Contract Software Engineer - Craft, TDD & Pairing

Opencast; Newcastle upon Tyne, City of Edinburgh, Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Opencast is seeking Software Development Contractors to help our major clients transform. We value craft, TDD, refactoring and collaborative problem-solving; you’ll work with teams across client sites.

You will deliver in a consultancy environment, pair programming and mobbing, and implement user stories while collaborating with stakeholders. Regular on-site attendance and occasional travel are expected.

Qualifications

• Active SC clearance or eligibility required.
• UK citizenship with 5 years of continuous residence in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and deliver the team backlog.
• Collaborate with the testing effort.
• Lead on implementing user stories.
• Embrace mobbing and pairing.
• Work in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment.

Skills

Java/Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript/Kotlin/Python/Ru

Tools

GDS toolkit

Job description

Opencast is seeking Software Development Contractors to help our major clients transform. We value craft, TDD, refactoring and collaborative problem-solving; you’ll work with teams across client sites.

You will deliver in a consultancy environment, pair programming and mobbing, and implement user stories while collaborating with stakeholders. Regular on-site attendance and occasional travel are expected.