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SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
£55,000 – £65,000
Chesterfeild – hybrid (2–3 days per week on-site)
SQL Server, T-SQL, Microsoft Access, VBA
daniel.massey@searchability.com
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.
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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
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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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