Software Engineer

Job Description

Location We operate a flexible, hybrid working environment with the candidate required to travel to either our Winchester or London office once or twice a week.

We offer

• Up to £60K base salary
• 6% pension contribution
• Private Medical
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to our comprehensive flexible benefits including discounts on big brands, wellness and employee assistance programmes, gymflex, buy and sell annual leave, travel and dental insurance
• Work. Life. Smarter. Our commitment to a flexible and hybrid working culture
  
  

Overview

Contributes significantly to coding, testing, and maintaining software systems, with a focus on technical excellence and collaborative problem-solving. This is a professional role for individuals with significant experience in software engineering

Accountabilities

• Contributes actively to the development and delivery of software features and bug fixes
• Ensures code quality by writing and executing comprehensive tests
• May leads the development work within a smaller project or cross functional product team
• Coach and mentor more junior members of the team (incl Graduate and Intern engineers)
• Writes clean, scalable, and testable code
• Participates in code reviews to learn best practices and coding standards
• Participates in the technical testing of code
• Contributes to the development of features or bug fixes
• Stays up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in software engineering to continuously improve personal skills and the quality of products.
  
  

Skills

• Demonstrates strong software development skills with an ability to write efficient, clean, and maintainable code
• Possesses effective collaboration skills and the ability to work within a team to solve complex problems
• Exhibits strong analytical skills with a methodical approach to troubleshooting and debugging
• Proficient in multiple programming languages and development tools relevant to Arqiva’s technology stack
• Familiarity with programming languages commonly used in the industry
• Good problem solving, analytical and logical skills to troubleshoot and solve complex software problems
• Good written and verbal communication skills, necessary for effective teamwork, documentation, and stakeholder engagement
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

• A few years of experience in a software development role with a proven track record of delivering quality software solutions
• Experience work in cross functional teams and building products and platforms
  
  

Qualifications

• Science/Computer Science degree or relevant industry experience
  
  

Why join Arqiva? We are the undisputed leader in UK TV and radio broadcast, and the UK’s leading Smart utilities platform. This means we have a strong heritage and foundation for future growth for you to grow your career with us.

Our journey is to transition global media distribution to cloud solutions, where we aim to double our revenue and continue to grow by being an innovator of scalable solutions for new connectivity sectors. We have opportunities in new technology applications and products, you will have opportunities to learn and develop with us.

Your wellbeing…. Our wellbeing mission is to help our people to be the best version of themselves at work and still have the time and energy to live a full life outside of work.

Our focus for 2024 is to Win, Grow, Go Faster – find out more, contact us and apply!

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