Hybrid C# Tech Lead — Cloud/On-Prem Solutions in Leeds

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience (£54,826 - £68,542)
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Technical Lead progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme!
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: West Yorkshire / Hybrid Working (1-2 in the days in the office a week – Bradford - Relocating to Leeds)

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday

We have an exciting opportunity for a C# Developer/Technical Lead to join the Technology at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do: Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Technology team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The Software Development Technical Lead will play a key role in building, supporting and improving both cloud-based and on-premise solutions that keep our business running. You’ll deliver high quality software that follows our architectural standards and development best practices, ensuring our technology is sustainable, secure and cost effective. We’re on the hunt for someone who genuinely loves building great software with older and modern C# .NET Core technology stacks. If you get a kick out of turning tricky problems into clean, reliable solutions you’ll fit right in.

Where you fit in: As our Technical Lead you will:

• Act as Technical Lead on large or complex projects owning end-to-end solution design, ensuring alignment with architectural principles, managing risks, and overseeing delivery quality.
• Balance coding with people leadership, including running 1:1s, performance reviews, and mentoring several direct reports.
• Ensure effective documentation, operational readiness, and a seamless handover into support.
• Lead investigations into performance issues or outages and help ensure smooth transitions into BAU.
• Shape and influence technology strategy roadmaps, championing best practice and driving high quality solutions.
• Stay up to date with emerging technology and bring fresh ideas on how we can use it to improve our services.
• Encourage innovation, share your expertise, and help grow the skills and resilience of the wider team.
• Work closely with technology partners to ensure great service, value for money, and continuous improvement.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Strong technical leadership skills with experience building applications with C# .NET including working with .NET 3.5/4.8 frameworks, C# .NET Core and SQL Server.
• Confident writing and optimising SQL queries, scripts and stored procedures.
• Practical experience with Octopus Deploy, Azure Pipelines and RESTful APIs.
• Solid understanding of clean code practices, Agile delivery and thorough code review.
• Able to troubleshoot production issues and improve or refactor legacy codebases.
• Excellent communicator who can simplify complex technical concepts for all audiences.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing engineering teams.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

If you’ve got experience in building applications and writing/optimising SQL queries and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance. All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible. If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible. Closing date for this role is 8th April 2026.