Description
Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, are currently looking to recruit a TypeScript/JavaScript Developer for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of c.£/day (outside of IR35). Due to the current circumstances this role will be remote based for the foreseeable future.The Role:
An experienced developer with solid commercial AWS development experience is required to accelerate the organisations move from Legacy on-prem registers to new cloud-native solutions. The main focus of the work will be the collaborative development of new serverless micro-services using AWS Lambda functions and Typescript/JavaScript.
Responsibilities:
Continued development and support of products in-line with the product and architecture roadmaps.
Demonstrate excellent, sustainable and collaborative software development practice that's focused on delivering highly readable, maintainable and appropriate artefacts.
Actively participate in all team events, leading where specialist knowledge is required and supporting the team to improve their process through inspection and adaptation.
Troubleshooting and fixing development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms.
Engage with the wider communities of practice and interest to share knowledge, technique and experience
Coach and mentor other team members as necessary
Essential Skills:
AWS
Serverless (Lambda)
Typescript (or modern JavaScript)
CDK
S3
Cloud Formation
API Gateway
Ability to make excellent quality software with other people.
Ability to work with business stakeholders, to understand the context, and to focus on delivering value.
Design and implementation of solutions using a service-based and serverless architecture.
Excellent collaboration, communication and teamwork skills
Experience working in the Agile delivery models - such as Scrum and/or Kanban frameworks.
Formal XP engineering techniques
Defining infrastructure-as-code
Desirable Skills:
Human-centred, research-driven, inclusive design practices
Testing tools and frameworks, eg Cypress
Use of UI pattern libraries to achieve consistent, tested and high-quality interfaces
Developing within GDS or Digital First (or similar) quality standards
Cloud monitoring, telemetry, intelligence tools and processes
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.