Junior Software Developer at Activate Group Limited

Job title: Junior Software Developer

Department: IT

Location: Home based

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £25,000-£35,000 dependant on experience

We’re looking for a Junior Software Developer to be part of our success story.

**Listed in the 2022 Sunday Times 100: Britain’s fastest-growing private companies.
**Great career development opportunities – grow with us.

About the role

The development team is responsible for the main line of business Claim Management System (CMS). This system manages the vehicle repair process from first notification all they way to return to driver and interacts with multiple 3rd party API to send and receive data direct from vehicle repairers across the UK. The system requires frequent changes to meet the changing needs of our customers who are insurers and fleet operators.

The system was built using Microsoft .NET (C#) and Azure SQL. AGL have a migration programme to redesign and rebuild the system using .NET 5/6 with React for UI.

Work items range from small changes through to long running Epics requiring multiple developers working together. To manage our busy workload we use Azure DevOps

Key responsibilities

• Design to meet business and non-functional requirements

• Build using OOP best practices, relevant design patterns and clean code principles

• Test using Test Driven Development (TDD) methodology (test first)

• Release using automated deployment/rollback scripts (SQL)

• Manage source code versions using Azure DevOps (git)

• Proactively ensure a multi-disciplinary team by promoting knowledge sharing and working collaboratively

Skills and experience

• Proven problem-solving ability

• Good communication skills

• Demonstrable C# programming skills, including use of delegates, Entity Framework & LINQ

• Familiarity with best practices such as SOLID, design patterns and clean code

• Demonstrable use of version control (git preferred)

• An understanding of database design (to 3rd Normal Form) and experience of SQL

• Familiarity with JSON and XML formats

• Desire to learn more about technology and best practice to deliver the best long-term outcomes

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Personal health cash plan – claim back the cost of things like dentist and optical check ups
• Enhanced maternity / paternity / adoption / shared parental pay
• Life assurance: three times basic salary
• Free breakfasts and fruit
• Birthday surprise for everybody!

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group, looking after team members is a major priority. Whether you're at our smart Halifax or Peterborough offices or working from home, we'll make sure you have all the support you need to succeed.

From benefits that put your health and wellbeing first, to impressive rewards for our employee of the month, and little perks like free fruit and cereal, we’ll go out of our way to show how much we appreciate you.

A bit about us

Named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s 100 fastest-growing private companies, we employ more than 700 team members nationwide.

We work with some of the UK's largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in a road incident at our contact centres in Halifax and Peterborough.

We look after every step of the repair process, repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair body shops, and through a UK-wide network of independent repair partners.

Want to know what it’s like to work with us? Take a look at our purpose and values. They define who we are, and how we work with team members, customers and suppliers:

Purpose: Make someone's bad day better

Values:

• Make it happen – Be accountable. Take the initiative, work fast, and do a great job.
• Strive for better – Be bold. Challenge the norm – make small improvements often.
• Win together – Be a team-player. Win together, learn together, respect each other.