Developer

Annual salary: up to £50,000.00

Developer

Hybrid, with regular travel to our Exeter office.

Full-Time, Permanent, up to £50,000 per annum depending on experience.

At Mears, we’re at the forefront of tackling some of the UK’s most pressing challenges in housing and social care. As a market leader in affordable housing services and a trusted provider of personal care, we’re proud of the impact we make every day. But we’re not stopping there—we’re growing, transforming, and investing in cutting-edge technology to keep moving forward.

We are seeking a methodical, attentive and self-motivated IT Developer to join and strengthen our existing IT team due to increased work load.

We’re not just offering a job; we’re offering a career where you’ll contribute to meaningful projects, grow alongside an ambitious team, and help shape the future. You’ll be a vital part of our IT team, delivering innovative solutions that empower our mission and improve lives.

More about the role

As an IT Developer, you’ll collaborate with a talented team of developers and architects, taking ownership of; Designing, building, and maintaining robust, high-performing solutions using, writing clean, reusable, and secure code that drives efficiencies across the team, test and deliver solutions that are error-free, meet performance benchmarks, and align with business needs.

Over the years Mears has continued to build upon its broad range of in house developed systems, the success of this has been built on the foundation of a brilliant and highly skilled development and test team.

Mears continue to push the envelope for their in-house solutions, delivering responsive, secure and performant applications across a varied mix of platforms. To support this, it is essential that the software is fit for purpose, delivers on its promises and is bug free.

The next 12 to 24 months sees some very exciting and high-profile projects in the pipeline and as such we are looking to expand our team.

You will be responsible for the specification, development, documentation, testing and support of development processes. Providing high quality software solutions that meet business requirements.

Ensuring all code is stored and maintained in DevOps.

Maintaining confidentiality to the highest level and observe data protection guidelines.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Role Criteria:

• An established proven record of commercial experience using .net development languages  C#, ms sql vsts / azure devops / git and source control.
• Recognised experience of development using JavaScript.
• Excellent understanding of T-SQL and JSON.
• Good knowledge of interacting with Mongo/NoSQL data stores.
• Experience of developing solutions in Azure (Azure SQL, APIs, Logic Apps, websites, etc.).
• Analytical, with a keen eye for detail.
• Ability to methodically test systems and ensure they conform to the specification / process
• Naturally inquisitive regarding data within the system and seek out issues / best practice, analyse and feed back to required management.
• We would also be keen to meet candidates with experience of social housing maintenance, Creating SSIS packages, Interacting with Web APIs, Angular, PowerShell, IIS, Workday, ServiceNow

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

The Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Remote working
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Care
• Sharesave - a simple way of saving money direct from your salary for 3 years, in order to buy Mears Group PLC (Mears) shares at a price that is fixed and discounted at the outset
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work! Previous years include, Alton Towers, Drayton Manor etc
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% on coffee, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.

We are proud to be on the list of the Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For, and on the Social Mobility Index of the top 75 employers in the UK for our commitment to social mobility.

If this sounds like an opportunity you’d like to explore; apply using the link below or for further questions please contact Vickie Rudge on vickie.rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk, quoting the reference number.

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment.

As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a DBS & BPSS check, as well as Security Clearance. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.