Senior Systems Developer – Social Housing
North West England Based
£65,000 – £70,000 per annum
Permanent | Full-time (35 hours per week)
Hybrid working: 2 days in the office per week / 3 days remote
Panoramic Associates is currently working with a well-established client within the social housing sector in the Northwest of England to facilitate the appointment of an experienced Senior Systems Developer to join their IT and Business Change team. This role will support the full software development lifecycle and play a key part in the organisation’s Housing Management and Repairs Management systems, including an upcoming repairs systems transformation programme.
Responsibilities of the Role:
- Supporting all aspects of the software development lifecycle: design, coding, configuration, installation, testing, and documentation.
- Developing and maintaining applications that support core business operations across housing and repairs services.
- Resolving technically complex and business-critical issues to ensure high-quality solutions are delivered consistently.
- Analysing business requirements, documenting system design, writing code, unit testing, and supporting deployment.
- Working within structured delivery approaches (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban) using tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, or equivalent.
- Supporting integration and development across a broad technology estate (e.g., ERP, CRM, ESB, Azure, Cloud and related platforms).
- Building strong working relationships across the organisation and communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Providing people management and leadership within a development environment.
To be successful in the role you will have:
- Proven professional experience developing, programming, and integrating Housing Management and/or Repairs Management systems.
- Strong experience in one or more development languages/technologies such as SQL, .NET, HTML, Java, XML, C++, C#, PHP, Python (or similar).
- Experience working across a range of technology solutions (ERP, CRM, ESB, Azure, Cloud, etc.).
- Strong problem-solving, debugging and issue resolution skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A willingness to learn new technologies, platforms, and programming languages.
- Proven people management experience.
- Some experience or awareness of platforms such as Dynamics 365 CE, Power Platform, SQL Server (including SSIS/SSRS), and Azure (beneficial).
Desirable:
- Degree-level education in an IT/STEM related discipline (or equivalent experience).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft D365 CRM, Azure Integration Services).
- Project / delivery certifications (APM / PRINCE2 / Agile Practitioner / Certified Scrum Master or equivalent).
Next Steps
This is a permanent opportunity offering a salary of £65,000 – £70,000 (dependent on experience), based in the North West of England with hybrid working (2 days onsite / 3 days remote).
Interviews will be taking place in the coming weeks—if you are interested in knowing more, apply today or contact Rashani Johnson @ Panoramic Associates