Full Stack Software Developer

Southern Communications Limited; Melton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Communications Limited in Melton is seeking a software engineer to join an agile team. You will work on backend APIs and customer-facing websites, shaping innovative healthcare technology solutions.

You will collaborate across experience levels, translate business requirements into technical designs, and contribute to architecture discussions while maintaining high code quality and reliable deployments.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the product development lifecycle.
• Experience with modern PHP including Laravel.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks/libraries such as React.
• Source control experience (GitLab).
• Experience with MySQL databases.
• Strong knowledge of software design patterns and OO design.
• Experience with test frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Work within an agile team to solve technical challenges and develop new functionality.
• Translate business requirements into technical design and development tasks.
• Participate in architectural and design discussions.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Contribute to security, performance, scalability, and reliability improvements.
• Adhere to software engineering best practices.
• Collaborate remotely and in person with stakeholders to progress projects.

Skills

Team collaboration

Clear communication

Problem solving

Incremental development

Adaptability

Code review & releases

Tools

PHP

Laravel

React

MySQL

GitLab

RabbitMQ

Docker

Redis

Electron

Puppet

Job description

You will join a collaborative agile team of software engineers and QA testers across all experience levels. Working on diverse projects from backend APIs to customer-facing websites, you will directly shape innovative technology solutions within primary healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Work within an agile team to solve technical challenges and develop new functionality to our products and services
• Contribute towards translating business requirements into technical design and development projects and tasks
• Contribute in architectural and design discussions
• Diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues
• Identify and contribute towards developing solutions to improve system security, performance, scalability, and reliability
• Adhere to best software engineering practices and principles
• Collaborate with other members of the team through remote and in-person collaboration, work together with all stakeholders to understand and progress projects and tasks

Our Core Tech Stack (What You Will Use)

• PHP + Laravel
• React
• MySQL
• GitLab
• RabbitMQ

Other Tech (What You Can Learn)

• Electron
• Redis
• Docker
• Puppet (build and deploy)

You are going to enjoy this job if you...

• Are happy working in a team and communicating to achieve clarity
• Like to solve complex technical challenges
• Are comfortable developing in an incremental fashion
• Can adapt to rapidly evolving requirements in a fast-paced environment
• Approach technical challenges and difficulties in a pragmatic and logical fashion
• Are comfortable reviewing, releasing, deploying and troubleshooting your and other people's code

Skills Required

Essential experience:

• Knowledge of the product development lifecycle
• Working experience with modern PHP including frameworks (e.g. Laravel)
• Working experience with modern frontend frameworks/libraries (e.g. React)
• Source control (e.g. GitLab)
• Working experience with databases (e.g. MySQL)
• Strong knowledge of software design patterns and object-oriented design principles
• Working experience of test frameworks

Desired Experience

• Experience with Message Queues (e.g. RabbitMQ) & event driven architecture
• Node.js
• Healthcare industry experience (NHS)