Senior Software Developer

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

• £55,000 - £65,000

• Chesterfeild - hybrid (2-3 days per week on-site)

• SQL Server, T-SQL, Microsoft Access, VBA

• THE ROLE

A hands-on Senior Software Developer is needed to join a small in-house development team supporting a bespoke, business-critical system. You'll learn the platform from the people who built it, strengthen and extend it, and play a key part in shaping how it evolves as the business plans its next steps.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

My client is a well-established, successful business whose operations run on an in-house system built on SQL Server with a Microsoft Access front end. They're investing in their technology team and taking a pragmatic approach to modernisation: keep what works, improve it steadily, and decide the future direction with the right people on board.

THE BENEFITS

• £55,000 - £65,000 depending on experience

• Hybrid working - 2-3 days per week on-site

• A senior voice in how a business-critical platform develops

• Stability and investment from an established, growing business

THE SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER ROLE

• Develop, support and enhance a complex SQL Server-backed system with a Microsoft Access front end

• Write and optimise T-SQL, including stored procedures, views and queries

• Maintain and extend Access/VBA code across a large existing codebase

• Build a deep understanding of the system, working closely with the Head of Systems and the wider team

• Contribute ideas on how the platform should be modernised over time

• Bring good development practice to the team, such as source control, documentation and testing

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Strong commercial experience with SQL Server and T-SQL

• Commercial experience with Microsoft Access and VBA

• Confident working in a large, complex existing codebase

• A pragmatic approach to legacy systems, improving what's there rather than rewriting from scratch

• Experience with other languages or platforms (e.g. C#/.NET, Python) would be a strong advantage