Software Engineer – Middlesbrough (Hybrid)
1 week ago
Middlesbrough (Hybrid)
Company overview
We are ranked as the UK’s #1 construction specific software player and our mission is simple: to provide market leading end-to-end software solutions to the construction and construction‑like industries across the entire build life cycle. Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined roadmap for the next three years, centred around a large‑scale digital transformation and continued growth and expansion.
Purpose
Our technology is used by thousands of companies and affects millions of lives. You will be responsible for the quality of software development and deployment, performing and creating automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose. Key duties include analysis of software and systems, mitigating risk and preventing software issues.
Key areas of responsibility for the Software Engineer include:
* Technical Delivery
* Technical Innovation
* Support the delivery of software
Key Responsibilities
* Design, code, test, and debug technical solutions including complex components, ensuring quality standards are achieved.
* Provide product support (fixing defects) in older technologies where required, including active involvement in moving the legacy product forward into newer web technologies.
* Write clean, well‑designed documented/commented code, following best practices.
* Estimate effort required to accomplish requirements and ensure that schedules are met.
* Collaborate with other team members to help specify, design, and develop software, meeting product requirements.
* Identify process deficiencies and propose and implement solutions and improvements.
* Ensure that technical implementation is technically sound, defect rates are minimised, and products are inexpensive to maintain and support.
* Work with the security team to ensure data security standards are always met.
* Take responsibility for your personal development, ensuring that knowledge and skills are up to date and maintained, including emerging trends that may be relevant to solutions being developed.
* Continuously strive for innovative solutions and make suggestions for improvements that will provide benefit to the business in terms of improved efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity.
* Be willing to listen to and support colleagues with professional problems, devoting time to sharing knowledge, infusing confidence, and expressing positive expectations.
Essential
Key Skills, Experience & Qualifications
* Experience as a Software Engineer or similar role.
* Experience in Python.
* Good understanding of AI – LLMs and Machine Learning frameworks.
* Understanding of Data.
* Good knowledge of quality standards, legislation and best practice.
* Awareness of current trends and developments in software engineering.
* Experience with Agile (Scrum) methodologies and project management.
* Ability to identify technical risks and propose alternative solutions.
* Degree level or equivalent education preferred in a relevant subject such as computer science, computer engineering, information management systems, software development or business information systems.
Desirable
* Experience in JavaScript/Angular/Knockout would be advantageous.
* Awareness and experience of Google Kubernetes Engine and GCP offerings plus other engines such as Jenkins & Azure Dev Ops.
* Awareness and experience of AWS.
* Highly developed attention to detail.
What you get from us
Our team is everything, so we’ll take good care of you. We believe in work‑life balance and offer hybrid working alongside the opportunity to work from modern, collaborative offices.
Our Values
* United – As part of a team, we’re better together.
* Agile – Be the change, we’re on a journey.
* Trusted – Do the right thing, we own this.
* Driven – Get stuck in, we make it happen.
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing with length of service.
* 4% matched pension.
* Income protection and life assurance.
* Access to our award‑winning benefits platform.
* We take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.
* £100 allowance towards a fitness club.
* Dell discounts.
* Private Medical Insurance.
* Paid study leave + volunteering days.
* Car Scheme.
Salary
£45,000.00 – £65,000.00 per annum.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Software Development
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