Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Overview

Job title: Senior Software Engineer

Department: Full Stack Developers

Location: Hybrid (3/2)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Reports to: Head of Software Engineering

Outline of the role

We’re looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to help design, build, and maintain dynamic websites and web applications. You’ll work closely with our creative team to deliver clean, semantic front-end code while also developing back-end functionality to support complex, interactive, and data-driven solutions.

Main duties

• Develop and maintain client websites.
• Design and development of C#.NET solutions.
• Design and development of infrastructure, cloud and IaC. 
• Implementation of MACH design patterns.
• Develop product functionality in line with agreed plans to set deadlines.
• Create solutions to technical issues across product development, ensuring project deadlines are met.
• Continually apply best practices to your workflow.
• Estimate/triage/implement solutions for P2 support incidents and below.
• Assist implementing, but not triage/estimate, solutions to P1 and below support requests.
• Assist in User Story writing, estimating and attending sprint ceremonies (including client facing).
• Setup new greenfield projects from scratch.
• Oversee production deployments (for feature & hotfix releases).
• Mentor & and assign work to Software Engineers.
• Review & Approve Software Engineer pull requests. 
• Supporting role in developer recruitment
• Accurately record time in Harvest and submit reports promptly at the end of review periods.

Role requirements

• BPSS clearance.
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS (SASS) and JavaScript.
• Experience translating visuals and wireframes into semantically correct web templates.
• Knowledge of design principles and the ability to translate these into fluid and responsive templates.
• Experience developing back-end functionality with C# / .NET or JS/Node/Express.
• JavaScript Frameworks (Angular, Node, TypeScript, Vue, React, etc.).
• Experience integrating with back-end database systems, including relational databases or no-SQL platforms.
• Strong working knowledge developing cross-platform/browser compatibility (IE10+ & Evergreen Browsers) for dynamic web applications.
• Familiarity with and adherence to web standards and best practices for performance and accessibility (building sites to at least an AA standard).
• Proven debugging and troubleshooting skills. You are a thinker, a logical mind ready to tackle the day-to-day challenges all modern web developers face. You seek best practices and share your knowledge with others. You love working in teams, collaborating with developers and designers.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of people.
• Experience integrating with server-side code to produce dynamic pages.
• Experience working with version control systems such as GIT.
• Experience working with Umbraco, Sitecore or equivalent CMS.
• Experience working in agile software development teams, using tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.