Application Engineer (Specialist Analyst)

Flexible Location

Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We're happy to talk about how you want to work.

Work Pattern

Permanent, Full Time, 37 Hours per week

Eligibility

You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.

Who We Are

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.

NES Technology Service has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow NES to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government's technology strategies.

We are in the business of providing safe, secure and innovative technology products and services that aim to improve outcomes across education, training, workforce, health and care in the public sector in Scotland.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an Application Engineer to join our small, but highly talented and growing team to collaborate and problem-solve some of the most complex challenges in health and social care.

Do you enjoy working as part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary agile team?

Do you want to play a key role in the development of high quality, robust and scalable web applications that will be used by a broad range of health and care professionals?

Do you have a passion for development best practices in areas such as application design patterns, cloud architecture, security, test-driven development, and continuous improvement?

Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?

Do you enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to co-develop innovative solutions?

• Working within the NES Technology Engineering team you will have the opportunity to define and drive innovation that will directly inform the development of digital services for health and care professionals, and the general public.

Does this sound like you?

What We Love to See

An Application Engineer who can offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we'd love you to apply:

• Able to provide input on technical direction and facilitate development of complex software within a multi-disciplinary agile team.
• A clear understanding of agile software development practices.
• Experienced in Microsoft .NET web development, SQL Server and cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure.
• Experienced in development best practices including application design patterns, cloud architecture, security, and test-driven development.
• Highly effective communicator knowing how to make complex technical information and language simple for diverse internal and external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing).
• Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise workload and to meet strict deadlines.

• Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary.
• Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines.

Benefits Which Matter

As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working.
• Generous NHS pension scheme.
• Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review.
• Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday.
• NHS discounts and more.

Diversity and Inclusion

Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.

We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience - regardless of the outcome.

It's not essential to be in an Application Engineer role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.

If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Tom Reeve, Engineering Manager, .

Next Steps

All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e mail.

In person OR online interviews (including presentation) will take place between 3rd - 6th February 2026.

For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

1. Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face to face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
2. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service.

As part of the pre employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or 'going rate'. Further information on these criteria can be found.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: .