Full Stack Engineer

TN United Kingdom; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking talented Software Engineers to modernize their application platform. This role involves implementing innovative features and working with cutting-edge technologies like AWS and microservices architecture. You'll collaborate with diverse teams, ensuring continuous improvement in processes while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. With generous benefits, including flexible working hours and extensive learning resources, this is an exciting opportunity to advance your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening

Private medical benefits

Life assurance

Competitive pension scheme

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Study assistance

Employee discounts

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience with modern React frameworks and server-side rendering.
• Proficiency in C#, SQL, or Python is essential.

Responsibilities

• Implement new features like a Sharing Service and Smart Search Engine.
• Refactor functionality using microservices architecture on AWS.

Skills

React

C#

SQL

Python

AWS Serverless

Elasticsearch

GraphQL

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

NextJS

Job description

We are hiring a number of Software Engineers of differing levels to work on modernising the application platform for a key product, PatentSight+. PatentSight+ enables core IP activities such as competitive intelligence and benchmarking, portfolio optimization, and more, by bringing together highly curated and enriched datasets, cutting-edge analysis tools, streamlined workflows, and powerful visualization capabilities, all within a single platform.

Responsibilities

• Help breakdown and implement new features, such as a Sharing Service, Smart Search Engine, and a User Data Manager.
• Implement a Python Lambda to handle requests to an RDS database, refactor functionality out of the application, and help rebuild and deploy that functionality with a microservices architecture via CloudFormation on AWS.
• Raise issues around team processes or practices, seek improvements, and collaborate on implementing them.
• Lead an agile ceremony, such as the team's retrospective.

Requirements

• Experience with modern React frameworks; experience with NextJS or server-side rendering is beneficial.
• Proficiency with C#, SQL, or Python.
• Platform experience, especially with AWS Serverless, AppSync, CloudFormation, and microservice architectures.
• Experience working with Elasticsearch.
• Knowledge of GraphQL or similar API schemas.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders in diverse development environments like Agile and Waterfall.
• Understanding of continuous software delivery processes.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance with initiatives like flexible hours, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals to support your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.

• Flexible working hours to help you work when you are most productive.

Working for you

Your wellbeing and happiness are key to a successful career. We offer benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance with options to buy additional days.
• Health screening, eye care vouchers, and private medical benefits.
• Life assurance.
• Access to a competitive pension scheme.
• Save As You Earn share options.
• Travel season ticket loans.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme.
• Maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Emergency care access for elderly and children.
• RECARES days for charity and cause support.
• Employee resource groups with volunteering time.
• Extensive learning and development resources.
• Employee discounts via Perks at Work.