Job Overview:
Lead Software Engineer.
Description:
Abtran has an excellent opportunity to join our Software Development group as a hands-on Lead Software Engineer. Reporting directly to the Platform Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of developers in delivering solutions across a diverse range of client solutions and technologies.
How you will spend your day:
The Lead Sofwtare Engineer is responsible for the overall design and implementation across our application suite, ensuring the delivery from the agile team adheres to architecture and development guidelines. The Lead Software Engineer will be an advocate for DevOps practices with a strong focus on delivery. They will use their experience in leading software teams to mentor software engineers of all levels and help grow skillsets and capabilities within the team.
Essential Skills and Experience:
Soft Skills:
1. Demonstrate an aptitude for system design, and an ability to clearly articulate design choices.
2. Possess and articulate their personal decision-making process around software delivery activities.
3. An excellent communicator and facilitator with an ability to bring all team members into conversations.
Technical Skills:
4. Excellent .net development skills with .Net Framework and .net core using C#.
5. Experience developing API based services and customer-facing Web applications from design through to successful operation in Production.
6. Strong database design, development, and troubleshooting skills with relational and No SQL databases.
7. Strong testing skills and awareness of best practice industry techniques in relation to unit testing, mocking, load, and performance testing.
8. Ability to create and maintain concise, accurate, and accessible technical documentation.
9. Actively conduct code reviews and mentor colleagues to raise the bar for code standards and best practices
Experience with the following is an advantage:
10. Azure Cloud PlatformAzure Dev Ops - Source Control (TFS/Git), Build and Release PipelinesPAAS and IAAS offerings - App Services, Azure SQL DB, VM Scale Sets
11. Automated Regression Testing Frameworks
12. Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Our ideal candidate:
13. Motivated and enthusiastic - can work on own initiative to conceive and drive initiatives to streamline our development processes.
14. Comfortable with prioritization and multi-tasking across multiple workstreams.
15. Someone who understands that as a Technical leader their greatest contribution is not through their work as an individual contributor but as a facilitator and multiplier for the wider team.
We've told you what you will do for us, now let us tell you what we will do for you:
At Abtran once you join us you become part of a team and part of an amazing community. We believe in nurturing and inspiring our people. We offer training on many different topics in professional development and personal development. Our Learning Management System has been recognized as the 'Most Innovative Use of Technology' in the HR Leadership & Management Awards. We believe in motivating our people to meet their goals and progress in their careers and are big on internal promotions. There are so many opportunities for progression and have had many success stories this year and in previous years.
Some other employee benefits include:
16. Wellbeing programme focused on our people's health and wellness
17. Health Discount Programme
18. Employee Assistance Programme
19. Pension Scheme
20. Employee Discounts
21. Life Cover
22. Development Programmes to support your progression
23. Refer a Friend Scheme
24. Cycle to Work Scheme
25. Leap Card Tax Saver
26. Maternity Pay & Paternity Pay
We are proud of the community we have built; we work together in our day to day roles and also through employee initiatives such as our Charity Club, Sports & Social Committee, LGBT Society, and Abtran FC Soccer Team. Employee engagement is important at Abtran with events and activities happening throughout the year to make work fun. We believe in a good work-life balance but while you are here, we want to make it as enjoyable as possible.
We have parking on-site and our offices are serviced by regular buses. We have a canteen on site offering hot and cold breakfast and lunch options, pastries, sandwich counter, and salad bar. If you bring your own lunch, there are fridges and microwaves with the added extra of a barista on-site to fuel you for the workday.