Senior Software Engineer

​Location - Sharp Project, Manchester

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Reporting to – SDM

Opportunity to join a world leading software technology business, based in Manchester with a global customer and employee base.

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Working closely with the development team and wider business using Agile methodologies you will be responsible for producing, modifying, testing and maintaining leading edge solutions & code, using modern frameworks, APIs, libraries and services across a variety of technologies and languages.

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A passion for code, and eagerness to learn is essential as is the ability to maintain awareness of technological developments; communicating these to support continuous progression.

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Responsibilities

• Develop robust, testable code using best practice software development tools

• Perform intensive testing of all new and existing components to ensure they are free of errors and function as intended

• Meet with other team members and wider business to discuss technical issues, share and present ideas to solve existing problems

• Produce high quality documentation in software design and architecture

• Set a high standard of code within the development team through peer review

• Maintain a knowledge of emerging trends in software technology, sharing with the development team as appropriate

• Mentor and coach other developers in best practice code and advise when necessary

Core Competences

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Developer

• Strong written and communication skills

• Track record of developing scalable applications

• Experience with unit testing / integration testing

• Experience developing APIs

• Strong knowledge of front-end components, frameworks

• Strong knowledge of OOP, design patterns, SOLID

• Experience with version control systems - GIT

• Experience with Agile development; Scrum / Kanban

Technologies we use:

• NodeJS

• Angular

• Unit testing

• REST / API design

• MySQL, Redis

• Linux, Docker, Jenkins

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