Senior Software Engineer
Recruiter
Candidate Source Ltd
Listed on
5th April 2019
Location
St Luke's
Salary/Rate
£60000 - £70000
Type
Permanent
Start Date
ASAP
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The company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its close-knit team in London's Old Street Tech Hub. If you enjoy developing new products and have a passion for technology, then look no further!The company is known as a disruptive innovator in the legal services market. The company has grown rapidly as a business since its inception in 2001 and are now a half a billion-turnover business. The company is on a mission to make legal and business services more accessible and affordable to UK consumers. Its UK subsidiary consists of several business units focused on company formation, SME engagement and SME product development and consumer legal services. The company is creating a community of wonderful employees to fulfil its business mission to support SME customers in the UK. From conception and design to developing and ensuring continued engagement, they are there every step of the way. The company prides itself on creating, cutting-edge solutions.
As a Senior Software Engineer your duties will include:
Combining your technical aptitude with a product-focused approach where the team discover what to build using analytics, experiments and customer feedback.
Building, and owning customer facing code, optimising the customer experience and contributing to the business’s performance.
Whilst technical ability is crucial to the role, you will demonstrate a solution driven attitude to tech and enthusiasm for teamwork, with a desire to improve coding standards and drive efficiency in the team.
To be a successful Senior Software Engineer you will have the following skills and experience:
Strong knowledge of server and client dynamic web development (using Java, Kotlin or equivalent JVM-based language).
Knowledge of the Spring Framework and knowledge of JavaScript and a front-end framework desirable (AngularJS, React or equivalent).
Understanding of JS-based build tool desirable (Gulp or equivalent).
Experience in using PHP with a framework (Laravel, Symfony or equivalent) an advantage.
RESTful Web Services.
Understanding of web markup (HTML5, CSS3) an understanding of CSS pre-processing (SASS).
Dependency management and build (Maven, Gradle, Composer or equivalent).
Source control (Git or equivalent).
SQL and relational databases.
Code quality tools (SonarQube or equivalent).
Microservices experience.
TDD, unit testing and mocking frameworks.
Experience in continuous integration/deployment (Jenkins or equivalent) and experience working in a SCRUM environment.
Set up, manage, and configure hosting environments.
Knowledge of SEO principles.
solid understanding of web development and to be comfortable talking about system design and architecture.
No matter what your role or position is, you’ll have a space to voice your opinion. Its flat-structured approach cultivates creative meetings and brainstorming sessions, plus the team encourages ideas-sharing through digital platforms such as Slack.
Does this opportunity sound like you? If so, please apply today with an up-to-date copy of your CV and a covering letter for a chance to be considered for this Software Engineer role.
In return, the Senior Software Engineer will receive a salary of £60,000 - £70,000 per annum. You will also receive, Private health insurance, Generous annual leave, Company pension scheme, Onsite massages in London (treat yourself), Onsite yoga in Wakefield (stretch out after a productive day in the office), Childcare vouchers, The "Hub": onsite chill out space, Cycle to work scheme (tax-free bike that you can pay off as you work), Subsidised gym membership, Discounted legal services and
Regular social events (game of pool, anyone?).
The job title of ‘Senior’ relates simply to the level of experience and has no relevance to age. You are encouraged to apply for any opportunities that you feel to be suitable, irrespective of age or level of experience.
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