WPF Desktop Developer

Basemap Ltd; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

25 days holiday (28 after 3 years)

Free parking

Electric charging points

Health cash-back plan

Cycle to work scheme

Regular social events

Flexible working hours

2 remote days per week

Job summary

Basemap Ltd in Guildford (Surrey Research Park) is seeking a software developer to join a leading-edge mapping solutions team. You will build features in a WPF desktop application using MVVM, extend mapping and data visualization with GIS frameworks, and contribute to refactoring and new analysis features.

The role supports Agile/Scrum with daily standups, code reviews, and CI/CD via Azure DevOps; expect 3+ years' experience, a generous package, pension, 25 days holiday rising to 28 after 3

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience developing software
• Experience in desktop or MVVM-based applications
• Experience with GIS frameworks or libraries is a plus
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum environments
• Proficient in unit testing and CI/CD processes

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features in the WPF desktop application using MVVM
• Extend mapping and data visualization using GIS SDKs
• Write algorithms and collaborate to implement new analysis features
• Author unit tests and participate in code reviews
• Contribute to a self-organising Scrum team and CI/CD pipelines

Skills

MVVM pattern

C#.NET

WPF

Unit testing

Git

Azure DevOps

Tools

Entity Framework

SQL Server

Autofac

NUnit

Moq

Dapper

AutoMapper

Job description

Technologies: C#.NET, WPF, EF, SQL Server

This is an exciting opportunity for a software developer to join a leading-edge software team of dynamic developers. Basemap are a company at the forefront of our market, producing digital mapping and transport solutions.

The successful candidate will join an agile team collaborating on B2B and B2C applications. We work iteratively to focus on the performance of the team and delivery of product. To this end there is support and mentoring from the lead developer, processes in place for review and code quality, and opportunity to influence change in processes.

Primary Duties / Responsibilities

You will have a proven interest and ability in developing software systems where your responsibilities will include developing software, refactoring code, designing systems and working on solutions.

Day to day activities will involve:

• Building and maintaining features in our WPF desktop application, following the MVVM pattern
• Extending our interactive mapping and data visualisation features using a third-party mapping SDK
• Writing algorithms and working alongside our existing developers to design and implement new analysis features
• Authoring unit tests
• Collaborating in a self organising Scrum team including participating in the daily standup, planning and retrospective meetings
• C#.NET, WPF and the MVVM pattern
• Entity Framework, SQL Server
• Dependency injection (Autofac or similar)
• Unit testing (NUnit, Moq)
• GIT
• Ability to work collaboratively within an agile team
• A strong commitment to staying up to date on the latest technologies
• Interest in the transport and mapping sector
• Experience working with GIS frameworks and/or libraries (ThinkGeo, Esri, MapInfo, GDAL)
• GIS and mapping concepts such as WMS, contour generation and spatial analysis
• Dapper, AutoMapper, FluentAssertions
• Maintaining a long-lived legacy desktop codebase alongside modern testing practices
• Azure DevOps Pipelines and CI/CD

We are looking for someone with 3+ years’ experience; however, would consider someone with less experience based on their portfolio.

You will get the opportunity to work for an outstanding company who continue to deliver solutions at the highest grade. You can expect a generous salary package, including a company pension scheme and 25 days holiday increasing to 28 days after 3 years. Other benefits include free parking, electric charging points, health cash-back plan, cycle to work scheme and regular social events. We offer flexible working hours and 2 days per week working remotely.

The role is full-time and based at our offices at the Surrey Research Park, Guildford.

Salary £50-60K