Job Title: Lead Software Engineer
Salary: GBP 73,000 : GBP 80,000 GBP
Location: Cambridge, UK
Contract: Permanent, Full time 35 hours per week.
Join our team at Cambridge University Press and Assessment and utilise your skills to make a real difference As a full:stack web developer, youll be adept and thrive in creating cutting:edge eLearning solutions with Typescript and ReactJS. Collaborate with a talented team of professionals to develop software that fits the unique business demands.
By contributing to our platforms, youll elevate our customers experiences in meaningful ways. Take the opportunity to mentor up to two software engineers, nurturing their growth while propelling your own career forward within this organisation and innovate.
We are Cambridge University Press and Assessment, a world:leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role Proactively lead solutions and contribute to architectural principles, best practices and guidance within the English Engineering team. Actively develop and maintain complex, feature:rich web services and applications with different technologies but primarily Typescript. Design and develop solutions that maximize the use of our Amazon AWS partner agreement. Participate and lead paired programming activities. Engage, participate and lead in the code review process with a focus to ensure the highest quality of code is produced. Demonstrate agile development practices. Closely work within a cross:functional team including design, UX, Architects, Developers, QA, Product owners and Business stakeholders. Ensure all software produced is robust by contributing to a testing strategy. Participate as a lead member in the requirements gathering process focusing on technical requirements and generating requirements from a product vision. Advise and collaborate with other Lead Software Engineers and Engineering management to help develop and maintain our data products. About you 7+ years or relative experience in full:stack development. JavaScript/Typescript is preferred but Python and Java are also desirable. A strong understanding of coding best practices, frameworks, code architecture, object orientation and new arising technologies. Experience in Agile development teams whether it be Scrum, Scrumban, Kanban or a scaled agile frameworks. Proactive and ability to think flexibly and quickly. Ability to research and learn new technologies and understand technical specifications. Natural problem solver. Good team player, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to stay open:minded, listen and learn from feedback across the business to enable continuous improvement and engineering excellence. If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world:class, flexible rewards package, featuring family:friendly and planet:friendly benefits including: 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance Discretionary annual bonus Group personal pension scheme Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary Green travel schemes We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid:working colleagues to spend 40:60 of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 13th April. Interviews will take place during the campaign and it will be closed then su