Applications Developer

Heriot-Watt University; Scotland; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Scotland is seeking an Applications Developer to work in a collaborative team environment. The role involves developing and maintaining software systems, with a strong focus on C# and ASP.NET. Candidates should have experience in web-based application development and excellent customer service skills. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and training.

Benefits

Training including LinkedIn Learning subscription

Dynamic team environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a software developer on complex web-based software systems.
• Understanding of domain-driven design and writing unit tests.
• Familiarity with GDPR and accessibility requirements.

Responsibilities

• Understand requirements for new use cases and plan/deploy solutions.
• Contribute to maintaining the University's production software systems.
• Enhance product quality through mentoring, coaching, and code-review.

Skills

C#

ASP.NET

Web front-end coding skills

Agile development

Excellent interpersonal skills

Customer service

Education

First degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Oracle

PL/SQL

RabbitMQ

Azure Service Bus

Job description

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Reporting to the Software Development Manager or Applications Development Manager, the Applications Developer will work with colleagues within the Applications and Data Team, within the Global Information Services and across the University to help support and develop a range of software systems. Some of these are bespoke applications; others are off-the-shelf systems requiring extensive customisation/configuration. We also spend considerable time developing and maintaining system-to-system integrations using services in Microsoft Azure.

Working as part of a small team, you will have strong knowledge of C# and ASP.NET, and databases (Oracle and PL/SQL are a plus). Ideally you will also have good web front-end coding skills, and knowledge of the Angular framework would be particularly helpful. Training will be given as required, including a LinkedIn Learning subscription for on-the-job training. A helpful, friendly manner when working with end-users is essential. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your software skills as part of a small, dynamic team.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Carry out the following hands-on development tasks: Understand requirements for new use cases. Plan and estimate work required. Plan technical work to allow new use cases to be implemented. Write unit tests. Implement new use cases. Liaise with users to test implementation of use cases. Deploy finished code to production environment. Contribute to maintaining and running the University’sproduction software systems, including legacy systems. Help to fix bugs, enhance existing code etc.
• Keep up to date with and investigate relevant technologies and approaches that could enhance the University's software or working practices.
• Enhance product quality through activities such as pairing, mentoring, coaching, code-review, and identifying development needs and opportunities.
• Liaise with third-party developers where a decision has been made to out-source particular development tasks, to ensure code quality is maintained and technical guidelines followed.

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.

Essential & Desirable Criteria

• A first degree in Computer Science (or related discipline) or equivalent practical experience in the workplace
• Proven relevant experienceof working as a software developer on complex software systems, preferably web-based which will have been acquired over a number of years, with a basic understanding of the relevant theory i.e. experience of domain-driven design, experience of writing unit tests, experience of Agile development, experience of the full development lifecycle, from requirements gathering through testing to deployment.
• Good knowledge and understanding of relevant legal, statutory and governance frameworks, particularly GDPR and accessibility requirements, and turning them into good practice.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills, able to understand and communicate complex issues effectively
• Demonstrable excellent customer service
• Experience of working closely with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team, ability to understand wider business context, willingness and ability to help end users.
• Excellent knowledge of C#, ASP.NET and database technologies.
• Experience of working in Higher Education
• Knowledge of Oracle databases and PL/SQL
• Training in requirements gathering and Agile software development
• Experience with RESTful systems.
• Knowledge of messaging- based systems (e.g. using RabbitMQ or Azure Service Bus).
• Knowledge of performance profiling and tuning.
• Experience of customising/configuring complex off-the-shelf software systems.
• Experience of reviewing others' code and making constructive suggestions for improvement.
• Experience of mentoring other developers.