Senior Software Engineer

Henry Schein One UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Manchester is seeking a senior software engineer to lead projects and build cloud-based applications. You will enjoy significant autonomy and responsibility as you design and maintain solutions used by dental professionals worldwide. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of experience and strong skills in Ruby and web technologies. Join a collaborative team that values creativity and impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, particularly in web application development.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in leading roles on engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Create intuitive web applications for different users and partners.
• Design, develop, and maintain changes for your team's area.
• Build and maintain API infrastructure for service integration.

Skills

Ruby development

Ruby on Rails

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

Single Page Applications

Ember.js

RESTful APIs

AWS

Tools

Heroku

Postgres

Redis

GitHub

Slack

New Relic

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for a senior software engineer who is experienced at building applications for consumers and enterprises. You will play a leading role on our teams and have flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility to help design, build and maintain cloud-based applications that are used by thousands of dental professionals across the globe.

Who we are

Henry Schein One provides leading online dental practice management software to thousands of dental professionals. We are shaping the future of how millions of patients interact with their dental practice. We aim to solve tough, real-world problems by continuously innovating in the product space. We are growing our team to allow us to expand the use of Dentally across the globe.

Our Tech and Tools

• Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Ember.js
• Postgres, Redis
• Puma, Sidekiq
• Heroku, AWS
• GitHub Asana, Slite, Slack, New Relic

The way we work

We look for problem solvers, not ticket takers. We're not about following strict processes or micromanaging. We operate on trust and focus on making a real impact. Our teams are mission focused and presented with problems, supported by context and research to help them deliver valuable solutions. We are a continuous delivery focused group, shipping changes to production 150+ times per month. We plan our commitments on a quarterly basis and work in 6-week cycles that enable us to solve real problems for our users and their patients, while balancing technical debt, bugs, innovation and team growth. Our teams are directly responsible for making decisions that will improve oral care services for thousands of dental professionals and their patients.

Importantly, we keep things simple. We build software that delivers value for our users whether they are our customers, employees or other stakeholders. We make small changes that deliver business value, we test these with our users and iterate on the feedback. We resist the urge to over-engineer our solutions. We let our users and the data tell us where we go next.

About You

You are highly self-motivated and can work independently or partner closely with other engineers on a project. You have proven experience within leading roles on software engineering team projects. You are excited about building high quality products and want to own the product development lifecycle starting with the right design and development principles. You have strong communication and interpersonal skills. You enjoy solving problems and like to challenge yourself by building scalable and highly performant solutions.

What you’ll be working on

• Creating intuitive web applications for a range of different end users and partners
• Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining changes for your team's area of ownership
• Designing, building and maintaining API infrastructure that allows for integration between different services and third party systems
• Working effectively with product managers, other engineers and business stakeholders on projects
• Communicating technical ideas and leading projects with a focus on solving real world business challenges

Your Technical skills

You are a talented engineer with experience spanning some of the below requirements

• Senior-level engineer with 5+ years of experience
• Strong at developing web applications using an object orientated language like Ruby, being familiar with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Experience working with Single Page Applications and JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue.js or (preferably) Ember.js
• Desirable : A robust knowledge of building and working with RESTful APIs
• Desirable : Experience integrating with internal and third-party services
• Desirable : A knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Heroku, Azure
• Desirable : Knowledge of data migration and ETL practices

It's not expected that any single candidate would have expertise across all of these areas - we're looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.

Your personal attributes

• Great communication and collaboration skills working with other engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders
• Independent, proactive, and able to deliver production-ready code with minimal guidance
• Empathetic and authentic
• Inquisitive and interested
• Driven Self-motivated and diligent
• Optimistic and courageous

Our recruiting process

We try to make our process as simple as possible whilst giving you and us opportunities to learn about each other.

1. 25 mins of online cultural and cognitive assessments

2. Chat with Head of Software Engineering to review role alignment

3. Technical test followed by review / interview with peer group

After this, we aim to make a decision within 24 hours

Our shared values

• Mutuality
• No politics
• Each person as important as the next
• Recognise creativity and encourage it
• Open communication
• Strong Ethics