Front / Backend Software Engineers
Urgent requirement for two talented Senior Software Engineers to join our client's rapidly expanding e-commerce team. As Senior Software Engineer you will have a passion for software development and an excellent understanding of how to define and deliver solutions iteratively and collaboratively.
As the Front/ Backend Software Engineer, your primary responsibilities will include;
Actively part of sprint planning, backlog grooming and task estimation, Elaboration of user stories (technical and functional) into design sketches and coding tasks.
Hands-on design and development with a self-organising and cross-functional agile team using techniques such as Test Driven Development (TDD) and Pair Programming
Responsible for the quality implementation (supportable, maintainable, scalable and secure) of JavaScript code, which includes unit testing.
Champion and coach peers in software engineering best practices and best of breed technology.
Ensure that the status of agile tickets worked on is updated promptly and highlight blockers in time to get them resolved.
Creation of POC's / Spike development and active involvement in technology evaluation.
Essential Skills and Requirements;
Programming languages: JavaScript, JavaScript frameworks: React / Flux, Node.js, AngularJS, Clean modular/component based JavaScript code, Object oriented or functional programming style code, Understanding of REST API, AWS (Lambda / API Gateway, Cloud formation, Dynamo DB & Kinesis), Testing: Unit testing, TDD, functional testing, UI/UX: Accessibility, responsive design, mobile design, cross browser development and modern HTML/CSS techniques like HTML5, CSS3 and CSS pre-processors like SASS and/or LESS, Source control: GIT and/or Mercurial, Working practices: Knowledge and experience of agile frameworks and practices: Scrum/Kanban, User stories, BDD/TDD, DevOps, Continuous Integration & Delivery, Pair Programming etc. Application Lifecycle Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins (or similar), NexusPro (or similar)
This is an urgent role therefore you must be available with up to two weeks notice
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age