Senior Software Engineer

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.

The Team: Craneware is looking for passionate Senior Software Engineers to design, develop and deliver high quality software solutions for TCG products which drive improvements in the US-based healthcare market. We are growing a team of strong thinkers and innovators that are willing to work closely with product and customer-facing teams to design and develop new applications in the Cloud.

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 will 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.

You Will Be:

• Working within an Agile delivery team to contribute to the design and development of software releases using the TCG Application Lifecycle Management (CALM) methodology.
• Designing well architected, maintainable solutions using appropriate design principles for example design patterns and SOLID principles.
• Investigating and resolving software defects to provide timely resolutions.
• Ensuring sufficient code coverage of deliverables by the use of automated tests.
• Contributing towards defining Engineering Software Standards and Best Practices.
• Reviewing peer code against TCG development standards to ensure high quality code and consistency.
• Working with product management to provide technical solutions to meet product requirements.
• Providing technical leadership by supporting training and mentoring software engineers.
• Leading process and TCG standard improvements, such as CALM.
• Participating in technical recruitment.
• Keeping up to date with technical advances to drive innovation.

You Will Bring:

• 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.
• 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.
• Awareness of release management processes and tools.