Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Location:
Leicester, LEC, GB, LE49JD
Business Unit:
Taylor Hobson
Posting Date:
Aug 19, 2026
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
- As a key member of the software development team this role is responsible and accountable for:
- The design, development and maintaining of desktop applications and backend services using WPF, C#, .NET Core, following MVVM and other established design patterns.
- Writing clean, testable code following SOLID principles and best practices.
- Participating in code reviews, technical discussions and mentoring of junior developers.
- Working with legacy code where needed and contributing to ongoing modernisation efforts.
- Preparing and maintaining technical documentation, including API documentation, design notes, samples, and user manuals.
- Identifying, proposing, and adopting emerging technologies and tools to enhance product quality and engineering processes.
- Collaborating closely with engineering and non engineering teams across India and other global AMETEK locations.
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-marking, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
Requirements for Consideration:
- Strong knowledge of C#, .NET Core/.NET Framework, and MVVM architecture.
- Proficiency in XAML, UI controls, data binding, templating, and WPF animations.
- Experience with multi-threading, async/await, and performance tuning.
- Strong experience with unit testing frameworks such as xUnit, NUnit, MSTest for desktop applications.
- Hands-on experience with serial communication, networking concepts and protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, and related communication protocols.
- Experience using Git, and building CI/CD pipelines via TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to work effectively.
Preferred:
- Familiarity with Azure or cloud native development patterns.
- Experience of database development.
- Development of Web and/or mobile applications
- Use of Agentic AI tooling for software development
- Some applied experience with math package e.g. MATLAB, Mathematica etc.
- Experienced gained in the metrology, precision engineering, machine tool industry or Optics industry.
Required Personal Attributes:
- Team player, adept at working within Agile software development teams.
- Flexible approach to tasks, investigating problems with an open and enquiring mind.
- Understand why technology people get out of bed in the morning to come to work.
Qualifications or Relevant Work Experience:
- Good Degree Level education (2:1 or higher) in Software Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent with at least 7 years’ experience in a software engineering role within the .Net ecosystem.
Future Development Opportunities:
- Coachable with potential for Principal Software Engineer within 5 years
What we offer you:
Taylor Hobson offers a fun, relaxed, supportive working environment along with:
- 1 pm Friday finish.
- Competitive salary and 25 days holiday including Christmas
- Perkbox – Corporate discounts, GP service & 24-hour Employee Assistance Program
- Active sports and social club including annual Christmas party and social events
- Continuous training provided using world class manufacturing tools and equipment
- Mentoring and guidance for accreditation
- Free onsite parking and easy access to the city centre.
Business Unit:
- Established in 1886, Taylor Hobson is the world leader in surface and form metrology and developed the first Roundness and Surface Finish measuring instruments.
- We provide contact and non-contact measurement solutions for the most demanding applications on a global basis, with a worldwide infrastructure to support our clients; we are a truly global ultra-precision metrology company.
- We are pioneers, continually developing our products to meet the ever-increasing demands of next generation technologies, particularly in Optics, Bearings, Space, Defence, Aerospace, Automotive, Medical and Renewable Energy technologies.
- Taylor Hobson's world leading brands include: Talyrond®, Form Talysurf® PGI, Form Talysurf® i-Series, Surtronic®, LUPHOScan, Formalysurf® PGI Optics, Talyvel®, Autocollimators, Micro-Alignment Telescope and AMECare.
- Taylor Hobson is part of the Ultra Precision Technologies Division of AMETEK, Inc. which is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices.
- Website: www.taylor-hobson.com
Currency:
GBP
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Incentive:
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