IT Support Developer

Role Purpose: Provide technical leadership and support for team members. Encourage and support the adoption of new technologies in accordance with the technical direction communicated by the Head of Development. Responsibilities

• Understand and follow company operating procedures for the creation of software
• Maintain software version standards
• Develop software to the definition of done
• Mandatory testing of produced software (unit and integration) and corrections as required, all thoroughly documented
• Create test harnesses and scripts when required
• Maintain existing systems and fix software quality issues

Support and Training

• Maintain a working knowledge of industry developments and technology best practice
• Monitor and coach development team members.
• Maintain a progressive yet pragmatic approach to the adoption of new technology to ensure that the team and client base continue to benefit from new technology.
• Improve systems knowledge and document (wiki and other artefacts)
• Support the development team in the resolution of system issues that have been escalated from product support.

Skills

• Deploy software to QA and production environments
• Implement patch fixes in conjunction with QA team and IT.

5+ experience in Software Development including; o 3+ years Web development experience using C# and ASP.Net MVC o 2+ years SQL

• Elite-level software development skill
• A passion for new technology and ability to identify emerging trends
• Ability to learn new techniques and technologies quickly and deeply
• Full stack knowledge, through Web browser, firewalls, databases and storage.
• Production of quality code, first time
• A keen passion for writing and maintaining well tested, high performance, readable code
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Excellent interpersonal skills and cross-department relationships
• Willing and able to provide guidance and support to the wider development team.

Experience with Agile project management – ideally Scrum Education Requirements - ideally computer science educated Experience Requirements - as listed within the specification Industry - IT Services Job Location - Tower Works, 2 Globe Road, Leeds Job Location - Postal Code LS11 5QG Qualifications - Agile, MS development certifications but none essential Work Hours - 37.5 hours