Senior Software Engineer in Great Malvern

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll help drive innovation within Malvern Panalytical's R&D team, developing software for our physical characterisation instruments at the Malvern Centre of Excellence. You'll work across a mix of incremental improvements and cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary projects, delivering and integrating high-quality software into scientific and industrial instrumentation used across diverse global markets. Your work will directly influence product innovation and business growth, making a tangible impact on how our customers explore, understand, and improve the materials that shape our world.

Responsibilities

• You’ll bring confidence working from low-level device control and data acquisition through to intuitive user interfaces and smooth integration with native components.
• You will support effective Agile delivery through well-structured refinement, reliable estimation, iterative delivery, and continuous feedback loops that keep work flowing efficiently.
• You champion quality, demonstrated through the consistent use of object-oriented design principles, clean and maintainable code, thoughtful code reviews, and adherence to established architectural patterns.
• You’ll bring a commitment to comprehensive testing, clear documentation, and modern development tooling to ensure quality, reliability, and scalability.
• You have a passion for mentoring and raising engineering standards, helping to foster a culture of learning, growth and continuous improvement.
• You are fluent in C#/.NET and comfortable with C++ with the ability to design, develop, and integrate robust software solutions across the full desktop stack.
• You’re effective in both greenfield and legacy codebases, modernising safely while sustaining delivery.
• 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 thrive as part of a collaborative team, being open minded to diverse technical perspectives and leading by example.

Qualifications

• You are self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• You are comfortable with both greenfield and legacy codebases and can modernise safely while sustaining delivery.

Company & Benefits

• 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.

Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics & SciAps are part of the Spectris Group and are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and achieve a fulfilling career. We encourage applications from underrepresented individuals and people with diverse backgrounds. Although we always select the most qualified applicant for each role and make all decisions without regard to race, sex, age, or any other protected class, we are an inclusive, equal opportunity organization that prizes diversity. Your unique perspective is important to us.