| Job title: |
Senior Software Engineer (Personal, Business and Trust Tax) |
| Reports to: |
Project Manager |
| Business Function: |
Dev and Design |
| Business Division: |
TR, ILR, SMG |
| Location: |
Exmouth |
Purpose of the role - how it adds value
To design & develop software solutions for CD based products, primarily using Visual C++ and associated technologies.
Main responsibilities of the job
Technical:
- Liaise with the Project Manager and other members of staff to deliver software solutions that meet with business requirements. This will include: requirements gathering, analysis, design and coding in primarily Visual C++ although some knowledge of C# and SQL Server would be of use.
- Work closely with the test team to ensure any identified bugs are rectified in a timely fashion.
- Provide technical assistance to the customer support team.
- Actively participate in software design and development review meetings.
- Work with other team members and other product groups to achieve zero defect software.
- Responsible for ensuring design and development methodologies are followed as agreed by the Technical Lead.
- Work with Technical Lead to ensure any specified changes are made.
- Raise potential technical issues and suggested fixes in a timely fashion.
- Supply time estimates on allocated tasks and provide timely updates on task progress.
Personal Development:
- Maintain up to date knowledge of software product design and development, including keeping up to date with new development languages and design methodologies.
- Take responsibility and show initiative in areas of own professional development and learning.
- Be prepared to act as a mentor to other employees within the organisation and impart relevant knowledge.
- Provide input and assessment on suitability of potential new staff members.
Quality:
- Help to establish a quality driven working philosophy consistent with the aims and objectives of the organisation.
- Ensure software solutions are delivered on time and with minimal defects.
Risk:
- Promote and establish a healthy and safe working environment, ensuring that health and safety policies are complied with.
- Identify potential hazards in the work environment that have the potential to create a risk to other employees or visitors to the organisation.
Additional Information:
- The post-holder will work with minimal supervision and may be expected to deal with other duties appropriate to level and post.
- The job description is an outline of the post-holder’s duties and responsibilities. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list and may change from time to time to meet the changing needs of the organisation.
Critical Competencies: skills and abilities required for the role
Skills:
- Uses Initiative
- Using Technology
- Highly Motivated
- Time Management
- Internal Compliance
- Creative and Analytical Mind
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Conceptual Thinker
Competencies
- Adaptability
- Customer Focus
- Teamwork and Knowledge Sharing
- Analytical Thinking
- Results Orientation
- Quality Focus
- Ability to Prioritise & Work to Deadlines
- Technical and Professional Knowledge
Experience:
Relevant experience for the role
- English and Maths GCSE or equivalent (essential)
- Hands on commercial experience of OO design and development for Windows applications including experience developing in VC++ (essential)
- Practical experience of writing technical design specifications (essential)
- Experience of developing with MFC and Windows API (essential)
- Experience of developing with SQL Server (desirable)
- Relevant degree (desirable)
- Experience of developing with C# and .Net (desirable)
Other Significant Role Requirements: Any other factors which have a bearing on a candidate’s ability to perform
- Able to deliver software solutions on time
- Able to prioritise tasks and work to tight deadlines
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Can work on own initiative
- Highly motivated
- Demonstrate a creative and analytical mind
- Able to demonstrate professional integrity
- Work well within a team
- Quality focused
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to adapt readily to changing demands
Technical Knowledge
- Hands on commercial experience of OO design and development for Windows applications including experience developing in VC++ (essential)
- Experience of developing with MFC, Windows API and SQL Server (essential)
- Experience of developing with C# and .Net (desirable)
Salary and Benefits
| Hours |
Full time |
| Additional Monetary Benefits |
Employee bonus |
| Other Benefits |
Pension scheme, Company stock options, Flexible working hours |
| Start Date |
ASAP |
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