Software Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join their vibrant team in Brighton. This hands-on role involves designing and maintaining high-quality software solutions critical to flagship products. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, you will engage in technical discussions, review code, and contribute to architectural decisions. The company values a positive culture, offering excellent benefits including hybrid working, generous holidays, and opportunities for personal growth. If you're passionate about software development and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Healthcare cash-back plan

Discounted fitness memberships

Tech, bike, and travel loans

25-days holiday plus bank holidays

Social calendar events

Qualifications

• Proven industry experience may substitute for a degree.
• Experience in back-end and front-end development.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain software for access control products.
• Investigate software defects and provide resolutions.
• Contribute to technical discussions and architecture decisions.

Skills

C# .NET

HTML

CSS

Angular

SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

.NET Web API

Job description

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At the heart of Paxton, we are innovators, we look for ways of harnessing new technology to provide better solutions for our customers. We're a global brand with nearly 40 years of experience, our team of over 400 employees is spread around the world.

We pride ourselves on creating a vibrant environment, with a focus on excellent company culture. Our teams make Paxton a great place to work with brilliant benefits that come with any role at Paxton, with an emphasis on career progression, training and development, and recognition of achievement for every employee.

So, what are the benefits?

• We run a great social calendar with wine tasting, cooking classes, onsite yoga, staff parties and more. It’s rare you won’t see something going on!
• Tech, bike, and travel or season ticket loans.
• Private medical insurance (Opt in) and healthcare cash-back plan.
• Discounted fitness memberships up to 75% off in your area.
• Hybrid working – Tuesdays and Thursdays
• 25-days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can buy & sell up to 5 days a year.
• Recognised as one of the Best Companies to Work for in the UK, by Best Companies.

About the role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team based in our Brighton office, with a background in building scalable, high-quality, and high-performance software solutions. This is a hands-on role where you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining software that is critical to our flagship access control products.

• You will design solutions for new features and bug fixes according to project requirements and specifications.
• Investigate software defects as assigned and provide timely resolutions.
• Identify problems or risks early on in the development cycle to help the team avoid or mitigate these risks to ensure efficient delivery of work.
• You will play an active part in reviewing your own and other people's code throughout the development process to help the team ensure good coding practices as we deliver our work.
• Proactively contribute to technical discussion and drive issues to closure and provide clear technical updates to project and management teams on a regular basis.
• Actively contribute towards decisions on overall architecture and technologies used in our software products.

What are we looking for?

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field is required. Proven industry experience may be accepted as a substitute.
• Experience in back-end development, especially in C# .NET and experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, Angular.
• Experience with .NET Web API.
• Experience working with SQL Server.
• An excellent team player who enjoys collaborating with other developers on your team.

The right attitude is more important to us than your skills or experience. If you’re excited about a role but your existing experience doesn’t match up with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

We want to collaborate with you and hear your ideas, most of all, we want people to enjoy the journey with us. Take a look at what our team thinks of working here.