ABOUT ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

GUIDANCE NOTES:

Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria.
Job Category

Technical
Vacancy Type

Permanent
Employment Type

Full time
Salary From

£46,049
Salary To

£56,535
Location

Chelmsford/Cambridge
Faculty/Prof Service

IT Services
Ref No
3654
Closing Date
18/09/2025

This is an exciting opportunity to support the University in achieving its strategic objectives by working in the Solutions Development team as a principal solutions developer.
Working in an established and well-formed team, this role will help deliver solutions via the use of C# .net, web-services, web-applications, web-APIs, and integrating/transporting data across many of the university’s key systems.
We use an agile approach to our software development, organising our work using agile methodologies. More recently we have started to move towards a devops way of working.
You will be involved with many of the core activities within the software development lifecycle, from designing, developing, unit-testing, etc, to ensure solutions are delivered to a high level of quality that add real value to the university.
As an excellent communicator with a Degree and substantial and relevant experience as a senior software developer, you will have experience of working with a broad range of technologies and possess excellent logical analysis, and team working experience.
Key Skills; C# .net (Framework & Core), SQL-Server, GIT, Agile/Scrum and Azure/Devops.
Informal enquiries can be made to Nadiim Varsally, Lead Solutions Developer (Core), at nadiim.varsally@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.