Senior Software Engineer, Clinical

Waters’ Clinical Systems Development Software team is seeking skilled and collaborative Senior Software Engineers who enjoy solving complex problems, exploring innovative solutions, and building impactful products. Based in our modern Wilmslow facility, this role focuses on developing software for the clinical market segment, ideally with experience in:

• C#/.NET
• Python
• Angular
• Database technologies

About the Team

Clinical Systems Development is responsible for creating Waters’ Clinical and In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) systems — both hardware and software. Our mission is to deliver meaningful customer benefits through the evaluation, development, and deployment of innovative clinical system capabilities.

As part of this team, you’ll help build software used globally by scientists and clinical professionals for advanced scientific analysis. You’ll work alongside a multidisciplinary group of software engineers, R&D scientists, evaluators, and hardware developers — we thrive on collaboration and shared learning.

Whether or not you come from a scientific background or have experience with every technology listed, if you're enthusiastic about software engineering and eager to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

What We Offer

• A personalised development plan supported by your manager, including access to training and learning opportunities.
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid model
• Competitive salary.
• 32 days paid annual leave (including UK bank holidays) with opportunity for holiday buy back.
• Private health and dental insurance.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Subsidised on-site gym, restaurant, and social/cultural activities.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• On-Site electric vehicle charging.

Your primary responsibilities would include:

• Develop clean, maintainable, scalable, and secure code using C#/.NET, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python.
• Apply SOLID principles, TDD, and CI/CD practices.
• Collaborate with QA engineers and evaluators to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Take ownership of technical challenges and contribute to effective solutions.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support continuous integration and delivery frameworks.
• Contribute to team growth and continuous improvement in Agile/Kanban environments.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Proven experience in software development with technologies such as C#, .NET, Angular (or similar), TypeScript, and Python.
• Practical knowledge of software engineering best practices, including TDD (required), Unit Testing, CI/CD, and SOLID principles.
• A degree in a relevant field or equivalent industry experience.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We’re actively building diverse teams and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We celebrate our differences and believe our teams should reflect the communities we serve.

We’re happy to make reasonable adjustments to our interview process to support your needs.

Please feel free to ask about hybrid working and flexibility during the recruitment process — we’ll do our best to accommodate.

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.