Senior Web Developer

The MTM Agency; Southampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The MTM Agency, based in Southampton, is seeking a Senior Web Developer to ensure high code quality and drive process improvements. You'll collaborate with technical architects and engineers to deliver high-standard projects.

Key responsibilities include software development, project management, and participation in team efforts to maximize profitability. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in C#, Dotnet core, and CMS technologies.

The role offers opportunities for professional development and representation in events.

Qualifications

• Experience with at least one CMS like Umbraco, Kontent, or Optimizely.
• Extensive experience in software engineering using C#, Dotnet core, and SQL.
• Proven project management skills in software development environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on custom technology solutions and maintain multiple projects.
• Ensure code quality and adhere to best practices in software engineering.
• Work with teams to meet project deadlines and maintain high standards.

Skills

CMS (Umbraco, Kontent, Optimizely)

C#

Dotnet core

SQL

Agile methodologies

Docker

Kubernetes

Vue JS

React

Angular

Tools

JMeter

Job description

If you want to join an award-winning agency that delivers bold ideas and outstanding results, we’d love to hear from you. The MTM Agency is a market-leading integrated agency based in Southampton. We are part of IDHL, one of the UK’s largest digital marketing agencies. Together, we partner with an enviable roster of international clients.

Senior Web Developer

As a Senior Web Developer you will ensure good code design, quality, reliability, and resiliency, through the setting of design standards, and driving process improvements. You will collaborate with engineers in solving technical solutions, as well as working with Technical Architects on the integration of products with other internal and external systems. Dare to make the difference and have impact from Day One!

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other developers and the project development team to determine needs and applying/customising existing technology to meet those needs
• Maintaining and supporting multiple projects and deadlines
• Working with the team to ensure the team completes the work within the sprints effectively and timely and to estimates

Administration

• Produce and maintain development documentation, where applicable
• Seek to improve how we do things, better software engineering and best practices
• You care about things like code quality, modularity, and performance
• Ensuring code is developed and unit tested using the SOLID principles
• You are not satisfied with a site that only “works”, but rather a site that works in the best possible way given appropriate criteria (e.g. client requirements or third party limitations)
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and implement solutions
• Stay up-to-date with Dotnet technology and strategies
• Ensuring work is produced to a high standard and to estimates

Other Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with other departments to contribute to proposals, share ideas and expertise and problem solve to ensure a high quality and seamless experience for our client partners
• Responsible for having an understanding and maintaining our client partner and agency budgets and be forthcoming with how the Agency can maximise profitability
• Undertake continuing professional development and mandatory training, to ensure you keep your knowledge, expertise and experience up to date
• To present and promote a professional public image in representing the agency
• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required, appropriate with the post
• You may be expected to participate in events and promotions where the team requires representation; sometimes helping out with the organisation of the events upfront. Some of these may be outside of your normal working hours
• Participation in the Agency appraisal scheme and undertaking any professional development as identified with your line manager
• To adhere to the company handbook and comply with relevant legislation

Person Specification

• Experience with at least one CMS: Umbraco, Kontent or Optimizely
• Extensive experience in software engineering experience across different projects, using C#, Dot net core, Server technologies, unit testing asp.net, razor, SQL
• Strong knowledge of software design, and implementation methodologies and processes
• Proven experience in leading and managing the delivery of system/software development projects in a structured environment
• Significant experience in a variety of software development approaches and methodologies including Agile and Waterfall
• Experience in requirements capture, analysis techniques and process improvement approaches
• A desire to remain technically capable and an expert in current technologies
• Ability to translate technical concepts and problems into “layman’s terms” for non-technical colleagues and clients
• Exposure to both architecture and implementation-level software design
• A good understanding of software performance testing, such as JMeter or similar performance testing tools
• A good understanding of Docker and Kubernetes
• Commercial exposure to Vue JS, React or Angular
• Knowledge and practical application of OOP and MVC software principles
• Exposure to unit testing and understanding of the principles of testing
• A good understanding of Azure Dev Ops pipelines
• A good understanding of Azure storage, search, app insights, key vault