Back-End API Developer
Closing Date: 01/10/2025

Preferred start date: 5th November 2025

Expected end date: 28th January 2026

Location: On the Lancaster University campus 

Main responsibilities:

• To maintain high levels of professional conduct, including but not limited to, cooperative engagement in tasks set, the exercising of initiative to suggest improvements to the service provided through line managers, and clear and professional styles of communication at all times.
• Be actively involved in documenting ‘standard’ actions and other useful/knowledge base items.
• Maintenance of APIs and documentation for services, making appropriate amends/updates and continuous improvements as and when identified.
• Effectively support the development and testing of software applications, using an agile project-based approach to applications development.

The successful candidate will have: 

• Experience working effectively in a team-based role.
• Experience working with technical and non-technical users and communicating technical information appropriately to a non-technical audience.
• The ability to write code in a variety of programming language (C#, Java etc).
• The ability to produce well organised and structured written and verbal communications, including presenting effectively to small groups.
• The ability to work independently, developing own goals and managing dependencies, being able to make decisions.
• The ability to demonstrate a strong work ethic, effective planning based on outcomes to deliver excellent results.

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience: 

• Analysis 
• Decisiveness
• Knowledge sharing
• Multi-tasking
• Organisation
• Problem solving  

Join us as a Back-end Developer and embark on an exciting journey of growth and development. Contribute to cutting-edge projects, leverage emerging technologies, and make a significant impact in driving innovation at Lancaster University. 

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Click here for help with your cover letter.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.