Who we are
Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:00 – 35 hours per week
Location: Hybrid working – 104 Dalton Ave, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6YF / Remote.
Fixed Term Contract 12 months
Salary available on request.
Grade: CM40
Job purpose
The developer role is responsible for developing quality software and providing third line support of solutions in production.
Developing quality software involves clarifying business requirements, helping to determine how the overall solution will work as guided by the product vision, target architecture and solutions design, following development standards, principles and patterns and making sure all code is adequately tested before being handed to the QA team.
The support side of the role may involve being a part of incident and problem management processes to ensure our services are restored and our customers continue to receive excellent service.
Main responsibilities
Developing quality software
Planning, design and documentation
Supporting solutions in production
Personal development (new technologies etc…)
Knowledge, skills and experience required
Technical – Full-stack development experience with Microsoft technologies, covering:
C#
.NET Core
Web API (REST based APIs)
Microservice Architecture
Any experience of Azure APIs, Functions, Logic Apps, ADF, Storage Accounts, Application Insights, OKTA/OpenId connect, swagger/OpenAPI
Object Relational Mapping, e.g., DACPAC, Dapper, Entity Framework, NHibernate
Modern UI frameworks, e.g., Angular, React, HTML5/CSS
Databases – Microsoft SQL Server – Schema design and SQL
Demonstrable understanding of how to develop quality software through:
Testing frameworks and practices, e.g., XUnit, NUnit, Moq, performance testing
Use of appropriate principles and patterns along with writing clean and secure code
Integrating with monitoring and alerting frameworks
Ways of Working and Tooling:
Strong experience of agile development practices as part of a delivery squad/cell
Strong experience and/or appreciation of agile project management software, e.g., Jira
Strong experience and/or appreciation of Git based version control systems
Strong experience and/or appreciation of CI/CD practices and tooling, e.g., Azure DevOps TeamCity, Octopus, Jenkins…
Transactional/Critical systems and integration:
Desirable experience developing critical systems in a regulated financial environment
Desirable experience integrating solutions with APIs and Middleware solutions; JMS, ESBs…
Support:
Desirable experience providing third level support for production systems
What we offer you
We are a Living Wage employer with Investors in People Platinum status, and as such have a great range of benefits:
Competitive holiday allowance with an option to purchase additional holidays (varies by grade).
Group life assurance 4 x salary.
VaulteXtra discounts on retailers, cycle to work, childcare vouchers, gym membership, cash back on purchase, eye tests and many more.
Employee Assistance Programme – a free service should our employees require professional and impartial advice for legal advice and counselling.
Robust Learning and Development team and opportunities for career progression.
Performance based yearly bonus (grade dependant).
One day paid volunteering opportunity each year.
Mentorship programmes.
Access to Peppy – a digital health platform providing support for healthcare in menopause, fertility, men\’s and women\’s health.
Access to Aviva Digicare+ for annual health checks, nutritional consultations, mental health support, bereavement support and more.
Access to Zurich\’s Virtual GP service.
Charles Cameron – free access to independent mortgage advice.
Our culture
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