Senior Developer (C# .Net)

DUTIES:

Technical:

• Add continuous value by efficiently designing and delivering working software in line with on-going business requirements.
• Accountable for ensuring that the optimal technical solutions are implemented.
• Provide input to the architectural design of the company’s solutions.
• Build effective software that facilitates the achievement of business objectives.
• Maintain current knowledge of technology landscape and developments.
• Keep abreast of cloud technologies and implement appropriate solutions to leverage these technologies where applicable.
• Constantly review the systems for problem areas, devising improvements to the system that will allow for future enhancements with minimal impact.
• Ensure that high technical standards are implemented and carried out in all coding practices and IT processes.
• Assist in code reviews, ensuring that code adheres to high standards of efficiency and technical quality.
• Ensure that quality is continually built into the systems and processes.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous integration and deployment.
• Assist the team when complex technical solutions inhibit delivery.
• Suggest and discuss new software and techniques with the team.
• React quickly to incidents, delegating to the team where necessary, and ensuring root cause analysis is carried out and implemented to prevent repeat occurrence of issues.
• Contribute to the continual improvement of the existing code base through a disciplined process of refactoring where required to eliminate technical debt.
• Create & maintain sufficient quality documentation of systems in line with agreed standards.

Operational:

• Negotiate technical trade-offs with the IT Team with regards to the practicality of solutions vs. the cost and time required for those solutions.
• Assume responsibility for the achievement of Sprint objectives.
• Adhere to technology standards and communicate technical information to the Development Team.
• Treat security as a first-class concern
• Assist in the deployment of changes to production environments.

People:

• Mentoring and guiding Junior Developers.
• Engaging in healthy debate within the Development team, constructively calling each other out where appropriate.
• Engage in a culture of accountability within the Development team.
• Working effectively in an agile environment and ensuring that both the Company values and the values of agile are lived in the Development team.

REQUIREMENTS:

 Knowledge, Skills:

• Strong development background (preferably Microsoft stack)
• Strong database knowledge with expertise in low level performance-related problems in both relational and document databases (preferably Microsoft SQL Server and MongoDB).
• Thorough knowledge of web-based systems, preferably with extensive JavaScript, JavaScript framework, and .NET (varying frameworks) experience.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and related solution architectures
• Knowledge of message busses and event streaming (e.g., Kafka).
• Knowledge of virtual environments and containerisation is beneficial.
• Thorough understanding of Agile and scrum processes.
• Pro-active with ability to constantly innovate and improve processes.
• Thorough understanding of design patterns and concepts.
• Thorough understanding of testing approaches (e.g., TDD, BDD)
• Knowledge of automated testing and testing tools (e.g., Cypress).
• Facilitation and collaboration skills.

Education / Experience:

• Completion of an appropriate degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology or equivalent) is required.
• At least 5 years’ relevant and appropriate previous experience is required.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to mentor junior staff.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• People-orientated; confident but diplomatic.
• Future focused.
• Passion for technology.
• Quality focused.
• Results driven.
• Positive, can-do attitude.
• Collaborative approach.
• Customer orientation

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

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