Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer,

Why DC Thomson?
DC Thomson is one of the prominent media organisations in the UK, with a community of 1,600 colleagues with different strengths, experiences and perspectives, united by a shared goal of building brands that inform, entertain and delight audiences across the globe. People and communities are at the heart of everything we do: the colleague communities, the communities they live and work in and the communities we build around our brands.

Senior Software Engineer Role
As part of the Platform Engineering Group, your responsibilities will be to collaborate within a growing crossfunctional organisation tasked with the inception and continuance of a series of services underpinning the largest digital transformation in the company's history. You will be tasked with the creation and maintenance of high quality software applications, cooperating with professionals from different disciplines and of varying experience levels, enabling you the opportunities to mentor and learn from colleagues. Our desire to foster a working environment that enables high velocity decision making will allow you to develop through practise and experimentation, whilst permitting you to take advantage of industry standard training services that will support your experiences.

Your participation in this culture will empower you to meaningfully contribute to the delivery of software solutions to our stakeholders, not only through your participation in the design and implementation process, but also in the refinement of our software development life cycle. The experience you bring will be a valuable resource in the continuous improvement of our engineering practises and how we approach problems as an organisation.

We encourage our Software Engineers to be capable of working across the entire technology stack, using Infrastructure As Code (IAC) to stand up new services, writing robust backend scripts to communicate with data storage, and creating intuitive interfaces to enable interaction with the application. The organisation adopts the approach of using the best tool for the job, so we currently have services written in a variety of languages such as PHP, C#, Python, SQL and Javascript, and we advocate the use of other languages where the use case makes sense.

Key Responsibilities
Collaborate within a team of cross functional professionals to deliver value in an Agile environment
Review problems and design solutions in a high velocity, iterative software development lifecycle
Take charge of personal development and pursue additional certification with guidance from experienced mentors
Mentor colleagues in appropriate software development techniques and assist with their career progression
Enabled to directly influence the technical requirements and priorities of projects
Accountable for the delivery of robust solutions in pragmatic timescales Participate in the innovation of our Engineering Practises by experimenting with new technologies and processes
Assist in the creation and preservation of highly intuitive software projects
Embrace and maintain our inclusive, dependable and compassionate Engineering Culture

What we are looking for
Significant demonstrable participation in creating applications by following good software practises
Examples of previous innovative decisions that impacted the delivery of projects
Ability to appropriately document and describe software solutions to a variety of audiences
Capable of designing modular systems with clear contracts between components
Excellent Problem Solving and Communication skills
Evidence of ability to successfully achieve relevant Certifications and Training
Experience working as part of a team in a role with significant accountability

Benefits on Joining the Platform Engineering group:
Working with a talented team of digital and industry experts who love to learn from each other
The team is a central point to continue driving DC Thomson’s digital evolution
Opportunity to shape your own learning and development path
Holiday entitlement, Health Plan, Pension,
Access to Personal Development platforms such as LinkedIn Learning and A Cloud Guru, Team Social Events, Hybrid Working
To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a CV and cover letter.

This is a full-time position, working 35 hours per week. The role presents the opportunity for hybrid working that will include a minimum 2 days per month in our Dundee office. We offer a generous package including 34 days holiday, Health Cash Plan, excellent Pension, a competitive salary, and many more staff discounts and benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from everyone and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or any other protected characteristics.