Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote, UK

Reporting To: Rob Piper

Compensation: £50,000 - £90,000 / year

Description

At Aptem we’re passionate about creating technology solutions that enable people to learn and improve their lives. Demand for our end-to-end SaaS solutions are ever-increasing and we are continuing to expand rapidly as a business. If you’re interested in joining a talented, committed and driven team that is leading the charge in this fast-growing space, then you should apply!

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our feature development teams at Aptem. This is a remote-first role, based in the UK. You will be part of a small, agile team, working on the development of new product features, resolving defects, and improving the architecture of the application. You’ll bring a positive, engaged mindset to the role, and a willingness to learn new things, share experience, and contribute to a culture that grows, supports, and empowers others.

Main responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain a modern software application in a multi-disciplined agile team.
• Apply development best practices and patterns, considering maintainability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Contribute to technical and architectural decision making, in a collaborative environment.
• Participate in and promote a blame-free learning culture, sharing knowledge with peers, and contributing to mentoring practices.

Required skills and technical knowledge

Essential skills:

• Strong experience developing SaaS software.
• Strong experience developing back-end applications using .NET with C#.
• Experience developing single-page web applications, ideally using Angular with Typescript.
• Strong experience working with relational databases.
• Strong experience of unit & integration testing.
• Experience working in an agile environment, preferably using the SCRUM framework.
• A passion for building good software.

Desirable skills:

• Experience building functionality in a service-oriented architecture.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms, ideally Azure
• Experience working with SQL Server, T-SQL, and LINQ
• Experience working with OData, or GraphQL.
• Experience working in a DevOps culture.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays, with an additional day off on your birthday!
• Option to take up to 1 day of paid volunteering leave every year.
• Half a day off at the end of the working week during July and August.
• Option to purchase up to 5 days of additional leave. 
• Company pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
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