Software Engineer

A 'Tech for good' organisation based in Edinburgh is looking for a couple of experienced Software Engineers, ideally with good experience using Java to join their hybrid team. Work with modern technologies, in a great culture, with amazing benefits.

They've been operating very successfully for several years now and they offer an award winning service that helps thousands of people every day. This is a great opportunity to work on a series of products that benefits so many throughout the UK. They've also experienced consistent year on year growth, both in their customer base and their employee headcount, and they have an ambitious roadmap for the years ahead.

You'd be joining one of their Agile squads, consisting of roughly five Software Engineers that's rich with experience (it's a great learning environment). You'll be working directly on a business critical platform that's highly used. They do have multiple squads based out of this location too, so there's lots of opportunity for a varied workload, and a chance to pick up different tools and technologies.

They work with a really modern tech stack; Java, SpringBoot, Microservices, Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS and more! Although experience with all of this is great, the organisation is much more interested in collaborative Engineers who can bring strong soft skills to the team, so have some flexibility around tech.

Additionally, they place a really big emphasis on following best practices and software fundamentals and are looking for Engineers that have worked in a similar environment. They're also very focused on testing, where you'll be regularly follow TDD, so they're looking for Engineers who value and understand the importance of quality code.

You'll ideally have experience with most of the following;

** Java (ideally SpringBoot)

** Microservices

** Cloud Services (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift)

** Test Driven Development

Experience with the following is highly desirable;

** DevOps; Docker and Kubernetes

** Frontend development (Reactjs)

This opportunity would be ideal for an ambitious Software Engineer that is looking for a collaborative team, that are committing to using modern technologies and best practices.

Their offices are based just on the outskirts of Edinburgh, just walking distance from a tram stop, train station and they have free parking available onsite. They do support hybrid working here, where you'll be expected onsite three days per week, for collaboration time with the team.

In return they're able to offer a salary from £40k to £60k based on experience with a strong benefits package to match, which includes (35 hour working week, Private healthcare, 15% pension, Annual bonus, 28 days holiday + bank and much more).

If you're keen to find out more, please apply or drop Doug Paget a message via linkedin for an informal chat