Cloud Team Software Developer
Start Date: Immediate
Contract type: Permanent
Reports to: Head of Business Analysis
Established in 1982, Bytes has grown rapidly and now employs over 450 people across 5 locations in the UK and Ireland. Our turnover in Financial Year 2019 was in excess of £520M. We work with SME’s, corporates and public sector organisations to modernise and digitally transform their IT infrastructures.
We invest in our employees through on-going support, training and advice to help them achieve their career aspirations, rewarding success both financially and personally. There is opportunity to grow and move internally which can be seen through our long-standing employees who have developed existing and new skills to move into senior positions in the organisation leaving space for new team members to begin their journey.
Here's a bit about us...
- Operating from modern, hybrid working environments with offices in Leatherhead, Reading or Manchester
- Over 550 staff (plans to double in size over the next 5 years)
- Winners of an array of industry awards
- Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work
- Excellent training and career prospects offered
- Fantastic office with gym, canteen, open plan, smart casual dress code, regular incentives and company events
- Supporters of 85+ charities with strong commitment to diversity and sustainability
We grow great people to deliver amazing things - with an emphasis on Personal Growth, Opportunity and Impact.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Software Developer will help deliver first-class user experiences across all our systems. Successful candidates will contribute to the continued growth of ecommerce sales and general internal system maintenance with a focus on amending and developing code and integrating with third-party systems.
The team are using the React framework with a .NET API and a MSSQL database. We are currently undergoing the process of splitting a monolithic application out in to microservices, any experience of having done this in previous roles would be beneficial. This project will also see us start to host our systems on a Kubernetes infrastructure and we are looking to implement CI/CD architecture.
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As a part of re-engineering our current codebase we will be challenging the business logic in place today as it is potentially out of date.
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The role will be working within a team of Developers, System Architects, Testers, Product Owners and a Scrum Master.
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Following best practice coding standards, they will implement technical changes to the sites using React, Typescript, HTML5, CSS, JS, C#, SQL.
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Should be comfortable working with and guiding Junior Developers. A significant function of the role will be taking responsibility for what goes into the code base and undertaking code reviews especially on the front-end project (React/Typescript)
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We are looking for someone who will actively voice any concerns on working practices and deliver constructive feedback on how we can improve productivity.
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As a team we work closely with various Business Analysts helping to scope project work. The role will eventually require a good understanding of Bytes as a business and an expectation to help shape business requirements into user stories.
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We structure our projects using an agile framework so experience working in this way would be advantageous to applicants.
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Bytes consume Microsoft & Adobe APIs so if the candidate had any exposure to these during their career, then this would be advantageous.
Key Responsibilities:
- Building responsive, dynamic websites using best practices
- Setting up and connecting backend APIs to the frontend
- Working with the React framework to implement new features and changes
- Testing code and deploying projects to live & test environments
- Peer reviewing code
- Maintaining good DEVOP's practices
- Working with and mentoring Junior Developers
ABOUT YOU :
Essential Qualifications & Experience:
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Educated to GCSE Level with minimum of A-C Grade in Maths and English
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Proficient with .NET
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Proficient in React TS with a minimum of 2-3 years of commercial experience
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Expertise in responsive and accessible web design and development
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Awareness of web security principles (OWASP)
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Experience with a multitude of databases including SQL, MongoDB, and PG
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Ability to troubleshoot issues across the full stack
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4/5 years commercial experience
Desired Qualifications Experience:
- Degree in Computer Science or similar subject
- Proficiency in utilising metric tools
- Experience with Docker for containerisation and local development
- Familiarity with GIT for version control
- Understanding of CI/CD processes (ArgoCD, BitBucket Pipelines)
- Knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration
- Comfortable working with Linux-based systems
- Experience with Go
- Experience with CSS framework packages and UI libraries such as Tailwind, Bootstrap, and Chakra
Core Competencies & Skills:
- Ability to work both independently and as a team player and enjoy working in an environment that requires continuous learning
- Written and Verbal Communication skills, and capable of communicating with senior stakeholders across the business
- Lateral thinking: generate innovative approaches and solutions to complex problems
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects without missing deadlines
- Quick learner, able to adapt to new software systems
- Enthusiastic about web technologies, particularly in the E-Commerce space