Software Engineer

Software Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer, preferably with experience of the Logistics domain, to join our team in Leicester on a permanent basis. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic and expanding environment, helping to ensure the quality delivery of our WMS product and helping support the Development Team in their continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of high-quality features with optimal solutions and exceptional coding techniques.
• Maintain and improve code quality, and processes through the development of and maintenance of features within the software products and working as part of a team within an Agile framework.
• Work from requirements specified as user stories, user acceptance criteria, and test plans.
• Generation & maintenance of documentation: functional specifications, manuals, project technical files, and training.
• Assist with analyzing and capturing customer requirements and communicate them is a clear and concise way.
• Occasionally supporting on-site installation, with testing, training, commissioning & go-live support.
• Collaborate with and support colleagues within the team to achieve our common quality and delivery goals.
• Manage calls in the Service Desk management system.
• Trouble shooting, diagnosing and resolving warehouse software related issues to find and address root cause.
• In time becoming part of the Out of Hours support team on a rota basis.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience.
• Full Stack Developer.
• Experience of C#/C Programming Languages; Microsoft .Net Framework and Blazor; Oracle Pro*C; Jaspersoft Reporting; Python.
• Microsoft Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, and Git.
• Oracle Database Systems and Microsoft Windows Server and Linux Operating Systems.
• Structured Query Language (SQL) including stored procedures, triggers etc.
• Experience and appreciation of Agile development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, SAFe).
• Focus on teamwork and winning as a team.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with a detail-oriented approach, including strong debugging skills.
• The ability to apply previous experience to new problems and to estimate work accurately.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, to both your colleagues and customers at a non-technical level.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge or experience of working in, or systems/processes used in, a warehousing or logistics environment would be advantageous.
• Able to demonstrate a “right first time” approach.
• Knowledge of UI/UX Design.
• Understanding of Software Test Design techniques.
• Understanding of problem management processes.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to learning and adopting new processes to strive for continual improvement.
• Strong customer focus.
• Experience of other front end development languages (e.g. PHP, React, Vue.js)
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB) and other databases (e.g. MS SQL Server, Postgres)
• Knowledge of DevOps culture, CI/CD techniques

You will receive;

• Salary: £negotiable, depending on skills and experience
• Pension
• Private Health Insurance - BUPA
• Flexible working
• Hybrid working culture
• Employee discount scheme with retailers