# Senior Software Engineer

**Company**: London Borough of Hillingdon
**Location**: Uxbridge
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 54,927 - 59,298 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Technology Applications Development & Support Team. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing, integrating, and supporting business-critical applications across the Council.

The Senior Software Engineer role provides specialist second-line application support and technical expertise for a large portfolio of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications. Responsibilities include:

- Design, develop, maintain, and integrate high-quality software solutions and applications to meet business requirements.

- Translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable technical solutions.

- Lead technical aspects of application development projects through the full software lifecycle.

- Work closely with business stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet operational needs.

- Support user acceptance testing and ensure the successful implementation of new functionality.

- Produce and maintain technical documentation and development standards.

- Support and enhance business-critical applications across key Council services including Housing, Social Care & Education, Planning, Building Control, Land Charges, and Finance.

- Provide second-line application support, troubleshooting, and resolving complex technical issues, working with suppliers where required.

- Deliver system improvements, upgrades, and application optimisations.

- Ensure applications remain compliant with legislative, regulatory, and security requirements.

- Support the Council's digital transformation agenda through system modernisation, automation, and service improvements.

- Contribute to the delivery of the Council's six priorities and commitment to putting residents first.

The London Borough of Hillingdon offers a range of employee benefits, including flexible working hours, a 36-hour workweek, generous holiday entitlement, and access to local government pension schemes.

We value diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are committed to creating a fair and equitable work environment.

## Skills

### Required
- software development
- application support
- technical expertise
- project management

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