Senior Software Engineer (.NET)

Senior Software Engineer

6-Month Contract £600-£650 per day (Inside IR35) Hybrid (1 day per week in London, Cardiff or Glasgow) SC Clearance is desirable but not essential

A leading governing body is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to support the development and delivery of key digital services. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative, agile environment, contributing to the design, development, and continuous improvement of business-critical applications.

The Role

You will play a key role in developing and supporting applications aligned to business requirements, working within multidisciplinary agile teams. Alongside hands-on development, you'll contribute to technical decision-making, help introduce new technologies, and drive improvements in engineering practices such as CI/CD and automation.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and support core business applications

Contribute to the technical design and delivery of software solutions

Produce clear and effective technical documentation

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Delivery, and DevOps

Support the adoption of modern development practices and tools

Identify and implement improvements to development processes (CI/CD, automation, testing)

Key Skills & Experience Essential:

Strong experience as a Microsoft Software Developer

Proven expertise in

C# / .NET (including .NET 6)

SQL Server development

Test Driven Development (TDD)

CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

Solid understanding of

Agile methodologies

Software design patterns and development techniques

Relational database design

Unit testing frameworks (e.g. NUnit, Moq)

Version control (Git, Azure DevOps)

Additional / Desirable

Experience with

Microservices architecture

Entity Framework

Dependency Injection

Cloud platforms (Azure)

Containerisation (Docker)

Experience working in complex, stakeholder-driven environments

Relevant technical degree or certifications

Additional Information

Full-time contract (6 months)

Hybrid working - 1 day per week onsite (London, Cardiff, or Glasgow)

£600-£650 per day (Inside IR35)

SC Clearance is desirable but not essential

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.