Web Developer (.NET)
Department - Research and Development
Dublin, Hybrid Working model with 2/3 days in Office
Contract Type – 1 Year Fixed Term Contract
Escher Group
Escher powers the world’s first and last mile deliveries, helping Posts connect nearly 1 billion consumers with global ecommerce networks. Postal operators rely on Escher to deliver an enhanced retail and digital customer experience, to activate new revenue streams, and to realize new delivery economics. Learn more at www.eschergroup.com
Overview of Role
The Web Developer (.NET) – is responsible for developing and extending business applications for our clients as well as mentoring and assisting other members of the development team. Using the Agile Scrum methodology, you will be working in sprints to implement and extend applications for Escher clients on a variety of environments including WPF and Android.
Key Responsibilities/Duties:
The development and extension of features for Escher clients on the Escher core platform
Utilize best practices and design patterns to write clean, efficient and elegant code
Troubleshooting, debugging and resolving technical issues
Writing Unit Tests
Assisting with the design and architecture of new features
Performance tuning applications
Participating in code reviews
Translate user requirements into design and associated stories in JIRA
Assist with the onboarding of new software developers
Qualifications
Post-secondary education in Computer Science or Software Engineering
5+ years of software development experience using .Net/C# for Windows, Desktop, and Mobile apps
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft .NET framework and specifically C#
Knowledge of WPF and POS development
Any peripheral integration development an advantage – barcode scanner, signpads, pinpads, safes etc
Previous experience integrating with 3rd party backend systems also is desirable
Experience with full project lifecycle
Data driven UI architecture (desirable)
Knowledge of HTML/CSS/Javascript
Experience with a Javascript framework such as React or Angular is a plus
Knowledge of ASP.NET Blazor is a plus
Experience working with mobile devices an advantage
Good problem-solving skills
Self-motivated
Willingness to keep up with the latest technology trends
Ability to work as part of a team
Technical Skills
.NET / C# / .NET Core
PCL & Shared Code
WPF
MVVM
XAML
Xamarin Forms (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, UWP)
NUnit / NSubstitute
XML & JSON
Why Join Escher?
Do you want to join a team that is enhancing the customer experience for over 1 billion people and digitally transforming postal operations on a global scale? Our customers are among the largest postal operators and couriers on the planet and our purpose built-customer engagement platform is helping them to profitably engage customers anywhere, anytime.
At Escher, you’ll be part of a global team with employees on four continents supporting customers from across 35 countries. Here, people truly are our greatest strength, and we mean it. At Escher, you’ll have the support of an experienced leadership team and a group of dedicated employees that have been helping postal operators redefine customer engagement for over 30 years.
What We Have to Offer
Escher offers a competitive compensation package, and free coffee and snacks, and so much more! Most importantly, a career at Escher is one that is both rich and rewarding with many opportunities and room for growth. This is truly a unique opportunity to be part of an exceptional team, helping to transform some of the biggest organizations in the world, and influencing the future of postal operations. If you’re up for the challenge, we want to hear from you!
Escher is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative actions and measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.