Location: Melton (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to £50,000 based on experience

Working hours: 09:00 17:30

The purpose of this role is to solve complex business problems and technical challenges through the design and development of software applications and services. This role will contribute directly towards exciting technology opportunities in the public health sector; specifically in general practice.

You will be responsible for building and maintaining critical components of our software infrastructure, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security. This role sits within the platform team.

Responsibilities

Design and Development

Contribute towards the design, develop, and implement high-performance, scalable, and maintainable applications and services

Develop APIs and other web services

Work with databases (relational and NoSQL) to implement data models

Contribute towards all phases of the software development lifecycle, from design and development through to testing, deployment and monitoring & alerting

Technical Leadership

Assist and unblock other members of the team where appropriate

Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback

Contribute towards the development of software engineering best practices and principles

Participate in architectural and design discussions

Stay abreast of the latest technologies and industry trends

Problem-Solving

Assist with the diagnosis and assessment of complex technical issues

Identify and contribute towards solutions designed to improve service or component security, performance, scalability, and reliability

Collaboration

Work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders

Share ideas and prompt continuous improvement across the team

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Write unit tests and integration tests to ensure code quality

Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards

Comply with the companys Health & Safety, Data Protection, Information Security, PCI & DSP policies and procedures.

Skills Required

Essential

Knowledge of the product development lifecycle

Considerable working experience with modern PHP including frameworks (e.g. Laravel)

Source control (e.g. GitLab)

Working experience with structured and unstructured databases (e.g. MySQL)

Knowledge of or working experience with Message Queues (RabbitMQ) & event driven architecture

Strong knowledge of software design patterns and object-oriented design principles

Working experience of unit test frameworks and test automation

Desired

Strong expertise in Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum / Kanban)

DevOps tooling

Node.js

Healthcare industry experience (NHS)

VOIP call handling

Benefits

25 Days Holiday plus an additional day for your birthday/equivalent

Cycle to Work Scheme

Winter Flu Jabs

Free On-Site Parking

Learning and development budget with Professional Qualification Support

£1,000 employee referral bonus

Social benefits (paid social events)

Buy Holiday Scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Discount on Health Insurance

Annual Salary Review

Enhanced Company Sick Pay

Monthly pizza in the office (Hybrid employees) / coffee voucher (Remote employees)

SCG mobile benefit

SCG is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to upholding the principles of the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities. We will endeavour to make necessary adjustments to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process

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