Software Engineer - Leeds

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Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise and diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

As a team, Accenture Software & Platform Engineering is powered by a community of 1,000+ experts and provides end-to-end product engineering solutions which deliver tangible value, fast. We bring together an obsession for technical excellence with agility and scale, to help clients move from project to product at speed. We partner with clients across all sectors—from fast-growing scale-ups to national and global blue-chip companies, as well as public sector organizations. Our teams regularly develop products that reach and impact millions of users.

As a member of our Software & Platform Engineering team, you will:

• Develop traditional and serverless applications and services in an agile and collaborative environment using source control that integrate with data storage services / message buses and other architectural elements.
• Deploy these applications using features such as containers to cloud leveraging CI/CD to support this process backed with good observability when running these in production.
• Ensure quality through the creation of documentation and use of unit / integration / contract testing with a consideration of security / performance requirements.

Qualification

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• A few years of industry experience in one of the following: Java / Typescript / C# / Python / Go.
• Experience with Cloud Native technologies on AWS.
• Hands-on experience in scripting languages such as Python, Shell, and other scripting languages to support DevOps and Quality Engineering work.
• Build automation tools to support CI/CD pipeline.
• Hands-on experience with GenAI, or evidence of actively pursuing personal GenAI projects outside of work.
• Strong Accessibility, Security, Performance and Caching coding.

Set yourself apart:

• A creative and analytical approach to problem-solving.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills to resolve complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in diverse teams.
• Proven experience shaping and delivering work across small to medium-sized projects.
• Experience in Financial Services.

What is in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 25 days' vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

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We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.

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