Hybrid: 1 days in Office / 4 days home
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary/Package: £51k - £63K
Health Cash Plan
Access to a Benefits Portal and Employee Assistance Program
EV Car and Cycle to work scheme
Flexible weekly wellbeing time
Dedicated Volunteering Time
25 days holiday rising to 30, plus Bank Holidays
Comprehensive induction and training program
General:
Our client is the UK's leading provider of electronic and paper document distribution services, by providing our service to the NHS, Local Government, and a wide range of Commercial organisations, we make a real difference to patients, citizens and businesses through our innovative use of communication technology. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Testing Team in a rapidly growing company.
Role:
As part of the Research and Development Team, you will be building and maintaining releases of our core customer facing and internal applications, working closely with the Product & Testing teams to get applications to full release status.
You will get to grips with the full suite of applications, using your C++ knowledge to identify areas for improvement and action them in collaboration with the established team.
You will work closely with the existing complement of software developers to share your knowledge and mentor them, fostering a collaborative environment. A key aim of this role is to champion the adoption of best practices and support continuous skill development within the team.
The roles & responsibilities for this position will evolve over time as you gain more experience, eventually progressing to a becoming a key driver of our modernisation strategy in AWS after achieving a solid foundation with our applications.
Profile:
You are an established software developer interested in progressing your career. You are someone who prides yourself on innovation and embracing change and new ideas. People describe you as self-motivated, innovative, and a problem solver. You understand the reasons for data security and can keep the confidentiality of the people you are working with.
Duties:
The primary activities are:
Refining new feature requests with stakeholders to make them development ready
Collaborating on system design
Delivering high quality software
Mentoring team members & coaching them on best practice and improvements
Reviewing pull requests
Planning and actioning refactoring efforts to support the wider product strategy
Developing new features according to specification
Triaging and fixing defects
Essential Experience:
Advanced C++ Expertise - Deep knowledge of modern C++ standards with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, production-ready code for Windows services/applications
Mentorship & Upskilling - Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and upskill developers at various experience levels through hands-on collaboration, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing
Technical Debt Reduction - Experience in identifying, prioritising, and refactoring code to improve modularity, testability, and maintainability
Architectural/System Design Support - Ability to contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy, supporting the broader product vision
You will also demonstrate a proven ability to:
Lead and negotiate effectively across teams and stakeholders, demonstrating strong decision-making and influencing skills in complex technical and collaborative environments
Be a self-motivated problem-solver
Be accurate and have a keen eye for detail
Have a clear and confident communication style, both written and verbal and be comfortable communicating at all levels
Always manage confidential information sensitively
Work within an agile software development environment
Desirable Experience:
C#, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure
Cloud Enablement - Practical experience in restructuring codebases to support cloud migration and scalable, cloud-native architectures
Project Leadership - Experience in leading a group of software developers across multi-month projects
Working Relationships:
You will work closely with the Product & Testing Teams to perform all planned and reactive tasks, escalating to your Line Manager when potential issues are identified.
Special/Additional Working Conditions:
You will be working at either our Wellington, Bristol or Milton Keynes office. Travel to other offices may be required in exceptional circumstances to support our teams in these locations.
All offices are fully air-conditioned with a modern and spacious open-plan layout. The Head Office is situated close to J26 of the M5 where there is free on-street parking.
INDIT
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Salary description
£51000.00 - £63000.00 per year