Senior Software Engineer

🚀 Senior Software Engineer – C#/.NET📍 Reading | Hybrid (2 days onsite / 3 days WFH)💰 £70,000 - £80,000We're working with a client in Reading who is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help drive both the technical direction and the day-to-day delivery of their engineering team. This is a true 50/50 role; you'll be helping lead, mentoring and shaping how the team works, while staying genuinely hands-on with code, architecture and CI/CD.If you've got deep C#/.NET experience, a strong handle on CI/CD pipelines, and you're ready to take ownership of both people and product, we want to hear from you.👥 Leadership & Mentoring● Provide technical leadership and day-to-day direction for a mixed-experience team of engineers, from junior through to senior● Mentor and coach developers at all levels through code reviews, pairing and 1:1s, tailoring your approach to where each person is in their career● Support the development of junior and mid-level engineers while giving senior engineers room to grow into more autonomous, high-impact work● Set and uphold engineering standards, coding practices and definition of done● Own planning and prioritisation, balancing feature delivery against technical debt● Act as the technical escalation point, translating complex issues for non-technical stakeholders● Contribute to hiring, onboarding and the ongoing growth of the team● Champion a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing💻 Hands-On Technical Work● Design, build and maintain scalable applications using C# and .NET● Own and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines, driving automation across build, test and deployment● Make key architectural decisions, balancing pragmatism with long-term maintainability● Write clean, well-tested, production-grade code and lead by example on quality● Work across the full software development lifecycle, from design through to deployment and support● Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and technical debt● Collaborate closely with product and QA to ensure smooth, reliable releases🎯 What You'll Bring● Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer, ideally with some team leadership or mentoring exposure● Strong, hands-on experience with C# and .NET● Solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins or similar)● Good understanding of software architecture and design principles● Comfortable balancing hands-on delivery with leadership responsibilities● Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally✨ Nice to Have● Experience with Docker and containerisation● Familiarity with Azure cloud services● Exposure to Kubernetes or other container orchestration tools● Familiarity with Agile delivery methods🌍 The SetupThis is a hybrid role, based in Reading with an expectation of 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home each week.Interested? Get in touch to find out more.#SoftwareEngineering #DotNet #CSharp #CICD #TechJobs #ReadingJobs #HiringNow #TechLeadership #SeniorEngineer #UKTechJobs