Junior Software Developer

TN United Kingdom; Exeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Exeter seeks a Junior Software Developer to join their innovative team. The role involves designing and developing software solutions while collaborating closely with peers in an agile environment. Ideal candidates will have a foundational knowledge of ASP.NET and SQL, and a passion for quality code. The company offers a supportive culture, flexible working, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

27 days of holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave

Qualifications

• Collaborative developer with a baseline fluency in code.
• Creative problem solver with structured logical thinking.
• Experience with agile practices and software development standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test software solutions in tech stack including ASP.Net, MVC, C#, SQL.
• Collaborate with peers using agile practices like pair programming.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and exploratory work.

Skills

ASP.NET Core MVC

C#

SQL

Entity Framework

Typescript

jQuery

Telerik Kendo UI

Job description

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The Business:

Founded by a team of financial experts and ex-MAT professionals, IMP Software has a deep understanding of the challenges facing multi-academy trusts. Our mission is to empower multi-academy trusts with the tools and expertise they need to manage their finances more efficiently and effectively. That's why we're trusted by trusts across the country to provide the only budgeting, forecasting, and reporting software designed specifically for them. From a standing start, in less than 5 years we are now used by most large trusts to help them deliver smarter MAT Finance.

We're proud to be at the forefront of innovation in the MAT finance sector, and we're constantly looking for ways to improve our offering. We work closely with our customers to understand their requirements so that we can tailor our product to their specific needs, and our team is always available to provide expert advice and support.

But at our core, we're more than just a software company. We're a team of passionate and dedicated professionals, committed to helping multi-academy trusts achieve their financial goals. We believe that financial planning should be simpler, more accessible, and more transparent, and we're proud to be leading the way in supporting smarter MAT finance.

At IMP, we are very aware that the success of our business will be directly correlated to the quality of the team that we can attract and more importantly retain! Due to this core belief, IMP offers fantastic career progression within a business that places huge importance on the happiness of the team, through our respectful, fun(!) and supportive culture, flexible working, regular socials, and funded/encouraged CPD.

Role Description:

We’re looking for a Junior Software Developer to join our team at IMP Software. Software Developers work on cross-functional teams to deliver solutions such as IMP Planner and ICFP.

The successful candidate will be a collaborative developer, who takes pride not just in the pragmatism of their solutions, but the quality of their code.

We are looking for someone who prioritizes creative problem solving, structured logical thinking, has a baseline fluency in code, and recognizes the importance of working in a close-knit squad.

Key responsibilities:

Agile Software Development

• Design, develop, and test software solutions in our tech stack including ASP.Net, MVC, C#, SQL.
• Collaborate with a team of peers, applying agile practices such as pair programming and code reviews.
• Participate in agile ceremonies such as planning and refinement.
• Collaborate with product, development, and test specialists to model solutions for development.
• Participate in exploratory work such as spikes to explore new technology, patterns, and opportunities.
• Diagnose and resolve third-line support issues.

Software Design

• Develop to maintainability standards
• Develop to security standards

Develop to agreed data access patterns, including Entity Framework and migrations.

Skills, experience, and attributes:

• ASP.NET Core MVC, C#
• SQL and Entity Framework
• Familiarity with Telerik Kendo UI.
• Familiarity with Single Page Applications (SPA)
• Typescript with jQuery
• 27 days of holiday per year plus bank holidays (with a buy option up to an additional 5 days)
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave