Software Engineer (Platform)

SCG Midlands; Melton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions firm in the UK is looking for a Software Engineer to design and develop high-performance applications within the public health sector. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in modern PHP frameworks, experience with databases, and a solid understanding of the software development lifecycle. This role offers benefits including 25 days of holiday, a learning budget, and a hybrid working model, ensuring flexibility and additional time off to celebrate your birthday.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday plus an additional day for your birthday/equivalent

Cycle to Work Scheme

Winter Flu Jabs

Free On-Site Parking

Learning and development budget with Professional Qualification Support

£1,000 employee referral bonus

Social benefits (paid social events)

Buy Holiday Scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Discount on Health Insurance

Annual Salary Review

Enhanced Company Sick Pay

Monthly pizza in the office / coffee voucher

Qualifications

• Considerable working experience in PHP frameworks.
• Experience with structured and unstructured databases.
• Ability to write test cases and adhere to code quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable applications and services.
• Collaborate with team members to improve software performance.
• Write unit tests to ensure code quality.

Skills

Knowledge of the product development lifecycle

Working experience with modern PHP including frameworks (e.g. Laravel)

Source control (e.g. GitLab)

Working experience with structured and unstructured databases (e.g. MySQL)

Knowledge of or working experience with Message Queues (RabbitMQ)

Strong knowledge of software design patterns

Working experience of unit test frameworks

Job description

Location: Melton (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to £50,000

Working hours: 09:00 – 17:30

The purpose of this role is to solve complex business problems and technical challenges through the design and development of software applications and services. This role will contribute directly towards exciting technology opportunities in the public health sector; specifically in general practice.

You will be responsible for building and maintaining critical components of our software infrastructure, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security. This role sits within the platform team.

Responsibilities

• Design and Development: Contribute towards the design, develop, and implement high-performance, scalable, and maintainable applications and services
• Develop APIs and other web services
• Work with databases (relational and NoSQL) to implement data models
• Contribute towards all phases of the software development lifecycle, from design and development through to testing, deployment and monitoring & alerting

Technical Leadership

• Assist and unblock other members of the team where appropriate
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Contribute towards the development of software engineering best practices and principles
• Participate in architectural and design discussions
• Stay abreast of the latest technologies and industry trends

Problem-Solving

• Assist with the diagnosis and assessment of complex technical issues
• Identify and contribute towards solutions designed to improve service or component security, performance, scalability, and reliability

Collaboration

• Work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders
• Share ideas and prompt continuous improvement across the team

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• Write unit tests and integration tests to ensure code quality
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards
• Comply with the company's Health & Safety, Data Protection, Information Security, PCI & DSP policies and procedures

Essential Skills Required

• Knowledge of the product development lifecycle
• Considerable working experience with modern PHP including frameworks (e.g. Laravel)
• Source control (e.g. GitLab)
• Working experience with structured and unstructured databases (e.g. MySQL)
• Knowledge of or working experience with Message Queues (RabbitMQ) & event driven architecture
• Strong knowledge of software design patterns and object-oriented design principles
• Working experience of unit test frameworks and test automation

Desired

• Strong expertise in Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum / Kanban)
• DevOps tooling
• Node.js
• Healthcare industry experience (NHS)
• VOIP call handling

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday plus an additional day for your birthday/equivalent
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Winter Flu Jabs
• Free On-Site Parking
• Learning and development budget with Professional Qualification Support
• £1,000 employee referral bonus
• Social benefits (paid social events)
• Buy Holiday Scheme
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discount on Health Insurance
• Annual Salary Review
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• Monthly pizza in the office (Hybrid employees) / coffee voucher (Remote employees)
• SCG mobile benefit

SCG is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to upholding the principles of the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities. We will endeavour to make necessary adjustments to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process.