Full Stack/Back End Software Engineer

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Software tech at Sage means giving businesses of all sizes the technology to better manage everything from money to people. As a Software Engineer here, you'll be part of a global market leader but with a very local heart. We're a FTSE 100 company with £60m of new investment into the business, over 13,000 colleagues globally and we continually give back to our local communities.

This is not just a straight-up Software Engineer role. It's a fantastic opportunity to grow a career, designing, developing and delivering products and/or systems that truly wow our customers and business partners, right here in Reading! You'll work with a team of local tech experts, sharing knowledge while developing your skills. Together, you'll focus on the Sage People product, ensuring its time and attendance aspects are truly exceptional.

You'll

 Be part of a crack team of software developers, delivering and maintaining outstanding software on the Salesforce platform

Get involved in peer reviews of estimates, designs and code

Make sure any bugs or defects are spotted and fixed during QA testing, pre-production and post-release patches

Be right in the thick of it at every stage in the project lifecycle with big, awesome ideas

Make sure all documentation is brilliantly maintained, whether it's on logic, coding/configuration, testing or any changes

Provide outstanding third tier support for your area of responsibility

The person

We've put together a strong team of professionals here and we're looking for more of the same. In other words, as passionate about great teamwork and customer satisfaction as you are about the tech. If you've got experience with Agile Development, SCRUM, and/or Extreme Programming methodologies, this could be the perfect place for you. Our perfect Full Stack/Back End Software Engineer will:

Be fantastic at interpreting and documenting user needs and translating them into tech specs and/or code

Have serious numerical reasoning and logical ability so you can problem-solve effectively

Know at least one of our programming languages - C#, Java or Apex, as well as frameworks and databases

Love the idea of working in an environment where things - including the tech - are always changing

Have great, broad knowledge of Cloud, Social, Mobility, IoT, Big Data and other 21^st Century IT

Be an innovative, creative thinker who can work brilliantly as part of a team

Have great knowledge on Architecture Best Practices and Patterns (Microservices, CQRS, Event Sourcing and Domain-Driven Design)

The offering

This is your chance to build a great career, right here in Reading. All the development you can handle and challenges galore. That means global hackathons, a Technical Fellowship programme and you'll get five training days plus five volunteer days per year so you can learn and give something back in the local community. And all this with a company that's as local as the annual festival! At the office, we have a running club, yoga and of course, loads of fantastic tech... which reminds us: create something that we go on to patent and you'll get an Inventors' bonus.