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Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Leeds
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Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Leeds/Hybrid, UK

Full time 12 month fixed term contract

Our engineering team is hiring! We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer for a 12 month contract to join our Education HR development team.

As a successful candidate you will be working as part of the IRIS Engineering function specifically on our HR portfolio. This is a ‘hands-on’ technical role working to deliver a customer self-serve wizard which will integrate into an existing HR product and underlying database code and associated defect resolution / technical debt across web and cloud products.

You will bring full stack engineering experience and be accountable for all aspects of the software development from specification, through to developing, testing and launching. You will be able to work independently and responsible for the quality and on-time delivery of the software you create, liaising with other development, quality and technical staff to ensure that compliance, and other governance standards are met.

You will need to be highly motivated, self starter and have strong communication and problem-solving skills. A team player that can rise to the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment and prepared to learn and apply new technical skills.

Skills and Experience:

  • Solid technical grounding in Microsoft stack, Azure and the following technologies: C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, Entity Framework, LINQ, MVC5, MVC Core, Razor Views, Microsoft SQL Server, AutoMapper, Mediator, jQuery, Bootstrap, SCSS, LESS

  • Experience utilizing development tooling for Microsoft stack (AZURE, JIRA, GIT)

  • Significant track record of delivering quality software using agile methodologies.

  • Create and review designs to ensure that they are feasible and meet industry and IRIS standards

  • Manage technical projects from inception to in-life maintenance and support

  • Strong analysis and problem-solving skills used to troubleshoot and fix technical issues

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Ability to utilize strong technical skills to develop and coach others

  • Create documentation for the software created

  • Ability to collaborate and work as part of the wider Engineering and QA teams

  • A learning mindset with ability to adapt to new industry trends.

  • Experience of the HR, Education and Payroll domain

  • Use of Agentic AI advantageous

    Responsibilities

    Delivery

  • Be cognizant of and working towards release schedules for releases including dates and stage gates for all major milestones.

  • Build strong working relationships to liaise with other IRIS teams for release purposes e.g. DevOps, Support, QA

  • Input to estimation process for requests coming from the business.

    General

  • Hands on troubleshooting and problem-solving of software to including defect resolution and resolving production issues.

  • Ensure consistency and adherence to SDLC and governance processes across team reporting to you.

  • Champion nonfunctional requirements, embracing DevOps and shift to left using CI/CD pipelines.

  • Ensure development tooling is being used consistently & effectively.

  • Contribute to continuous improvement efforts within the team and efficiency.

    People

  • Contribute a learning mindset within the team

  • Supports team members and promotes healthy respectful communications

    Please note:
    We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.

    For UK candidates only:
    Please note we are only able to accept candidates that are permanent UK residents or have proven permanent right to work in the UK

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