Senior Software Engineer

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This company is a growing technology business that provides proof of delivery, route optimisation and related services 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 organisations across the UK and beyond.

They are looking for several 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, and will have 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

- Provide positive mentoring to intermediate and junior engineers team members

- 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

- Have a real impact with customers

What they're looking for

- The drive to continuously improve your technical and interpersonal skills

- Experience mentoring other developers

- Deep understanding of OO languages and best practices

- Experience writing appropriate tests

- Excellent communication skills

- Be able to build a full solution, taking a project through the entire lifecycle

- Strong problem solving skills

Preferred

- Knowledge of secure development practices

- Deep and up to date understanding of PHP/Symfony

- Experience working with a front end framework such as Vue.js

- Strong relational database knowledge

- Experience using Docker

- Exposure to AWS services and using them in projects.

What you'll get

- Salary: £35,000 to £60,000 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

- Complimentary fruit, drinks, ice cream and snacks

- Company social events including monthly board games nights

- Office with strong transport links and dedicated free parking

- The opportunity to see your software fixing problems in the real world

- Life assurance

- Bike to work scheme

- Pension plan