Senior Developer

About the Team

Working closely with the Product Development Manager and other team members, you will provide the high-quality programming and analytical skills needed to enhance and support the Systems at Next.

About the Role

1. Providing analytical and programming skills across a range of platforms.
2. Translating business requirements into code and applications.
3. Providing fault-finding expertise, and following issues through to their resolution.
4. Developing, testing and implementing code to team and IT industry standards.
5. Communicating effectively at all levels; within the team, with business users, and other Systems departments.
6. Provide clear and concise documentation for a variety of audiences.
7. Providing out of hours support, as and when required, to cover key business events.

Criteria

Essential

1. Proven commercial web development programming experience.
2. Excellent capabilities in the current technologies including: C#, .NET, CSS, NuGet.
3. Experience in delivering to windows platforms.
4. Understanding of browser compatibility issues and platform characteristics including mobile platforms.
5. Ability to give feedback on interactive design and make alternative suggestions when dealing with technology or platform challenges.
6. Excellent problem-solving skills.
7. Ability to work on your own initiative, to tight and often changing deadlines and priorities, but equally happy to work as part of a team.
8. Proactively improve existing skills, taking on new technical skills as appropriate, and continuously seek to expand business knowledge.
9. Experience of using Team Foundation Server (TFS) source control.

Desirable

1. Commercial experience of delivering mobile applications including use of responsive/adaptive design.
2. Experience using SSIS and SQL Server DBA.
3. Graphic design and UI skills.
4. Applied knowledge of agile, iterative, and waterfall development processes.
5. Git experience.

ABOUT US

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland? We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

OUR BENEFITS

1. 25% off a huge selection of Next, Lipsy & Victoria's Secret products.
2. Company performance based bonus.
3. Next private pension.
4. Sharesave scheme.
5. On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas.
6. 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty.
7. Early VIP access to sale stock.
8. Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops.
9. Subsidised restaurant, coffee shop and juice bar.
10. Access a 24/7 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services.
11. Free on-site parking.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £37,073.00 per year

Schedule:
Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person