Senior Software Developer

Digital Space is a leading UK converged managed service provider delivering excellence in Connectivity, Unified Communications and Collaboration, Cloud and Hosting, Security and IT Managed Service Solutions to its customers, through Service Operations based in Newark and Telford.

Our culture is customer-centric, serving loyal and trusted customers across our specialist verticals including Hospitality and Leisure, Retail, Government and Not-for-Profit, Manufacturing & Construction, Commercial and Financial and Professional Services. An example of our valued customers include Greene King, Burger King UK, St John Ambulance, Roxel and the Motor Fuel Group to name but a few.

Over 80% of our colleagues are in customer facing roles, and as valued members of the Digital Space team benefit from training and professional development, flexible working options, Medicash, quarterly company incentives and a variety of health and wellbeing services. As a company we are always seeking talented people, so if you're looking for a new challenge as part of a fast-paced industry in a business with exciting growth plans, then we'd like to hear from you!

Type: Permanent

Location: Home Based with some travel to Newark/Telford/London

Are you looking for your next challenge? Do you want to work for a business with exciting plans?

We are looking for someone open to exploring new languages and frameworks and can support with AWS learning.

This role for Senior Software Developer is Home Based but with some travel to our offices in Newark/Telford/London when required.

Role Purpose

Taking a leading role in designing and implementing back-end, mid-tier, user interface and API components that our customers interact with. 

We are transitioning to a set of core technologies of JavaScript, Node.js and React, however we also have a large base of Angular and C#. We use serverless AWS as a platform and are and AWS partner.

We are always open to exploring new languages and frameworks.

CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES:

• Serverless AWS: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, etc
• js, C#, Typescript, Javascript
• React, Angular
• CDK
• Prime, HTML & CSS
• ServiceNow + other specialist platforms

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build public facing applications with a focus on user experience, accessibility, quality, and consistency.
• Take responsibility for the UX/UI within your product.
• Follow best practices with regard to development.
• Ensure that your code is of a high quality and meets Digital Space coding standards.
• Develop pragmatic unit tests and acceptance tests to ensure overall ongoing quality.
• Be diligent and thoughtful in terms of security and raise any concerns with your team leader.
• Work with solution architects and developers to ensure our products work coherently and logically.
• Achieve and retain an AWS certification and mentor other developers on your field of speciality plus learn from them.
• Clearly document the scope and configurability of our products, for both internal and external consumption.
• Run show-and-tell sessions within the team, with other internal departments and with customers to spread ideas and gather feedback on our products and future requirements.
• Work with Test Engineers to ensure our products consistently meet high standards
• Use standard development tools (git, Jira) as well as platform specific and proprietary tools to optimise and automate your workflow.
• Contribute to retrospectives to ensure Digital Space continually improves its products and processes.
• Be a key member of daily stand up, story estimation, sprint planning and sprint retrospective sessions
• Configure CD Pipelines in Azure DevOps/GitHub/AWS Code Pipeline for deploying projects into multiple environments using YAML, AWS Cloud Formation, CDK, compliment with bash or batch files where required
• Identify opportunities to improve existing code to enable faster higher quality delivery

We are waiting to hear from you!

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At Digital Space we embrace the power of diversity and inclusion to drive innovation, creativity, and success. We believe that a diverse workforce, representing a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to serve our customers and communities. We are committed to fostering an environment where all employees can thrive, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, or background. We actively seek to create an inclusive culture where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique talents. Join us in building a brighter future that celebrates diversity and promotes equality in everything we do.