Job Description

Salary

48,149 - 55,755 per annum

Contractual hours

36

Basis

Full time

Package

30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays and University closure days.

Job category/type

Professional Services

Date posted

07/07/2025

Job reference

SMU12196

About Us

The Application Services team at St Mary's University delivers a wide range of essential services through a comprehensive suite of software applications. These applications support our students, as well as academic and professional services staff, in achieving excellence across learning, research, and operations.

The teams remit includes the design, development and support (second and third-line applications support) of data integration solutions and application software across the institution.

This role is an opportunity for a proactive, technically skilled senior developer/architect to join our team to manage and lead the team through hands-on development and mentorship of other developers.

About the Role

We're seeking a hands-on, proactive and technically accomplished Senior Developer / Software Architect to lead and mentor our development team while shaping the architectural direction of our digital estate.

You will play a key role in driving architectural decisions and ensuring seamless implementation of solutions, especially as we transition towards cloud-native, event-driven technologies. Collaborating closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, you'll translate complex business needs into scalable, maintainable software solutions.

This position supports hybrid working--with a minimum of 3/4 days a week on-site and 1/2 days remote.

About You

You must be a collaborative leader with extensive experience in software design, development, and architecture and must be able to lead and mentor a team of developers.

You must be comfortable working in an agile environment (ideally using Jira for work management, and Confluence for documentation) and have experience of DevOps practices, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and cloud-native development.

You must have good communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Familiarity with React and SQL Server DBA responsibilities would be a distinct advantage.

Overview

As the University builds on its proud heritage, we are looking for exceptional people to help shape our future. We provide a high-quality professional environment, inspired by our distinctive ethos and Catholic mission and values. Our values of excellence, generosity of spirit, inclusiveness and respect inspire us to create an academic community in which everybody is welcomed and which puts the student at the centre of all our endeavours.

St Mary's University is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Learn more about our EDI initiatives and work as a Disability Confident employer. Please view our detailed access guide by following the link: St. Mary's University | AccessAble



Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required, this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme. Please ensure you meet the requirements of the Points Based System before applying.

Closing Date: 20 July at 23:00

We encourage all interested candidates to submit applications early to avoid disappointment as we reserve the right to close vacancies and interview the candidates prior to the advertised closing date.

Interview Date: TBC