Software Engineer

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Did you wake up this morning' feelin' fine?

Is there a new job on your mind?

Did you meet a new company in the neighbourhood, woah yeah?

Does somethin' tell you you're onto something good?

Trading for 20+ years, this company believes in continuous improvement of its systems & services. As a valued member of the team, you will have the opportunity to grow & define your own path.

You will join a cross-functional Agile development team to collaborate on full-stack PHP Symfony and iOS/Android apps to enhance software products in the logistics & construction sectors. This software provides big business benefits for a rapidly growing client list.

Company offices are located in west Edinburgh, although everyone is working from home until restrictions are lifted. Flexible working at home and/or office is standard.

What the role covers

- Developing new features for the product & improving existing ones

- Delivering reliable & scalable solutions

- Working closely with other engineers & product managers to deliver results

- Mentored by experienced engineers & learning through knowledge sharing within the team

- Participating in team planning & retrospectives

- Planning & 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 & wider audience

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

- Contributing ideas for system feature & code improvements

- Applying best practices to the code base

- Working with third-party integrations to support our customers

Must have

- Relevant commercial programming experience

- Experience with PHP, Git & relational databases (eg MySQL or Postgres)

- Ability to pick up new skills

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

- Experience with frameworks

- Excellent communication skills

Nice-to-haves

- Vue.js & multiple programming languages experience

- Experience of external data services (eg RESTful services), inc. programmatically interacting with different data formats

- Linux CLI experience

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

- Understanding of SOLID principles & design patterns

- Experience writing tests for your work

What you get in return

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

- 30 days holiday a year + option to buy 5 extra holidays

- High spec workstation, multiple monitors & your choice of operating system

- Individual training budget

- Agile working from home and/or office

- A great working environment - complimentary fruit, drinks & snacks in the office

- Social events inc. monthly board/online games nights

- Office with strong transport links & free parking

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

- Life assurance scheme which includes remote GP appointments, mental health support, physiotherapy & employee assistance

- Bike to work scheme

- Pension plan