Fullstack Developer - Brighton - £55k-£70k

Job title

Software Developer – Full Stack 
NO SPONSORSHIPS, only UK/EU passports please

Dept.

Tech

Location

Brighton

Reporting to:

Director, Software

Job summary

Translate concepts and specs into workable solutions using the company’s preferred technologies and implement effectively and efficiently; ensure consistent and coherent approach to software development; general maintenance and bug fixing. Be a subject matter expert within your area of specialism and support other developers through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Roles & responsibility

• Develop, test, package and deploy software using the company’s preferable technologies
• Maintain your broad and deep knowledge of delivering web based enterprise applications
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and resolve bugs
• Work within the established methodology, ensuring correct use of ticketing systems, source control tools and QA processes
• Develop appropriate instrumentation, logging and alarms such that solutions are operable, maintainable and supportable.
• Engage with subject matter experts to ensure your work complies with best practises and established designed patterns
• Be accountable for the quality, performance and security of the work you deliver
• Actively collaborate with piers and engage in team working
• Maintain and develop your development skills and knowledge in all areas relevant to the foreseeable needs of the business

Key requirements

Technical / functional expertise – General

• Solid (5+ years) experience of collaborative software development using modern technologies
• A thorough understanding of source control, CI/CD automation, software testing and debugging
• A thorough understanding of the importance of software operability and the tooling and behaviours required of solutions and individuals working to deliver enterprise class solutions.
• A thorough understanding of relational and non-relational databases
• A thorough understanding of containerisation and micro service architectures
• A willingness to work on and develop personally in areas of the software development outside of your area of specialism
• Solid understanding of source control and branching strategies
• Experience working in an agile environment

Technical / functional expertise – Specialism

• UI – at least 3 years of responsive UI development experience using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as ReactJS & Angular.
• Backend – at least 3 years of experience of:
  • OOP languages such as Scala, Java, Go or Python.
  • Implementation and debugging of Restful APIs & Micro-services.
  • Integration and configuration of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins & CircleCI.
  • Deployment and orchestration of services using Docker, Kubernetes & Ansible.
• Any exposure to Hadoop (Cloudera & Hortonworks) in particular Spark, Hive & Hbase.
• Solid understanding of all aspects of software testing.

Communication skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills, diplomatic, persuasive, good negotiating skills
• Immaculate verbal and written communications

Results focus

• Hands-on approach with can-do attitude; problem solving; resourceful; ensure constructive accountability for actions; decisive

Teamwork

• Collaborative, inclusive
• Proven ability to manage distant and high level relationships with shared business owners in other regions

Understanding of the business

• Strong commercial awareness, thorough understanding of RM product; shows good judgement
• Fully understands the importance of providing excellent customer service and the influence of software quality and data quality in that regard