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Software Developer

Job description

Software Developer

Herefordshire
Full-time, office based
Salary up to £45,000 depending on experience

What's on offer

  • Salary up to £45,000 depending on experience

  • 24 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 day for each year of service

  • Early finish on Fridays

  • Matched company pension scheme

  • Healthcare cashback plan

  • Varied software development role across the full application lifecycle

  • Opportunity to work on Android, desktop, web and internal applications

  • Hands-on development, testing, integration and application improvement work

  • Office-based role within a collaborative technology environment

  • Exposure to a broad range of systems, applications and stakeholders

The Role

A growing technology business based in Herefordshire is looking for an Application Software Developer to join its team.

This is a varied, hands-on role suited to someone with experience in software development, application development, mobile development, web development or analyst programming. You will be working alongside another Software Developer and the wider technical team, helping to design, build, test, integrate and improve software applications across the business.

The role will involve developing and supporting a mixture of Android, desktop, web and internal business applications. You will be involved across the full software development lifecycle, from understanding requirements and developing solutions through to testing, integration, QA, release and ongoing improvement.

This would suit someone who enjoys more than just heads-down coding. You will be working closely with product owners, technical colleagues, operational teams and users to ensure software solutions are practical, robust and fit for purpose.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain and improve software applications

  • Work across Android, desktop, web and internal business systems

  • Support development from requirements through to release

  • Work with users and stakeholders to understand requirements

  • Translate requirements into practical software solutions

  • Write clean, maintainable and flexible code

  • Test applications and resolve bugs or technical issues

  • Support integration between systems, applications and equipment

  • Maintain and update application databases

  • Improve existing applications to enhance functionality and performance

  • Support application release, QA and testing processes

  • Create prototypes and present technical ideas where required

  • Troubleshoot software and application issues

  • Work closely with colleagues across different technical and operational areas

Skills and Experience

Essential:

  • Experience in software development, application development, mobile development or web development

  • Android Studio experience

  • Java and/or Kotlin experience

  • JavaScript, PHP and HTML experience

  • Experience working across the software development lifecycle

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

  • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical users

  • Comfortable working in a collaborative team environment

  • Able to manage changing priorities and work to deadlines

  • Strong attention to detail

Desirable:

  • SQL experience, including MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server / T-SQL

  • CSS

  • Azure DevOps

  • Debian or Linux exposure

  • Experience working with bespoke APIs

  • Experience with testing, QA or release processes

  • CI/CD exposure

  • Secure development practices

  • Experience integrating software with external systems, applications or equipment

Additional Information

This is a full-time, office-based role in Herefordshire.

If you are looking for a varied software development role where you can work across Android, desktop, web, integration, testing and application improvement, this could be a strong opportunity to consider.