Software Developer at WSP
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives, and shape a career as unique as you.
Role Overview
WSP is looking for an experienced Software Developer to join our industry‑leading Intelligent Infrastructure team. We provide technical professional services to transport clients throughout the UK and overseas, delivering tangible value through technology‑enabled change. Your projects may include using big data to help the Department for Transport improve rail services, visualising accident data geospatially for road safety officers, or gathering vital transport planning data with AI‑enabled traffic cameras.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and build software solutions using industry best practices, ensuring security and compliance.
* Scope, estimate, and take ownership of delivery for assigned tasks and projects, managing workload and dependencies to deliver within agreed timeframes.
* Engage with clients and stakeholders to understand their needs, capture requirements, and ensure a shared understanding of project objectives.
* Perform quality assurance reviews of project documentation or consultancy deliverables, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with best practices and client requirements.
* Help support and maintain new and legacy software systems, ensuring timely and effective resolutions while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
* Provide consultancy and advisory services, guiding clients on best practices for cloud data architecture and software solutions.
* Input to the continuous improvement of practice and standards within the team.
* Maintain and develop your own expertise by staying current with emerging technologies, pursuing relevant certifications, and engaging in continuous learning.
* Coach and mentor junior colleagues, providing guidance, support, and constructive feedback to help them develop their skills and confidence.
Team and Environment
* Part of the Intelligent Infrastructure business within the growing Data, Architecture and Solutions Capability, our center of excellence for digital skills.
* Work as part of an Agile team with specialist developers, testers, analysts, and transport subject matter experts to design, develop, deliver and maintain software applications and systems using the latest technologies.
* Hybrid working policy: expect a mix of client site work, face‑to‑face collaboration, and work from a local office across the UK.
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience building enterprise‑level web applications or services, predominantly using ASP .Net and Azure; Python experience is highly beneficial.
* Experience with secure development practices (OWASP guidelines, identity and access management, secrets management, basic threat modelling).
* Excellent analytical skills and proven creative problem‑solving ability.
* Experience working in an Agile delivery team and deploying applications using DevOps practices with a CI/CD pipeline.
* Demonstrable experience of testing across the end‑to‑end lifecycle, including ETL, unit, and regression testing.
* Excellent communication skills and experience working directly with clients and customers to provide credible insights and guidance.
* Expertise in quality assurance activities to ensure reliability and compliance.
* Experience guiding and applying best practices for cloud data architecture and software solutions.
* Degree in an analytical discipline such as engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics, social sciences, or equivalent industry experience.
EEO and Inclusion Statement
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria; please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Part‑time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
* Professional Services
Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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