Hackajob Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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hackajob is collaborating with Sage to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
We’re looking for a Senior Engineer with JavaScript and React skills to help deliver the roadmap for Sage Accounting. Take a look at https://www.sage.com/en-gb/accounting-software.
You will be working within an international team of around 7-8 developers and 3-4 QA on new and existing customer‑facing products, utilising Sage’s open source library of React components – Carbon (https://carbon.sage.com).
This is a hybrid role – three days per week in our Newcastle office.
What We’re Looking For
* Excellent commercial JavaScript experience
* Excellent commercial React experience
* A good understanding of testing web applications – knowledge of Jest would be advantageous
* An understanding of Typescript
* An understanding of state management
* A great team player, communicator and collaborator – as well as your own contributions to the codebase, we encourage engineers to support more junior colleagues within the team
* Experience with Agile Development and SCRUM
You Will
* Provide technical leadership for a team of developers – offering guidance on best practice, mentoring/coaching, improving team delivery
* Work alongside the Team Leader on agreed projects to support the team’s roadmap – identifying and mitigating items that may impact the team’s delivery
* Coordinate closely with Architecture to ensure high quality solutions are delivered following agreed processes
* Own technical work streams – delivering at pace, researching and solving complex problems
* Identify and drive opportunities outside of the immediate team – advise, or share best practice; influence departmental strategy; improve delivery
* Successfully develop, deliver and maintain high quality software (requirements, design, code, documentation, etc.)
* Maintain relevant documentation to describe logic, coding/configuration, testing and changes where applicable
* Participate in all phases of the project lifecycle
* Contribute to quality activities, incl. peer reviews of estimates, designs and code
* Investigate and resolve defects/bugs found in pre‑production or production environments
* Be an active and enthusiastic team player, working effectively with all team members to deliver against commitments
* Be committed to team success and positive team dynamics
* Work cross‑functionally with various Sage teams: product management, QA/XD, various product lines, or business units to drive forward results
* Continuously strive to make improvements to the existing products and/or systems and services
* Update job knowledge by studying current development tools & techniques
Key Skills And Experience
* React
* Typescript, CSS‑in‑JS and state management
* Unit testing web applications e.g., Jest or React Testing Library
* Storybook and Playwright
* Object‑oriented programming – enough to write and review code and documentation
* Ability to interpret user requirements and translate these into technical specifications leading the technical solution
* High numerical reasoning and logic ability with good problem‑solving skills
* Mentoring and coaching skills
* Service‑oriented architecture experience
* Be willing to adapt to significant changes in either technology or environment
* Team player and collaborator
* Best coding principles
* Troubleshooting and problem‑solving expertise
Preferred
* Ruby on Rails
* React Query
* Experience of Accessibility and coding for responsive design (mobile first)
* Innovative and creative thinking
* Customer focus
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Software Development
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