Location
Nottingham | United Kingdom
Job description
The Role
As a result of our continuous business expansion, we are excited to offer an exceptional opportunity for the role of a Software Engineer. The ideal candidate must possess an engineering-focused, problem-solving, solution-designing mindset. You must be willing to constantly learn and improve and have a desire to propagate knowledge throughout the team. A positive attitude and the ability to manage disagreements by engaging in open communication and constructive discussions are essential qualities for success in this role.
Your primary focus will be on assisting the team in designing, creating, and developing our in-house software systems. With a creative mindset and excellent software development skills, you will relish the challenge of solving problems and providing up-to-date, scalable, maintainable, and robust solutions. You'll engage in the usual Agile software development practices e.g. daily scrum, user story estimation, pair programming, code reviews, as well as sprint demo and retrospectives.
The Company
MSS is an industry leader in providing technology led financial services for the UK property market, efficiently connecting consumers, lenders, and intermediaries. The two main businesses that comprise MSS are SDL Surveying – which offers national coverage for a range of surveying and panel management services – and Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions – one of the largest independent mortgage and protection networks in the UK. The MSS software engineering department is a remote, dynamic team producing innovative and exciting inhouse cloud-based solutions throughout the entire company and finance industry.
The Software Engineering Team
- We are a fully remote Agile team that house the five values of XP within our core ways of working: communication, simplicity, feedback, courage, and respect.
- We work collaboratively to ensure all our decisions are wellinformed, researched, and thorough.
- We pride ourselves on a supportive culture where training, progress, and improvement are nurtured to produce better output.
- We run a monthly incentive scheme within our team to constantly motivate ourselves to improve and achieve higher.
- We utilise modern technologies and frameworks where applicable to keep us ahead of the curve, which in turn facilitates the constant upskilling of our team.
- We use CI/CD to allow for a seamless release and feedback process.
- We prioritise automating our backend and frontend testing, to ensure high software standards and errorfree releases.
- We pride ourselves on fostering good relationships between crossfunctional teams, allowing us to focus on delivering the best value to our clients whilst maintaining a stress-free, happy, and supportive work culture.
Requirements
- Strong C# skills (.NET Framework + Core)
- Strong JavaScript skills
- Good unit and integration testing skills (XUnit/NUnit/MS Test)
- Good SQL fundamentals
- Ability to work on Web Applications (front and back end) as well as APIs
- Familiar with common software architecture e.g. Ntier, MVC
- Comfortable using Entity Framework utilising both styles of querying
- Familiar with commonly used design patterns e.g. UnitOfWork, Repository, Dependency Injection and when/how to use them
- Ability to code cleanly using software principles where applicable e.g. SOLID, DRY, YAGNI, KISS
- Familiar with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile principles, and Scrum practices
- Azure DevOps for working with epics, features, user stories and tasks
- Git version control
- Azure DevOps Wiki for documentation
- Legal right to work in the United Kingdom
- Ability to satisfy all of our preemployment screening requirements which includes Identity, DBS, AML, Credit Screen, Financial Sanctions checks and 5 years of employment / activity referencing
Desirable
- React / Nextjs
- Clean Architecture
- CI/CD using Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Azure Portal (app service, storage account, APIM etc.)
- Azure DevOps Test Plans
- Selenium
- Frontend testing frameworks e.g. Jest, Playwright
- Angular
- TDD
Rewards Package
- Salary – up to £47,500 DOE plus discretionary bonus
- Work From Home
- Flexible Working Hours + Option for compressed working hours
- Buy or sell additional annual leave scheme
- Dev of the Month incentive scheme
- Weekly Training
- Industry recognised Certifications
- Sodexo MoneySaving Discounts
- Free breakfast, fresh fruit, lunch and drinks in Office / monetary vouchers for remote workers
- 2 paid days leave for charity work, community volunteering, or fundraising
- Me Time and Team Time – 2 half days paid time off for selfcare and the same for team volunteering initiatives
- Inhouse Mental Health Therapy
- Critical Illness Cover
- Death in Service cover
- Discounted Life Insurance
- Access to inhouse mortgage brokers
How to apply
Please email your CV with a covering letter in support your application if you wish by the closing date Friday 15th March 2024. If you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know within your covering letter. Individuals with different cultures, perspectives and experiences are at the heart of the way SDL Surveying & Stonebridge works. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, and ex-offenders.
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