Software Engineer

Job Description

Software EngineerLocation: Cardiff, CF10 3BD.Salary: £38k per annum.Contract: Full time, 37½ hour week, with an expectation of 7.5 hours per day.Based in the booming tech hub of Cardiff, Sotic is an award-winning digital agency, providing websites and software applications to the sports industry.Trusted by some of the biggest names in sport, since 2002 Sotic has been working with leading rights-holders including the Six Nations, World Sailing, England Netball, Tour of Britain Cycling, International Motorsport, Aberdeen FC and Premiership Rugby to deliver cutting edge online experience for sports fans.Our commitment to exploring and utilising the latest technology and our dedication to providing world-class support to our customers sets us apart from the competition.We pride ourselves on creating an atmosphere of autonomy and our conscientious and committed team enjoys a culture of flexible working and reciprocal support. Our values are quality, innovation and passion and we endeavour to incorporate those values in everything we do!The Technical EnvironmentWe have an established set of web-based products including live scoring, match statistics, tournament management and online booking systems. Visitor and view numbers can be very high for our websites, especially during live sporting events.All of our services are hosted in the Cloud on AWS. Most of our products run on a LAMP/LEMP stack, and we are migrating some of these to serverless technologies such as Lambda, SNS and DynamoDB. We are also interested in the potential of emerging technologies, such as AI.The RoleWe’re looking for a confident and experienced Software Engineer who will thrive in an agency environment. You will have experience working to deadlines, juggling several projects simultaneously and will have seen several projects through to completion. You will be able to take a holistic view of a project, understanding that code is only complete once it’s pushed live. You will be adaptable to change and will know how to plan for all eventualities. At Sotic we deliver beyond the build and you will need to be committed to a project beyond launch - recognising the need for continuous improvement.Skills & Experience• 2-3 years commercial experience developing software in either Python, GO or PHP (and have some exposure to the others)• Solid understanding of computing fundamentals (e.g. logic, data structures & algorithms, networks stack) along with strong software design skills, including OOP• Experience working on different types of projects such as API, web, serverless, data processing, etc• Confident discussing requirements with stakeholders• Proven experience of writing deliverable code• Experience working in an agile environmentDesirable Skills & Experience• Experience building for a cloud native environment• Experience building micro-service architectures • Experience building event-driven system• Secure coding practices• Experience working on the Linux command lineUp for the challengeClick "Apply" and submit your CV and something which highlights exactly why you think youd be a great fit for this role. This could be a covering letter, a video or anything you think hits the spot.COVID-19 and Working from HomeThroughout lockdown our employees have been working from home. Although this position is primarily office-based, whilst travel and working restrictions remain you will be temporarily required to work full-time from home. Please apply only if you are in a position to do so.Sotic is a flexible employer. Once the current restrictions are lifted, you may be able to work from home intermittently.Sotic is an equal opportunities employer.NO AGENCIES PLEASE Required skills

Front End

Software

UI

Engineer

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Front End Software UI Engineer