Senior Developer

Senior Developer

Salary: £39,200 - £50,900

Location: Cambridge/UK requiring 40-60% of your time on-site in Cambridge (at least 2 days per week in the office)

Contract: Permanent and full time (35 hours per week) 

Join the Exam Technology Organisation as a Senior Developer and build business‑critical applications that enable and extend our digital services. You'll work in an agile squad with end‑to‑end ownership - from solution design through delivery and support - while mentoring others and helping shape engineering best practice.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

Our mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Which is why every year, we give vital support to millions of people in more than 170 countries around the world. From teachers and learners to researchers and academics, we help to build confidence, unlock potential, and enable success. We give people the opportunity to show what they've learnt, we spread knowledge, spark enquiry, and aid understanding.

When you join Cambridge, you get the best possible combination of a supportive, caring environment, balanced with work that brings out the best in you. You will have access to learning and development opportunities, and business tools essential for your role so that you can perform at your peak.

About the role

The Senior Developer helps deliver and evolve our digital products and services by designing, building and supporting complex applications within the Exam Technology Organisation. Working in an agile squad, you'll turn requirements into reliable solutions while mentoring colleagues and championing engineering standards.

• Design, develop, test and maintain working software for complex enterprise applications.
• Analyse requirements and produce solution designs (including documentation and delivery estimates) that meet functional and non-functional needs.
• Provide technical and business support to customers, the helpdesk and colleagues to meet operational requirements and resolve issues.
• Perform unit and system testing, as well as support wider testing (SIT & UAT) and training activities with relevant stakeholders.
• Track and report progress against agreed timelines and budget constraints, escalating risks and blockers appropriately.
• Share knowledge and mentor other developers to improve team effectiveness and promote consistent engineering standards.

About you

A successful applicant will bring strong software engineering fundamentals, a collaborative mindset and the drive to improve how we deliver and support business‑critical services.

• Programming Languages and Tools: Knowledge and experience in Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle Forms and Reports is essential. Knowledge of Master Data Management and experience in the Informatica IDMC toolset - MDM SaaS, Reference 360, CDI and CAI - are highly desired.
• Modern software development expertise: Confident designing, coding, testing and maintaining complex applications.
• Solution design thinking: Able to translate requirements into pragmatic designs, document decisions, estimate effort and explain trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Quality and reliability mindset: Takes pride in well-engineered outcomes (clean code, reviews, automated testing where appropriate) and considers operational support from day one.
• Agile collaboration: Enjoys working in a squad environment, partnering with product owners and other specialists to deliver iteratively and respond to change.
• Mentoring and knowledge sharing: Motivated to coach others, share learnings and help embed chapter standards and best practices.
• Analytical problem solving: Methodical approach to diagnosing issues, identifying root causes and implementing sustainable fixes.
• Security-aware delivery: Understands how software development choices impact security and applies routine secure engineering practices.
• Continuous learning: Curious about new technologies and motivated to improve ways of working, tools and standards.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Master Data Management and experience in the Informatica IDMC

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable and/or appropriate, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 30 April 2026, we will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place shortly after the advert closes.

As part of the application process, you can expect:

• Experience level questions asked on Oracle at the point of CV and cover letter
• The first stage is a virtual interview via MS Teams. You may be given a brief to complete a role-related task, which will need to be returned by email before your interview.
• The final stage is an in-person interview at our offices in Cambridge, or on Teams if required.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.