Software Developer

Department: KxWelcome

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Shropshire

Reporting To: Mark Ellis

Compensation: £50,000 - £55,000 / year

Description

Here's what you need to know about Kinetic

At Kinetic, we’re redefining operational excellence in higher education, conferencing, and events. As the leading provider of software solutions for student accommodation, event management, catering, and residential services, we help institutions streamline operations, elevate customer experiences, and unlock their full potential.

With over 25 years of experience and trusted by more than 350 institutions worldwide, our software empowers universities and venues to run smarter, faster, and more collaboratively. From bustling campuses to dynamic corporate environments, our technology adapts to the rhythm of each organisation — helping them thrive in a fast-changing world.

But we’re more than just software. We’re a team of passionate problem-solvers, innovators, and collaborators who care deeply about our customers and each other. Our culture is built on empowerment, community, and continuous growth. We believe in giving people the tools, support, and freedom to do their best work — and have fun while doing it.

Joining Kinetic means being part of a purpose-driven business where your ideas matter, your development is supported, and your impact is real. If you’re ready to help shape the future of operational technology in education and events, we’d love to meet you.

The Role:

This role will be focused on working in a small team to deliver features and improvements for our customers and prospects. This would include reviewing the features requested by stakeholders and breaking these down into smaller deliverables. As well as implementing features, working alongside the products team to ensure that the features are built to satisfy the client’s needs.

What will I be bringing to life in this role?

Develop features across the full stack of the application, including the database, web services and front end.
Lead a small squad of developers and QA to deliver features to a high quality.
Review features provided by stakeholders, suggesting any changes and validate feasibility.
Assist and provide guidance to the sales team to enable new sales.
Work with the support team to resolve issues with customers.
Actively suggest improvements to working practices and processes.

What will I need to hit the ground running?

Essential skills and experience you’ll need:

Experienced in C# and .NET
Comfortable with SQL Server, database design, development and optimisation.
Experienced with the Angular framework and related web technologies such as HTML, CSS and TypeScript.
Being able to work with Web API web services.
Awareness of security issues, guidelines (OWASP) and mitigations of those issues.
Appetite to learn and improve, keeping on top of new technology developments.

Desirable skills/experience:

Ability to lead small teams to deliver functionality to a deadline.
Experience working with and migrating large legacy systems.
Experience of Azure Pipelines and MSBuild.
Experience working with ASP.NET MVC.
Knowledge of WCF Services.
Experience in, WinForms/WPF.
Understanding of web accessibility and considerations around responsive web applications.
Understanding of localisation issues when developing for multiple markets around the world.

What extras will make me thrive?

As part of the Kinetic team, you will benefit from:

Working for an organisation where people and culture genuinely matter.
Excellent training and support with the opportunity for further professional development.
Performance-related bonus scheme.
25 days annual holiday allowance plus bank holidays off.
2 wellbeing days a year to rest and recharge.
Christmas shut-down period for a well-deserved break.
Company contribution to pension.
A flexible benefits package, which is customisable by you. You can choose from private health care, life assurance, personal development, cinema tickets, wide range of discounts at retailers and so much more!