in client-facing delivery teams, with good stakeholder communication skills.
• Hands-on experience delivering features within large-scale development projects.
• Agile software development experience with continuous delivery.
• .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, C#.
• SQL and NoSQL database experience.
• AWS/Azure experience.
• JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.
• Good understanding of Agile software development practices and tools.
• Comfortable incorporating AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or similar) into your day-to-day workflow.

It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we'll help you with them:

• Client-facing experience gained from a technical consultancy or software vendor.
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers.
• Exposure to system-to-system integration and interoperability.
• Common design patterns, such as event-based architecture, CQRS or Domain-Driven Design.
• Exposure to integrating AI-powered features (for example chatbots or intelligent automation) into existing applications.
• Exposure to platform engineering practices, such as internal developer platforms, paved-road tooling or self-service infrastructure.

The perks of being @ Answer:

• We're an Employee-Owned Company. After 12 months – through the Employee Ownership Trust you will be part of the ownership of Answer; a major factor in driving engagement, retention and growth for our people.
• Competitive salary.
• Flexible annual leave (buy/sell and carry forward).
• Twice a year income-tax free bonus based on company performance - it's a reward for being a part of our EOT journey.
• Continuous training and development - if you want to learn, we'll provide the support you need.
• Flexible Pension - we match your own contributions up to 5%.
• A flexible Healthcare cash plan so you can fund the care you value most.
• A packed social calendar including end of year party (partners invited) and summer away days, monthly and quarterly company team socials.
• Parking at Head Offices in central Leeds, plus Cycle2Work & Green Car Lease schemes to help get you here.
• The chance to give back – get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from different backgrounds into tech, as well as lots of charity and community events.
• Hybrid and flexible working – you can vary your working when and where you work, to allow you to collaborate better, feed your creativity, and take the time and space to focus when you need to.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Answer we proudly embrace diversity and inclusion - we want to create a safe environment for everyone to bring their true selves to work. We will do everything we can to support your application. If you require any adjustments to be made to your application (whether that’s support with our interview questions, adjusting how we interview, or financial support with our hiring process) then please speak to Lesley Waghorn, Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant (lesley.waghorn@answerdigital.com).