Software Engineer

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover)

Expected Duration: Until June 2027

Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?

Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?

Join our Selling Experience Team!

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our Selling Experience team on a fixed-term basis to provide maternity cover.

Success. The Softcat Way.

At the heart of our operations are our core values: Passion, Intelligence, Fun, Responsible and Community. These values are the pillars that Softcat and guide our every action.

You'll play a key role in developing and supporting the applications, APIs and integrations that underpin our Lead to Opportunity products and services. As part of a product-aligned engineering squad, you will work closely with technical and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that improve the experience of our colleagues and customers. This is a hands‑on engineering role where you'll contribute across the full software development lifecycle, delivering enhancements, supporting live services and helping shape the future direction of products within the Selling Experience domain.

As Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for:

• Design, develop, test and support business‑critical applications and services.
• Deliver features and enhancements aligned to squad objectives and product roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain APIs, integrations and data services supporting Lead to Opportunity business processes.
• Work closely with Product Managers and stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers to ensure solutions align with enterprise engineering standards and strategic direction.
• Participate in agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Produce secure, maintainable and well‑tested code.

We'd love you to have:

• Proven commercial experience as a Full Stack Developer.
• Strong development experience with: - C#, NET / .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC and/or modern web application frameworks, JavaScript / TypeScript, SQL Server and T-SQL, Entity Framework
• Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs using JSON.
• Experience with Azure Service Bus and event-driven architectures.
• Experience working with Azure DevOps, source control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating applications and services within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering and secure development practices.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/

Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.