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Senior Developer
Foster + Partners
At Foster + Partners, we design some of the world’s most ambitious and influential buildings. Behind that work is a growing digital ecosystem that supports how we design, collaborate, and deliver globally. We’re now looking for a Senior Developer to join our Information Systems team and help shape the future of our internal platforms and applications.
The Role
Reporting to the Lead Developer and Head of Information Systems, you’ll play a key role in leading software development initiatives across the practice. You’ll work across the full development lifecycle — from shaping standards and architecture through to delivery, optimisation, and mentoring others.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, writing high-quality code, and collaborating closely with designers, technologists, and stakeholders across the business.
What You’ll Be Doing
Leading and delivering development projects across the full SDLC
Writing clean, efficient, scalable, and maintainable code
Reviewing code and championing best practice, performance, and quality
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust applications
Mentoring junior and mid-level developers
Improving and refactoring existing systems for performance and scalability
Contributing to technical documentation, architecture, and API specifications
Working within Agile/Scrum teams and CI/CD environments
Supporting live systems, investigating issues, and contributing to post-incident reviews
Participating in recruitment and continuous improvement initiatives
Actively supporting Foster + Partners’ commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
What We’re Looking For
3+ years’ professional development experience
Strong experience with Angular, C#, and SQL
Experience building front-end applications integrated with back-end services (REST APIs, JSON, JWT, etc.)
Cloud experience, ideally with Azure
Solid understanding of Agile development practices
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Ability to manage priorities, work under pressure, and handle sensitive information
Desirable Experience
Sass or CSS pre-processors (e.g. LESS)
Strong focus on accessibility, standards, and aesthetics
Umbraco CMS experience
Front-end testing frameworks (e.g. Protractor, Mocha)
Back-end testing frameworks (e.g. NUnit, xUnit)
Experience working in a creative or design-led environment
Why Join Us?
You’ll be part of a globally respected practice where technology plays a critical role in supporting world-class design. We offer a collaborative, inclusive environment, opportunities to influence how systems evolve, and the chance to work on meaningful tools used across an international organisation.
About the Company
Foster + Partners is a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, all rooted in sustainability and founded by Norman Foster in 1967. Since then, he and the team around him have established an international practice with a worldwide reputation. With offices across the globe, we work as a single studio that is both ethnically and culturally diverse.
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