Junior Software Engineer (Hybrid) – React/TypeScript

Motorpoint Ltd; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK car retailer seeks a Junior Software Engineer to join their Engineering team, focusing on enhancing the car buying journey. This hybrid role combines remote work with office collaboration in Derby. The position offers a salary range of £25,000 - £30,000 and numerous benefits including monthly paid time off, substantial holiday allowances, and staff discounts. Applicants should have a strong foundation in relevant technologies and a willingness to learn.

Benefits

Paid time off every month to do something that makes you happy

31 days' holiday plus extra days for special occasions

Discounts and cashback at high street retailers

Healthcare

Enhanced Parental Leave

Vocational and personal development training

Qualifications

• Experience in software development with a focus on user experience and performance.
• Ability to write and optimize large scale, customer-facing applications.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a logical approach to tasks.

Responsibilities

• Streamline and enhance the car buying journey for customers.
• Collaborate with the Engineering team to improve website performance.
• Work on high-demand applications with many requests per second.

Skills

Knowledge of version control software (Git / Azure DevOps)

TypeScript / JavaScript

React / Next.js

CSS / Sass

Willingness to learn and advance their own knowledge

Tools

.NET / C#

SQL Server

Rabbit MQ

Experience of working with a cloud provider (AWS / Azure)

Experience of working with a CMS (Content Management System)

Experience of working with a unit testing framework

Job description

A leading UK car retailer seeks a Junior Software Engineer to join their Engineering team, focusing on enhancing the car buying journey. This hybrid role combines remote work with office collaboration in Derby. The position offers a salary range of £25,000 - £30,000 and numerous benefits including monthly paid time off, substantial holiday allowances, and staff discounts. Applicants should have a strong foundation in relevant technologies and a willingness to learn.