Systems Engineer

Creditsafe; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking technology company in Cardiff is seeking a Senior NodeJS Developer to help build and maintain applications as part of an agile team. This role focuses on developing new applications and supporting existing ones for a cloud-based platform. The ideal candidate will possess expert knowledge of Node.JS and experience with AWS, RESTful APIs, and CI/CD pipelines. Competitive salary and benefits such as healthcare and hybrid working model are offered.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company Laptop supplied

Bonus Scheme

25 Days Annual Leave

Hybrid working model

Healthcare & Company Pension

Cycle to work and Wellbeing Programme

Global Company gatherings and events

E-learning and excellent career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills and adaptability to different technologies.
• Passion for mentoring other developers.
• Experience in developing scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain web applications and backend services.
• Collaborate in the team to develop and test solutions.
• Maintain existing software and data infrastructure.
• Write documentation for new processes and products.
• Define and execute practices for continuous integration and test-driven development.
• Track work using Agile software development tools.

Skills

Expert Knowledge of Node.JS

Experience of RESTFul API design and development

Designing and building microservices

Experience in Public Cloud Platforms (AWS)

Cloud Based Database Systems (DynamoDb, Aurora, MySQL)

Knowledge of Agile development methodologies

Understanding of GIT, CI/CD pipelines and AzureDevOps

Development experience in enterprise grade products

Tools

VS Code

Job description

Overview

We are currently looking for a Systems Engineer to join the team in Cardiff. We are looking for a new senior NodeJS developer who will work to develop new greenfield applications and also to support existing applications along with assisting Creditsafe in their transformation to a new cloud based web and API platform. The team uses Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) to deliver products and services efficiently and to high standard. The successful candidate will be a skilled and enthusiastic developer that prides themselves on delivering quality software whilst also having a passion for mentoring other developers within the team. Possessing excellent problem solving skills the successful candidate will be adaptable in using different technologies across different IDEs and public cloud platforms. Data is at the core of the Creditsafe business so it's imperative that Creditsafe developers are passionate about building scalable solutions to help deliver productized solutions that surface this data.

Responsibilities

• Play a hands-on role as part of a Scrum or Kanban team to design, develop, test and maintain high quality web applications and backend services that fulfil business needs.
• Work collaboratively to design, develop and test solutions.
• Help support the team in maintaining existing software and data infrastructure.
• Write documentation of new processes and products to facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Strong focus on quality. Define and execute practices such as continuous integration and test-driven development to enable the rapid delivery of working software.
• Managing, tracking and updating any work done within agile software development tools such as Azure DevOps.
• The responsibilities detailed above are not exhaustive and you may be requested to take on additional responsibilities deemed as reasonable by their direct line manager.

Skills and Qualifications

• Expert Knowledge of Node.JS
• Experience of RESTFul API design and development.
• Designing and building microservices.
• Experience in the Public Cloud Platforms, AWS.
• Cloud Based Database Systems. DynamoDb, Aurora, MySQL.
• Knowledge and experience of Agile development methodologies.
• Advanced understanding of GIT, CI/CD pipelines and AzureDevOps.
• Well versed with programming tools like VS Code or other code editors.
• Development experience enterprise grade products - scalability, performance, security, testing.

Desirable

• Python or C# is desirable.
• Modern JavaScript front-end frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue is useful, though not essential.
• Terraform templates, swagger.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary.
• Company Laptop supplied.
• Bonus Scheme.
• 25 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays).
• Hybrid working model.
• Healthcare & Company Pension.
• Cycle to work and Wellbeing Programme.
• Global Company gatherings and events.
• E-learning and excellent career progression opportunities.
• Plus more that can be found on the benefits section on the Careers page, https://careers.creditsafe.com/gb/