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Senior Software Developer


Location: 

Peterborough, GB, PE7 8QJ

Category:  Corporate Functions
Date:  1 Apr 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full Time, Permanent

Location: Peterborough

Salary: From £60,599

 

Job purpose

 

Responsible for designing, developing, testing and maintaining high-quality solutions to meet the business and customer needs.  A strong background in software development with expertise and proficiency in C#, .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, and ASP.NET Core to develop, deploy, and test high quality software solutions.  Primarily focusing on in-house developed web and mobile applications.

 

Core Accountabilities

 

  • Being an integral part of the development team, actively forming a deep understanding of and contributing towards development of tools, services and platforms.
  • Developing features and capabilities for end users and external customers.
  • Responsible for developing value added solutions for identified applications, according to provided functional and technical design specifications.  Identifying any potential design gaps and to provide insight into closing these.
  • To utilise appropriate .NET and other software tools to develop, document, test and debug programs/objects which have been assigned in accordance with company methodologies, policies, and procedures.
  • Responsible for performing comprehensive testing to verify that programs function correctly, and to ensure that future modifications do not cause errors in other parts of the programs or in interfacing programs.
  • Responsible to review and evaluate existing systems for possible enhancement or upgrade. Routinely searches for innovative ways to improve existing systems or procedures.
  • Develop one-off or software-wide integrations with internal/external systems using REST API’s.
  • To maintain detailed design documentation for all developments.  Contribute to architectural design discussions and decisions.
     

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

 

  • Comprehensive ASP.Net Development experience.
  • Web technologies HTML and CSS.
  • SQL Database Development & Administration (Desirable).
  • WCF & Web Services.
  • Experience with MVC & Entity frameworks desirable.
  • Knowledge of the development lifecycle.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail and usability.
     

Experience

 

  • Senior level experience as a developer with strong understanding of web-based applications.
  • Coach and mentor junior software developer.
  • Proven track record of creating trusted relationships with senior leaders of the business.
  • Hands on experience in taking lead and delivering.
  • Breadth of experience on web application technology landscape, manged and delivered cloud-based solutions.
  • Ability to successfully work under tight project deadlines.
  • Able to communicate with non-technical users and explain complex information in an easy to digest format.
  • Ability to maintain and develop customer and key stakeholder relationships.
     

We are committed to creating an environment where all our people are treated with respect and given the opportunities to succeed. We want British Sugar to be a great, inclusive place to work for everyone.

 

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

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