Senior Software Developer
| Posting date: | 15 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £50,310.00 to £53,307.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 50310 - 53307 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Flexible in UK, SG192DL |
| Company: | Vacancy Filler |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JAN20260570 |
Summary
What's the role about?This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team supporting the full range of the RSPB’s developer work. You’ll use your technical expertise to help us deliver and evolve the capabilities of our public facing website and several other key systems, finding innovative solutions to meet the needs of conservation aims and our global supporter community. Working closely with the product team and subject matter experts across the RSPB, you will work in an Agile fashion to deliver value to conservation staff quickly and consistently. Depending on the nature of requirements you may be building new functionality into existing applications, or helping to define and deliver new solutions, using the best blend of technologies to ensure successful delivery. Working with colleagues across the organisation, you will support the full range of the RSPB’s work, varying from our management of over 220 nature reserves to our world-class scientific research, and delivery of landscape scale conservation, to name but a few. You will work alongside experienced developers within the Technical Engineering team and have the opportunity to grow your knowledge of front and back-end development, APIs, systems integration and working as part of a high performing Agile team.The ability to work independently, exercising sound technical judgement, mentoring other developers, and contributing to technical decisions in a flexible remote or hybrid setting is a must.Essential skills, knowledge and experienceExperience of working under Agile principles to develop complex applicationsStrong experience of C#/JavaScript/HTML/CSS to deliver intuitive, modern, user-friendly applicationsExperience of at least one of the following JavaScript frameworks: Angular, React or VueExperience in writing unit testsKnowledge of maintaining and managing APIsA keen interest in web technologies and keeping skills currentThe ability to communicate effectively with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrating initiative with a positive and proactive attitudeDesirable skills, knowledge and experience:Experience working with source code repositoriesExperience working with SCCS and TypeScriptExperience writing new APIsExperience working with cloud and CICD technologiesExperience of the Angular frameworkKnowledge/experience of SQLKnowledge/experience of conservation work and systemsKnowledge/experience working with CMS/DAMThis is a Permanent Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week. For further information, please contact vinny.hassell@rspb.org.ukWe are looking to conduct interviews for this position as soon as suitable candidates present themselves, so please do not delay in applying. We reserve the right to close once sufficient applications have been received.In order to apply you will be required to upload a CV and complete a short application form. In the cover letter section of the form please explain how you meet the above set criteria.We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature's side. People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant with need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes attached to the top of this advert.