Description
Software Engineer (Contract) - C#, .Net, WPF
Location: Royston, Hertfordshire (Remote working with occasional site visits as per project requirements)
CONTRACT ROLE
Rate: Up to £50 ph. (Inside IR35)
Duration: 12 Months
ASAP Start
An organisation specialising in the design and manufacture of machines for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical research industry are seeking a Software Engineer to develop and support cutting edge software enabled products for customers
Responsibilities - Software Engineer (Contract) - C#, .Net, WPF
Gather, analyze and define requirements for new complex software functionality with input from product managers, customer feedback, and internal product Development teams
Engineer and develop sustainable software systems through the use of prototyping, clear software design, and participating in design reviews
Write clear, easy to maintain, high quality code that is optimized for performance and memory usage
Write comprehensive design, functional, and quality assurance test documentation
Implement automated testing at the unit and nightly regression framework levels
Validate correct software and hardware system operation
Provide assistance to technical support team and product Development teams as needed
Qualifications & Experience - Software Engineer (Contract) - C#, .Net, WPF
Bachelor degree or Master degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a comparable scientific field
Proven hands-on experience in developing commercial software products
Excellent development skills with proven high-level proficiency in C#, C/C++, XML
Strong, demonstrable, object-oriented and software development skills and ability to work constructively in a team environment
Proven experience with modern software engineering processes and methodologies; experience in the various stages of the software engineering life cycle
Knowledge of one or more of the following desired: Windows Forms, WCF, WPF, SQL and database programming, hardware control/interfaces (serial, network, USB), graphical user interface development, memory and performance optimization, data analysis and visualization, graphing tools, and parallel programming
Good written and oral communication skills
Must have strong personal initiative and be results oriented