Senior Software Engineer

Tracerco Limited; Billingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global industrial technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Product Development and Innovation team in Billingham. The role involves technical leadership, project execution, and contributing to the improvement of software processes. Ideal candidates should possess strong technical skills and experience in agile methodologies. This position offers opportunities for mentoring junior staff and interacting with both stakeholders and customers.

Qualifications

• High level of technical skill required.
• Experience with customer interactions for requirement gathering.
• Mentor and support less experienced team members.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external customers to understand requirements.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams.
• Ensure all deliverables are tested according to standards.
• Serve as a communication link within Scrum teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile methodologies

Customer requirement extraction

Software application support

Job description

Tracerco is a world-leading industrial technology company with over 65 years’ experience. We provide companies all over the world with the insights they need to make informed decisions about their operations. We are currently looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer to join the Product Development and Innovation team here at our Teesside HQ.

Job purpose

Day to day responsibility and support on, projects that generate new solutions, products and processes that have commercial value to Tracerco. The senior software engineer will be technically competent and credible internally and externally, responsible for completing own projects and contributing to other broader projects. The role will contribute to the improvement of the team and new technology developments and methods at Tracerco.

Principal Accountabilities

• Work with internal and external customers understanding customer and business requirements and translate requirements into workable solutions.
• Expected to have a high level of technical skill, provide technical leadership and consultancy to both internal and external development teams and stakeholders.
• Accountable for technical decisions across projects within a particular field, ensuring effective communication with Scrum Teams to enable optimum execution projects.
• Support the technology roadmaps for the Software team
• Maintain, enhance and upgrade existing systems within area of expertise.
• Ensure that all deliverables are tested appropriately in line with Tracerco standards.
• Ensure that documentation is maintained and kept up-to-date in line with Tracerco standards and policies.
• Highlights opportunities for improvements in relevant systems, applications, databases or processes within assigned area(s). May oversee the day-to-day activities of others.
• Promote and practise agile methodologies
• Contribute to the software talent acquisition process, through direct recruitment (interviews) and creating relationships with industry in the area
• To carry out the accountabilities of Software Engineer, namely:
• To design, develop and support application software
• Extracting requirements from customers
• Presenting and explaining solutions to customers and end users
• To carry out any other duties which are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed

Scope

• Senior Software Engineer role will be centred around contributing and supporting the technical excellence of the team. They will be expected to mentor and technically guide less experienced staff members, however line management will not be their primary role
• Day to day responsibility for, or provides support on, projects that generate new products, processes and understanding of commercial value. Contributes to the improvement of the team or processes within Tracerco.
• Will be expected to have good communication skills to create and foster working relationships with team members and stakeholders, with the following:
• Colleagues
• Product managers, senior business stakeholders and customers – the role has strong focus on user experience and will be expected to champion this throughout delivery
• Digital Solutions Manager, coordinating expectations, delivery, and objectives
• Other Software Engineers, working with managerial roles to understand resource constraints and technical skills and gaps
• Coordination and respect for autonomous Scrum team
• Major decisions being made by this role:
• Specific technical decisions in projects when the team are undecided
• Supporting higher level architectural decisions or enterprise level objectives
• Intervening when project decisions contravene good coding standards, particularly relating to security.
• Champion the technical excellence and improvement of the team and the digital portfolio, disseminating knowledge gained through training and conferences through to the software team.

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