• Locations

  Brighton, East Sussex

• Salary

  Up to £63000 per annum + Hybrid - Brighton, 28% Pension

• Sector

  Development, Architecture & Testing, Technology

• Type

  Permanent

Senior .NET Developer

12-Month FTC – £63,000 + Excellent Benefits

Brighton / Hybrid (6 days per month onsite)

I am pleased to be supporting a leading UK governing body in recruiting a Senior .NET Developer to join their DDaT Directorate on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Microsoft developer to play a key role in modernising digital services and delivering cloud-first solutions that have real public impact.

About the Role

This role is ideal for someone who wants to:

• Step into a senior technical position, working with the latest Microsoft and cloud technologies.
• Join a hybrid, collaborative environment that places strong emphasis on continuous learning and personal development.
• Work closely with stakeholders to design and deliver accessible, cloud-hosted websites built using modern engineering practices and industry-standard design patterns.
• Lead the development of mission-critical applications, using event-driven architecture and Domain Driven Design to deliver scalable, resilient and maintainable solutions.
• Support the modernisation of legacy applications by refactoring them into cloud-based microservices, optimising performance, reliability and long-term scalability.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Excellent knowledge of C# and the .NET framework.
• Extensive experience with web technologies, particularly ASP.NET MVC.
• Strong practical understanding of Event-Driven Architecture and Domain Driven Design.
• Experience with TDD/BDD, ideally using ReqnRoll and Playwright for web UI testing.
• Experienced in Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and confident applying Agile values and principles.
• Proven track record of improving development methodologies, standards, and practices.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Sitecore, Umbraco or similar CMS platforms.
• Experience designing and building secure internal and external APIs.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure (Functions, Logic Apps, App Services).
• Experience using Azure DevOps and creating CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with NServiceBus or Azure Service Bus.

Reward & Benefits

• £63,000 per annum
• Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• 35-hour working week and flexible working patterns
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive parental leave
• Access to benefits portal (Edenred) offering retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts
• Cycle-to-work scheme

If you are interested, please feel free to apply.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual’s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.