Software Developer (UI) - Drupal, CSS, HTML 5

Durham  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Software Developer (UI), Front End, Drupal, CSS, Javascript, HTML 5, Signal R, GIS

JOB SUMMARY

This role will be to work on the development of bespoke and innovative software applications.

With a proven background in software development, a software engineer will bring their technical expertise, as well as a quality and delivery focus, to their work on a day to day basis.

Working within development teams under the guidance of Senior or Lead Software Engineers and Solution Architects, the role will be to develop software across the scope of the company's applications. The role will primarily be focused on the development of software and will have interaction with many parts of the development life cycle from detailed design through to integration and support of acceptance testing.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (May be required to perform additional duties):

  • Adheres to company standards and best practice for software design, implementation and test.
  • Working with other Software Engineers and Solution Architects to interpret designs to produce appropriate working applications.
  • Working within a team to ensure implementation or design issues are highlighted and proposing potential solutions.
  • Produce and maintain internal technical documentation as required, such as designs, test specifications, technical notes.
  • Provides technical skills in software development and assists other Developers in improving capability and adoption of best practice.
  • Apply knowledge and experience to suggest solutions to issues as they arise during development activities, focusing on quality, value, risk and delivery.
  • Take part in solution integration and acceptance testing as appropriate.
  • Engage actively with the company processes for continuous improvement.
  • Comply with project task management processes for monitoring progress, providing meaningful estimates for remaining effort and notifying Team Leaders or Project Management when issues arise.
  • May be required to demonstrate prototype or working software to project management and other stakeholders.

Team Working Responsibilities

  • Works under direction of a Team Leader within a clear framework of accountability and demonstrates personal responsibility within that framework.
  • Takes ownership of the tasks allocated to them and agrees to the schedules and deliverables associated with these tasks. If necessary contributes to ensuring other team members deliverables are also delivered in a timely manner.
  • Perform peer reviews of designs, software components and test specifications produced by the development team.
  • Shares process knowledge to promote continual improvement of the capability within the development team.
  • Engages actively in team collaboration and co-ordination activities, such as planning and review meetings.

Skills & Experience

Essential

  • Experience in
    Drupal
    Javscript
    HTML 5
    CSS
    SASS
    NodeJS
    Bootstrap
  • Ability to communicate effectively within development teams, with Project Management and stakeholders as required.
  • Ability to work effectively as a team member within a development team, contributing to development output, sharing responsibility, solving problems and producing high quality product.
  • Ability to understand technical requirements and designs in a variety of forms (UML, Use Cases, User Stories, Traditional Waterfall) and translate these into functional applications
  • Willingness to prepare for new challenges by learning and applying new languages, frameworks and technologies
  • Commercial programming experience in a structured team environment following the full software development life cycle on multi-component systems.
  • Experience of the wider solution development life cycle, including an appreciation of the importance of each phase, including maintenance/service.
  • Ability to understand and follow the necessary company processes and procedures for software development.
  • Ability to assess the work involved in a given development activity, in order to provide reasonable estimates of the remaining effort.
  • Experience producing technical documentation to support application detailed design, tests and technical notes.
  • Have a positive, proactive and enthusiastic approach.
  • Have a good level of attention to detail and a thorough approach to all aspects of their work.
  • Willingness to travel with periods away from home as required.

Desirable

  • Experience in:
    JQuery
    OpenLayers
    GeoServer
    GIS
    SignalR
  • Domain knowledge of traffic management and control room systems or similar Real Time control room applications.
  • Development targeting Windows as a platform.
  • Experience of JEE enterprise architectures and/or Microsoft architectures.
  • Experience of Service Oriented Architectures.
  • Development using JavaScript.
  • Experience developing simulated environments.
  • Experience using modern development practices (Agile, Scrum, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Automated Tests, etc.)
  • Experience as part of both software development and maintenance teams
Start date
n.a
Duration
6 months
From
Tiger Resourcing Solutions Ltd
Published at
05.06.2017
Project ID:
1355781
Contract type
Freelance
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