Software Developer
Company Overview: The Airedale Group is the leading market design, installation, and maintenance provider for commercial kitchens in the UK hospitality and food service industry. We work alongside clients from the initial designs through to bespoke fabrication and installation. Coupled with the largest body of professional maintenance engineers in the country, we offer the complete end-to-end solution to our extensive client base. We have long-standing relationships with many of the biggest multi-site brands in the UK.
Job Overview: We are looking for a motivated Software Developer to join our small, hands-on development team. You’ll work on cloud-based applications that support our field service operations across the UK— ranging from job scheduling systems and engineer mobile apps to customer portals and internal tools.
You’ll collaborate closely with the business to understand real problems, not just written requirements, and take genuine ownership of the solutions you deliver.
This role suits someone who enjoys getting stuck in, learns quickly, and adapts to changing business needs. Our strongest developers are curious about the why behind what they build, actively engage with users and stakeholders, and take initiative rather than waiting for detailed instructions.
Details: Competitive salary, Remote working, Career progression.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain cloud-based applications using C#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and SQL Server
- Develop and operate solutions on Microsoft Azure, including AKS and CosmosDB
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives
- Create, estimate, and manage work items in JIRA
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and contribute constructively to code reviews
- Integrate with third-party APIs and services
- Take ownership of quality by testing your own work and resolving issues end-to-end
- Engage with users and stakeholders to understand requirements, validate solutions, and gather feedback
- Remain up to date with evolving tools, frameworks, and development practices, while maintaining strong fundamentals in core programming principles
Experience Required:
- Relevant experience in software development and familiarity with at least on programming language (C#, Python, Java, JavaScript, or similar)
- Excellent communication skills and the confidence to engage directly with users and stakeholders
- A self-motivated and proactive developer who takes initiative
- Comfortable working in a small, fast-moving team where priorities can change
- Ideally holds previous experience with C#, ASP.NET Core, or the .NET ecosystem
- Experience working in Agile development teams is desirable
- Familiarity with Git and modern development practices would be highly beneficial
The Airedale Group is expanding rapidly, employing circa 700 people across multiple locations in the UK. This is a fantastic time to be joining the business, with opportunities for career progression.
“The work that Airedale undertook from planning to completion was professional throughout. We are extremely pleased with the finished kitchen and the work that was completed. Their Account Manager advised, planned and updated us throughout and we found the process ‘stress free’. The catering team at Sandycroft are delighted with their new kitchen and really pleased that they were able to have input into the design and needs of their service provision. We have already engaged with Airedale for future planned projects following this investment and look forward to continuing our partnership.”
Newydd Catering & Cleaning
“We found Airedale to be wholly professional and willing to engage with us from the onset, listening to our own concerns and addressing these in a timely manner. We are very pleased with the overall project.”
Local Council
“We were hugely impressed with the professional presentation made by Airedale, their project sales manager had clearly done his research prior to our initial meeting and had a number of detailed, thoughtful solutions to our particular challenges. All of their staff were conscientious and the complex project was delivered within the strict timescale and budget allocated.”
Parker's Garden Centre
“Airedale have a great can-do attitude, are willing to help and have a great understanding of their trade and working on Heritage sites, meaning that that they are good and prompt at problem solving.”
Main Contractor
“The team at Airedale provided a reassuring sense of professionalism within our development. Their holistic considered approach meant that aspects that would not necessarily fall within their remit were identified and where required resolved prior to any issue or delay arising. Their willingness to share their experience and knowledge allowed the project to be delivered to the standard which exceeded our expectation.”
Langdale Estate and Spa
“Since the restaurant has opened there has been an increase in the staff footfall, with the well designed layout coupled with the use of the latest technology keeping queues down to a minimum. The whole installation despite its complexity was relatively pain free with the communication between Airedale’s Project Manager and ourselves being a key factor.”
Advanced Engineering Centre
“Our new catering facilities are second to none. As a primary provider of professional chef qualifications within the South West it was imperative to have a design which enabled excellent quality teaching and training. As a catering team we are extremely pleased with the final results; with the excellent support of Airedale it has enabled us to ensure first rate delivery of teaching in a first rate environment and will no doubt continue to aspire future chefs in future years.”
Petroc College, Barnstaple
“The Airedale Group were appointed because of their depth of knowledge and experience in delivering similar schemes. Their staff were very professional and on-hand to answer any queries we had whilst our Chef’s have commented that it is one of the best designed kitchens they have worked in.”
Acklam Hall
“We were continually impressed with Airedale’s performance on this scheme. They assisted us with value engineering options throughout the tender process; were very competitive commercially and managed the on-site works seamlessly. Further, following practical completion they have attended to the operator’s queries very quickly and held themselves professionally whilst working in a live hotel environment. ”
Main Contractor
