Our client is within the housing assiocation industry and they have offices countrywide, they are looking for a Senior Software Engineer on a permanent basis

The role is Hybrid

The role works in a function that is responsible for the design, delivery, maintenance, and support of the software and underlying microservice based architecture (N.B. management of the underlying networks and infrastructure is not in scope).

The Senior Software Developer designs, build, maintains, upgrade, and supports bespoke software and the underlying microservice based architecture within a software development pod in line with agreed design principles, the software development lifecycle (SDLC), and best practice

Produce and maintain the information security governance and risk frameworks.

• Responsible for the design and delivery of complex functionality with minimal supervision; providing mentoring to less experienced members of the team.

• Develop front and backend solutions that are resilient, secure and scalable.

• Ensure best practices are adhered to with a passion for clean, maintainable code.

• Work with team members to design and implement features and services.

• Deliver high-speed iterations, high code quality, and continuous improvement.

Mandatory Accountabilities:

• Has a good understanding of the housing association sector. Able to differentiate between the multiple different product types and services housing associations offer and understand how our clients business relates to the wider housing association sector.

• Has a detailed knowledge and understanding of the policies, procedures and decision-making framework relevant to your role. Understand legislative and regulatory requirements relevant to your role. Able to forecast, identify and resolve emergent risks in your area of the business. Appreciate the interconnectedness of different business functions and know where to go in business to find relevant information.

• Has a robust understanding of all health and safety legislation relevant to your role. Ensure health

and safety is used as a pro-active tool to improve results and performance throughout your team.

Understand the role your team has in delivering against the business’s environmental objectivesand ensure these are delivered against.

• Takes accountability for the quality of data that business decisions in your area of the business are based upon. Assesses trends in data and spot connections to draw meaningful conclusions. Makes effective decisions and recommendations based upon your findings. Has a robust understanding of data governance and protection. Follows up quickly and appropriately on any reported or suspected data breaches.

• Has a robust understanding of all Supplier Relationship Management and Contract Management requirements relevant to the role. Designs and ensures mechanisms are adopted to deliver contract outcomes within budget and improve performance. Sets management information requirements to identify areas of poor performance by suppliers, drawing on best practice to set strategy and process. Evaluates data and use market knowledge to identify arising risks and provides advice on performance-related risk management measures. Prevents uncontrolled changes to scope, identifies breaches and implements the dispute process in the contract.

• Undertakes any other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as required.

Experience and pre-qualification criteria

Essential

• Proven software development experience in a multi-disciplinary environment, delivering products within tight timeframes, with a good sense of user experience and the ability to think autonomously to overcome challenges.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, with an ability to understand, analyse, and evaluate complex business scenarios and propose appropriate technical solutions.

• Fluency in either JavaScript or C# (and ideally competence in the other if there is not fluency in both).

• Fluency with SQL (preferable T-SQL).

• Experience with Git.

• Experience with CI/CD.

• Experience with AWS/Azure.

• Experience building full-stack applications.

• Experience architecting cloud-based software solutions.

• Experience of building APIs and scalable backend platforms.

• Understanding of MACH architecture principles.

Desirable

• Experience with GitHub, GibLab, or Azure DevOps.

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Physical

Chemistry is preferred, but not required.