Lead Software Developer
VIVID Housing
Hampshire, NO CODE
£80,000 + discretionary bonus
Permanent
NEW
We're VIVID! - We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!
We're recruiting for a Microsoft Dynamics Lead Software Developer to join our team! This is a permanent role, working 37 hours a week with a minimum of 20% of this to be office based, with flexibility to attend key events and workshops as required. The role can be contractually based out of our Portsmouth or Basingstoke office, with travel expected to all VIVID offices.
Benefits
* 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
* A productivity‑related bonus scheme to enhance your take‑home
* A generous contributory pension of 6%. We'll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
* Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
* Private medical insurance
* Health care cash plan called Medicash
* Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
* Access to counselling, legal and financial information
* Electric car scheme
* Huge variety of in‑house & e‑learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes
Role Overview
At VIVID, we are constantly evolving our processes and solutions to meet our business objectives and priorities. Our goal is to deliver excellence for our customers and to meet the regulatory requirements of the sector. We've invested significantly in business and technology transformation enabled by Microsoft Technologies. Working within our team alongside key partners and Microsoft, this role is key to the success of this transformation.
You’ll be an advocate for change and challenge ideas and processes for the better based on experience. You will have experience of development as part of the entire development lifecycle from code to test to deployment and support.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop MS 365 Power Applications within Dynamics CE environments (Model Driven, Canvas, Plugins, JavaScript, Cloud Flows and Workflows).
* Leverage knowledge of Omnichannel and Field Service concepts.
* Build unit tests, write and deliver standard / automated tests, including penetration / performance testing.
* Integrate with Azure services (Queuing technologies, Azure Functions, Azure App Services or Logic Apps).
* Develop Model View Controller based applications.
* Use Azure DevOps for deployment via ADO pipelines and write YAML.
* Lead a development team, manage junior staff, support and nurture skill growth.
* Participate in a fast‑moving agile team (daily stand‑ups, sprint retros, sprint planning and refinement).
* Work on MS D365 projects, collaborating with other professional disciplines.
Qualifications
* Proven experience developing within Microsoft Dynamics CE and MS 365 Power Apps.
* Strong knowledge of Azure integration, Azure DevOps and YAML.
* Experience in unit testing, automated testing, penetration and performance testing.
* Leadership experience managing junior developers.
* Excellent communication, negotiation and problem‑solving skills.
* Ability to work productively in a team environment.
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