Senior Software Engineer

Causeway; Middlesbrough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in construction software is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Middlesbrough. This hybrid role involves designing and developing high-quality software solutions that impact millions of users. The ideal candidate will have experience with C#, .Net, and AWS along with a strong commitment to quality and innovation. Join a diverse team and make a significant impact while enjoying a range of benefits including flexible working, generous leave, and support for personal development.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + public holidays

4% matched pension

Private Medical Insurance

Paid study leave + volunteering days

Fitness club allowance of £100

Qualifications

• Previous background in a similar software engineering role.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test and debug technical solutions.
• Become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in areas of application.
• Collaborate with team members to meet product requirements.

Skills

C#

.Net

AWS

API

REST

Education

Degree in Computer Sciences or related field

Tools

Java

JavaScript

Eclipse

Jenkins

Google Kubernetes Engine

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Middlesbrough (Hybrid)

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Who are we?

We are ranked as the UK’s #1 construction specific software player and our mission is simple; to provide market leading end-to-end software solutions to the construction and construction like industries across the entire build life cycle.

If you are looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined road map to deliver over the next 3 years, which is centred around a large-scale digital transformation as well as continuing our growth and expansion.

We embrace diversity and equality and want our employees to be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it improves every aspect of our business.

Purpose

Our technology is used by thousands of companies and affects millions of lives. You’ll be passionateabout delivering high-quality products and having a significant role in and impact on our success. Yourgoal is to ensure that our product is developed to high standards and that Causeway retains acompetitive edge in the market.

The Senior Software Engineer will report to the Agile Delivery Lead or Technical Delivery Lead.

The key areas of responsibility for the Senior Software Engineer include:
• Technical Delivery
• Technical Innovation
• Support the delivery of Software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, code, test and debug technical solutions including complex components, ensuring thatquality standards are achieved.
• Become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in areas of the applications working on.
• Provide some legacy product support (fixing defects) in older technologies, including activeinvolvement in moving the legacy product forward into newer web technologies.
• Write clean, well-designed code, following best practices.
• Estimate effort required to accomplish requirements and ensure that schedules are met.
• Collaborate with other team members to help specify, design, and develop software, meetingproduct requirements.
• Identify process deficiencies and propose and implement solutions and improvements.
• Ensure the technical product is developed accurately, based on best practice standards, withinbudget and on time to support the business objectives.
• Work with the security team to ensure data security standards are consistently achieved.
• Ensures that technical implementation is technically sound, defect rates are minimised, andproducts are inexpensive to maintain and support.
• Communicates frequently with Scrum Master, Development Director & Product Owner, andSupport teams when required.
• Takes responsibility for their personal development, ensuring that knowledge and skills are upto date and maintained, including emerging trends that may be relevant to solutions beingdeveloped.
• Continuously strive for innovative solutions and make suggestions for improvements that willprovide benefit to the business in terms of improved efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity.
• Be willing to listen to and support colleagues, devoting time to sharing knowledge, infusingconfidence, and expressing positive expectations.

Essential:
• Previous background in a similar software engineering role.
• C# / .Net experience.
• Experience with AWS
• Experience of API’s / REST.
• Experience withmessage buses would be a strong plus.

• Able to identify technical risks and propose alternative solutions.
• Awareness of current trends and developments in software engineering.
• Experience with Agile (Scrum) methodologies and project management.
• Good knowledge of quality standards, legislation, and best practice.
• Degree level or equivalent education preferred in a relevant subject such as computersciences, computer engineering, information management systems, software development orbusiness information systems etc.
• Highly developed attention to detail.


Desirable:
• Previous experience with Java, .Net or JavaScript, Subversion, Eclipse or equivalent IDE,continuous integration tools, jUnit or equivalent testing frameworks, and the Java Spring library.
• Experience in Facilities Management technology would be advantageous.
• Awareness and experience of Google Kubernetes Engine and GCP offerings plus otherengines such as Jenkins & Azure Dev Ops.

What you get from us:

If you're looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. We believe everyone at Causeway has a vital role to play in our success. Causeway is fuelled by curiosity and is a place for people who beam with positivity and burn with ambition.

Our team is everything, so we’ll take good care of you. In fact, we give well-being the same priority as our other business goals. We’re strong advocates of work-life balance, offering hybrid working alongside the opportunity to work from modern, collaborative offices.

Our Values

We are United. As part of a team, we’re better together.

We are Agile. Be the change, we’re on a journey.

We are Trusted. Do the right thing, we own this.

We are Driven. Get stuck in, we make it happen.

Benefits

As a leader in employee engagement and people management, there are fantastic benefits and rewards at Causeway. We strive, year on year, to achieve recognition as an award-winning workplace that our employees love. We’ve selected just a few of the many benefits available below to show you how we take care of our Causeway stars.

• 25 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing with length of service.
• 4% matched pension.
• Income protection and life assurance.
• Access to our award-winning benefits platform.
• We take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.
• £100 allowance towards a fitness club.
• Dell discounts.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Paid study leave + volunteering days.
• Car Scheme.

Like all responsible companies Causeway is aware of the need to recognise the importance of protecting our environment and addressing the climate emergency. Causeway is a carbon neutral company and we offset our calculated carbon footprint. However, we recognise that offsetting is not a permanent solution, so we set environmental objectives to reduce our footprint year-on-year.