Senior Developer, UKIT

Job Description

A career in Information Technology, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our core business functions by deploying applications that enable our people to work more efficiently and deliver the highest levels ofservice to our clients. Our Information Technology Generalist - Practice Support team focuses on managing the design and implementation of technology infrastructure within PwC, developing and enhancing internal applications, and providing technology toolsthat help create a competitive advantage for PwC to drive strategic business growth.Senior Developers are a mainstay of product teams and are expected to have prior experience using modern, agile software development practices. They will take responsibilityfor the design and development of applications, writing and maintaining efficient code. They will work closely with product managers and architects to determine technical effort required for product features and be able to efficiently estimate and break workdown into vertical slices. Senior Developers have a quality first mindset, ensuring they create efficient unit tests and work alongside testers to create rapid feedback loops. Although design and coding practices are a focal point of the role, developers willbe expected to have T-shaped skills, being able to turn their hands to the practicalities of testing, support and deployment. A Senior Developer will always look for ways to improve the efficiency of engineering practices, through methods such as pair programming,continual refactoring and feature toggling Senior Developers will not be afraid to explore new ways of working for the team to increase quality, stability and cadence of delivery.A Senior Developer works within product teams to: Design and develop high qualityproducts using modern engineering practices Introduce techniques to ensure that high quality code can be delivered quickly and efficiently through automation and modern software engineering practices and tools, such as: Effective branching strategies Efficient,lean test automation frameworks Utilising automated code scanning tools Providing quick effective quality feedback Ensure support items are rapidly triaged and managed Work with DevOps engineers and test engineers to embed practices in the team which enableconsistent, predictable, fully tested deployments Directly lead and mentor developers and test engineers on all of the above Role; Aware of the importance of considering developing process efficiency and the common ways in which processes are optimised. Supportsspecific activities to improve development processes. Able to spot or identify obvious deficiencies. Understands key principles of modern standards approach, how they apply to the work they are undertaking, and will apply under guidance. Collaborates withothers when necessary to review specifications and uses these agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools. Translates logical designs into physical designs.Produces detailed designs, and documents all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate. Designs systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity and meaningfulimpact. Works with well-understood technology and identifies appropriate patterns. Able to build and test simple interfaces between systems, or can work on more complex integration as part of a wider team. Experience required; At least a few of: Experienceof TypeScript Mocha or similar testing framework Experience of Google Firestore or another NoSQL database Experience of Dialogflow or similar NLP Experience of Google Cloud Platform - Cloud Functions, AppEngine Azure DevOps (Pipeline, continuous integration)Experience of NodeJS building APIs with ExpressJSExperience of developing chatbots Angular 10+ Experienced in the development of Progressive Web Apps (PWA) Bootstrap Experience of Firestore Google Cloud Platform Azure DevOps (Pipeline, continuous integration)Notthe role for youDid you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work (ie temporary or day rate contracting)The skills we look for in future employeesAll our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support usin delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, The PwC Professional and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership,technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.Learn more here: uk/careers/experienced/applyDiversityValuing Difference. Driving Inclusion.We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgroundsand experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encouragean inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements.Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.uk/diversity