Senior Software Engineer (Elixir)

Let’s transform the business of healthcare! At The Craneware Group, we are dedicated to empowering our customers with industry-defining insights that pave the way for a brighter future. If you are an energetic, forward-thinking individual with a passion for innovation, we invite you to join our thriving team of more than 750 dedicated professionals. Together, we'll fuel the expansion of our SaaS platform and develop cutting-edge applications that redefine the healthcare landscape.

For UK Only Postings: The Craneware Group supports a flexible work environment as well as a collaborative and teamwork focused atmosphere. Employees will be expected to work a hybrid working arrangement spending 40% of their time per month in the Tanfield office - approx 2 days per week.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with hands-on Elixir experience to design, develop, and deliver scalable cloud-based solutions. You’ll work in an agile team building applications that process large datasets and deliver meaningful insights. We are expanding our current platform and SaaS product offerings by using cutting edge technology to process very large data sets that will provide actionable insights for our customers. Architecting our solutions with a best of breed approach to technology, the .NET platform is leveraged in order to provide the necessary scale and rapidly bring products to market. Innovative, collaborative, and agile are critical skills that our engineering team members must possess in our environment.

You’ll be working with a small and friendly agile team of talented software and automation engineers to deliver high quality and elegant cloud-based software solutions that have impact on millions of people, leveraging the Azure platform and latest technologies. This team consumes, transforms and presents pharmacy data which allows our customers to have a meaningful way to view their inventory and benefit from real-time cost analysis.

• Working in an Agile delivery team contributing to design and development using CALM methodology
• Designing scalable, maintainable software solutions
• Writing high-quality Elixir code
• Investigating and resolving software defects
• Ensuring strong automated test coverage
• Collaborating with Product Management on technical solutions
• Contributing to engineering standards and best practices
• Mentoring engineers and supporting team development
• Reviewing code for quality and consistency
• Keeping up to date with emerging technologies

• Educated to Degree level and 3+ years of commercial experience working in a Software Engineering role or alternatively 5+ years of commercial experience working in a Software Engineering role.
• Strong experience in software engineering and cloud-based systems
• Hands-on Elixir experience
• Proven track record in designing and building quality software solutions.
• In-depth knowledge and expertise in at least one core area of software engineering, with a basic awareness of additional core areas.
• An in-depth understanding of automated testing methods and their application.
• Working knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools (e.g. TFS or Jira).
• In-depth understanding of TCG Application Lifecycle Management methodology and TCG software standards.
• 1+ years’ experience in one or more database technologies (e.g. SQL, non-relational) including data modelling and performance.
• An in-depth understanding of software principles for example SOLID principles and design patterns and how to apply them.
• Ability to analyse and solve technical problems.
• Ability to clearly articulate ideas to target audience.
• Ability to collaborate with other team members within a TCG Agile Delivery team.
• Proven experience in mentoring less experienced developers.
• Proven understanding of the use of source control.
• Good understanding of software architecture.
• Aware of release management processes and tools.
• Experience building scalable or microservices-based systems.
• Curiosity and passion for innovation.