Software Engineer

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This company is a growing technology business that works within the Distribution, Construction, and Field Service sectors. Their mobile app is linked to a rich web application, which provides massive business efficiencies and process improvements for a growing list of companies in the UK and beyond.

They are looking for enthusiastic software engineers to join the development team. Based in the west of Edinburgh, their cross-functional Agile teams work extensively with full-stack PHP Symfony applications and iOS/Android handheld solutions.

You will be a valued member of the team, with the opportunity to grow and define your own path.

What you'll be doing

- Developing new features for the product and improving existing ones

- Delivering reliable and scalable solutions to customers

- Working closely with other engineers and product managers to deliver results and keep customers delighted

- Learning from experienced engineers and sharing your own knowledge with the team

- Participating in team planning and retrospectives

- Planning and estimating tasks in collaboration with other engineers

- Working with a range of technologies including PHP, Vue.js, Docker, AWS

- Promoting new functionality to the team and wider audience

- Planning and implementing tests for your work to maintain code coverage

- Contributing ideas for system feature and code improvements

- Applying industry best practice to the code base

- Working with third-party integrations to support our customers

What they're looking for:

- Experience with an object-oriented programming language

- Experience with relational databases (for example MySQL or Postgres)

- Experience with Git

- Quick learners, with the proven ability to pick up new skills

- Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS, and other front end technologies

- Experience with frameworks

- Excellent communication skills

Preferred

- Experience with PHP

- Knowledge of and experience with Vue.js

- Experience of multiple programming languages

- Experience of consuming external data services (eg RESTful services), including the ability to programmatically interact with different data formats

- Linux CLI experience

- Degree in computer science (or a related discipline), or relevant industry experience

- Understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns

- Experience writing tests for your work

What you'll get

- Salary: £27,000 to £45,000 depending on experience

- 30 days paid holiday a year

- Opportunity to buy 5 additional holiday days

- High spec workstation with multiple monitors and your choice of operating system

- Training budget

- Flexible working hours

- Working from home policy