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

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