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AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Job Title: Senior Software Developer
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom – Hybrid (3 days at the office)
Employment Type: Full-time regular (flexible working options available)

As part of our Industrial Platform Group, you will join a talented team of software engineers dedicated to designing, developing, and evolving CONNECT - the core industrial intelligence platform at AVEVA. CONNECT powers a diverse range of digital solutions deployed across global industries by AVEVA and our partners.

In this role, you’ll work closely with internal stakeholders and engineering teams to understand requirements, shape system architecture, and deliver scalable platform capabilities. Your contributions will directly impact how CONNECT supports our customers’ digital transformation journeys and ensures long-term value for partners and the wider AVEVA ecosystem. We are looking for developers with a proven record of successfully implementing complex technical solutions. While prior experience of cloud development will be an advantage, this is also an opportunity to move into cloud development for talented developers who wish to move into the cloud.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software engineers to design and develop core features of CONNECT.
• Optimize platform scalability, reliability, and performance to meet evolving industry standards.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across platform services and interfaces.
• Monitor and analyse platform metrics to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts, including code reviews, testing, and planning as part of an agile development team.

Essential Requirements

• A STEM degree or equivalent.
• At least 3 years of experience in software development.
• Competence in object-oriented software design, with an appreciation of coding and design for maintainability, extensibility, testability, and reuse.
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and microservice design patterns.
• Experience developing in C# .NET or similar.
• Strong communication skills, with experience working closely with other developers.

Desired Skills And Competencies

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, such as Cosmos DB, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Service Bus, Event Hub, and Application Insights.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and distributed systems principles.
• Web development using Angular or equivalent

Behaviours

• Thirst for learning and the confidence to put the learning into practice straight away
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Be both highly motivated and motivating
• Enjoy working in a fast and dynamic environment
• Adaptable and flexible
• A strong desire to own and solve challenges

We recognise that no candidate ticks every box. If you bring curiosity, ambition, and a willingness to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

R&D at AVEVA

Our global team of 2000+ developers work on an incredibly diverse portfolio of over 75 industrial automation and engineering products, which cover everything from data management to 3D design. AI and cloud are at the centre of our strategy, and we have over 150 patents to our name.

Our track record of innovation is no fluke – it’s the result of a structured and deliberate focus on learning, collaboration and inclusivity. If you want to build applications that solve big problems, join us.

UK Benefits include:

Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.

Aveva is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.