Senior Consultant, Front End Developer - Digital Engineering - UKI
Join EY as a Senior Consultant, Front End Developer in the Digital Engineering – UKI team. At EY, we shape your future with confidence, help you succeed as part of a globally connected workforce, and provide a better working world.
As part of Digital Engineering, our consultants work in agile, cross‑functional teams to address the most significant issues facing society today – from sustainable energy transition and government digitisation to high‑growth business scaling, AI exploitation and digital healthcare wellness.
Core capabilities of our team include:
* Digital strategy, horizon scanning and strategic planning – working with Business Designers, Researchers, Strategists, Industry and Functional Specialists to develop vision, roadmap and case for change addressing fundamental client issues.
* Digital technology delivery management – using lean start‑up and agile principles to manage large‑scale delivery programmes that include custom software and SaaS solutions across EY, client and partner resources.
* Digital software engineering – custom engineering of solutions and experiences using modern web‑scale technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, micro‑services, cloud computing and machine learning.
As a technology specialist, you will apply your skills in a highly strategic context, working on meaningful and impactful solutions that build a better working world.
The opportunity
As a Full‑stack Developer, you will leverage your development experience to build the next generation of our client’s platforms. You will be involved in the design, development and roll‑out of products and applications, solving technical problems and building innovative solutions for our clients. You will apply your strong, first‑hand expertise in a variety of applications and languages to deploy robust and scalable solutions, working in an agile environment. You will embody a passion for continuous improvement and test‑driven development.
Your Key Responsibilities
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop compelling, commercially viable digital products for our clients.
* Leverage software engineering best practices in design, coding standards, performance, security, delivery, maintainability and culture to build new software features.
* Perform the technical implementation and development of solutions and products, ensuring alignment with the business to meet their requirements while complying with architecture standards and policies.
* Configure, develop and integrate SaaS, cloud and microservices solutions.
* Write and test code, refining and rewriting it as necessary and communicate with any developers involved in the project.
Work closely with other teams – project managers, scrum masters, UX designers and other developers – to design optimal solutions, often trading‑off technical and operational considerations.
Skills And Attributes For Success
* Ability to build innovative full‑stack software solutions with the latest technology and agile development practices.
* Understanding of DevOps technologies and practices, cloud‑native development and API design and development.
* Ability to develop software packages in both imperative and declarative programming paradigms.
* Agile mindset and an advocate and practitioner of XP practices.
* Balance the trade‑offs of delivering sustainable code that provides an excellent customer experience.
* Ability to have productive conversations with both business and technical audiences.
* Commitment to continuous improvement and a drive to better the software development lifecycle regime.
* Attention to detail and strong structured problem‑solving skills.
* Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.
To qualify for the role you must have
* Bachelors and/or master’s degree in technology subject areas (e.g., Computer Science, Software Engineering) or relevant experience.
* A minimum of 2+ years’ experience as a software developer working across the full product/software lifecycle (design, implementation, testing).
* Experience in modern architecture, latest open source technologies and programming (e.g., Microservices, Docker, AngularJS, Node.js, Java, Python, Scala).
* Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React and Amber.
* Proficiency with server‑side languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, PHP and .NET.
* Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle and MongoDB.
* Experience with Test‑Driven Development (TDD), pair programming skills and automated testing frameworks.
* Experience working in an agile environment, where agile and/or lean practices and approaches are applied to deliver technology products.
* Excellent communication skills and ability to produce high‑quality written deliverables in fluent English.
* A willingness to travel and work in client sites, both in the UK and overseas as and when required.
What Working At EY Offers
* Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
* Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
* The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.
About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2022 a reality.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Join us in building a better working world.
Apply now.
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