Software Engineer - Manchester

Accenture UK & Ireland; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days vacation

Private medical insurance

Charitable leave

Job summary

Accenture Software & Platform Engineering in Manchester is seeking a Software Engineer to join a team delivering traditional and serverless applications in an agile setting. You will work with Java, Typescript, Python, Go, C#, and modern JS frameworks to build cloud-native services and data integrations.

Onsite collaboration with clients is required; experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments is essential.

Qualifications

• Several years of industry experience in one or more of Java, Typescript, Python, Go, C#, React, Angular, Vue, or Svelte.
• Experience with Cloud Native technologies (AWS preferred; familiarity with Azure or GCP a plus).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi) and building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, ArgoCD).
• Strong focus on accessibility, security, performance and caching in code.

Responsibilities

• Develop traditional and serverless applications and services in an agile environment with integration to data storage services and messaging.
• Deploy applications using containers to cloud with CI/CD and observable production runtimes.
• Ensure quality through documentation and unit/integration/contract testing with security/performance considerations.

Skills

Java

Typescript

Python

Go

C#

React

Angular

Vue

Svelte

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

AWS CDK

Pulumi

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

CircleCI

ArgoCD

Accessibility

Security

Performance

Caching

Job description

Level: 9 - Specialist

Level: 9 - Specialist

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history, typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK. Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement. Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

Role: Software Engineer - Manchester

Level: 9 - Specialist

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history, typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK. Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement. Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Accenture Software & Platform Engineering is powered by a community of 1,000+ experts and provides end-to-end product engineering solutions which deliver tangible value, fast. We bring together an obsession for technical excellence with agility and scale, to help clients move from project to product at speed.

We partner with clients across all sectors—from fast-growing scale-ups to national and global blue-chip companies, as well as public sector organizations. Our teams regularly develop products that reach and impact millions of users.

As a member of our Software & Platform Engineering team, you will:

• Develop traditional and serverless applications and services in an agile and collaborative environment using source control that integrate with data storage services / message buses and other architectural elements
• Deploy these applications using features such as containers to cloud leveraging CI/CD to support this process backed with good observability when running these in production
• Ensure quality through the creation of documentation and use of unit / integration / contract testing with a consideration of security / performance requirements

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• A few years of industry experience in one of following: Java / Typescript / Python / Go/ C#, React, Angular Vue, Svelte.
• Experience with Cloud Native technologies (AWS preferred, familiarity with Azure or GCP a plus)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi)
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, ArgoCD)
• Strong Accessibility, Security, Performance and Caching coding.

Set yourself apart:

• Experience with building datastore solutions on at least one No-SQL(Elasticsearch).
• Proven ability to apply analytical and creative thought and translate into technical solutions.
• Proven ability to debug and resolve complex technical issues.
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Experience shaping and delivering small to medium size pieces of work.

What Is In It For You

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.