Senior Software Engineer

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Senior Software EngineerSalary -£43,889 - £46,483Contract type -PermanentWorking Pattern - Hybrid/RemoteLocation -Taunton, UKSenior Software EngineerSalary -£43,889 - £46,483Contract type -PermanentWorking Pattern - Hybrid/RemoteLocation -Taunton, UKJob summaryHere at the UK Hydrographic Office we have a number of exciting opportunities forSenior Software Engineersto join our expanding agile development teams, which work on both feature development and support across a range of systems. You willneed to have strong experience in relevant development tools and technologies as well as experience supporting and mentoring more junior developers.Our engineers work with a wide range of technologies, software tools and systems across multiple business areas with languages includingC#, Java, Python, Angular and Javascript.We deploy our solutions to cloud-based architectures as wellas to our own infrastructure and utilise technologies such asAzure, Terraform, AWS, Kubernetes, SQL. Everything we do is team based.Quality is paramount. Collaboration is key and you and your team will be supported to do good work. Mostcodeis done in pairs or largergroups to ensure quality and spread knowledge. Everyone reviews code and everyone welcomes feedback.We offer a great work / life balance. Peoples start and end times are built around their own preferences 7am to 7pm and the team time is focussed on building things.Were all set up forworking fromhome and encourage people to make use of this ifthey prefer. We are committed to providing part time options and reasonable accommodations and will work with you to meet your needs.Youll be joining a software development practice of around 50 engineers. Were proud that weve created this group by recruiting junior people who share a commitment to professional development and watched them grow with us. Right now, we have people pursuingcertification in Azure, AWS, Kubernetes and Security; we have others on management training courses; we even have people on Masters Degree programmes. We have also welcomed people returning to their chosen career after a career break.Job descriptionThe senior software engineer is responsible for designing, coding, testing, deploying, improving and supporting applications and services.This will be within an agile development team which could primarily be working on new products and features, support of existing systems, or a combination of both.As a senior engineer you will support and mentor more junior members of the team to help build capability.The UK Hydrographic Office is a leading centre for hydrography, providing marine geospatial data to inform maritime decisions. We work with a wide range of data suppliers and partners to support maritime navigation, safety, security and marine development aroundthe UK and worldwide.Person specificationAs a Senior Software Engineer you can expect to be involved in the following:

• Attend relevant project related meetings (daily stand-up, sprint planning, review, retrospective etc)
• Pair programming to deliver quality code solutions to customer requirements
• Working with stakeholders to refine requirements and ensure they are fully understood and complete
• Bug fixing and configuration of systems to support operation of live services
• Active participation in wider software engineering community activities such as guilds, study groups etc and identifying and sharing best practices and recommendations for tools and techniques
• Supporting and mentoring more junior colleagues to grow the teams capabilities
• Continually develop your own skills as part of a programme of continuous professional development

SCnon reservedThis is a Ministry of Defence non-reserved post and although open to UK, British Commonwealth and European Economic Area nationals, successful applicants will require a security clearance (SC) and therefore need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 12consecutive months within the last 5 years.BenefitsWe know you need a break so offer 26.5 days annual leave, rising to 31.5 days after five yearsplus nine paid bank holiday days each year (pro-rata for part-time employees).Saving for the future is vital and our pension contribution rates are currently up to 27.9%.We have reward, recognition and discount schemes to ensure we help all employees where we can.Our onsite nursery and enhanced maternity leave pay, adoption and shared parental pay, shows how much we value our staff and their family life.Flexible working Award winning office We offer a range of flexible working options, from hybrid/remote working to condensed hours, job shares and career breaks for greater work/life balance.Our state of the art office in Taunton, Somerset, has exceptional facilities, including an onsite gym