Graduate Software Developer

We are seeking a Graduate Software Developer to join our growing Development team and work on our world-leading customer engagement, personalisation and data platform. 

To thrive in this exciting environment we imagine the Software Developer to be a proactive and driven individual, who excels at understanding and working on complex technical solutions that have large scale.

• Contributing to platform development by being an active member of one of our agile software development teams 

• Work independently or with other engineers to develop bug fixes, platform improvements and new features

• Output code and solutions that are of the highest standards

  • Dev test work before committing code for review 

  • Write unit tests for new work where appropriate

• Investigate, test, and resolve technical problems

• Be an engaged and collaborative team member who in addition to getting through day-to-day work contributes thoughts and ideas where possible, for example:  

  • for process improvement to your team and the wider Xtremepush community

  • for product enhancements that will be valuable to our users

  • for performance improvements to the Xtremepush platform

• A recent or upcoming graduate of an appropriate technical course such as a software engineering degree or diploma

• Someone who is passionate about software development and technology with some practical experience outside of your course from personal projects, freelance work, or open source contributions.

• A strong developer, with good understanding of OOP best practices

• Experience with frontend technologies

• Knowledge of relational databases & SQL

• Experience working with APIs

• Can work on own initiative, ‘can do’ attitude

• Logical problem solver

• Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical solutions simply to others

• A team player that thrives when working as part of a team

Nice to Have

• Interested in data analytics and marketing technologies

• Specific knowledge of the core technologies in our tech stack:

  • PHP, Go, VueJS, MySQL, AWS, Linux

• Understanding of performance optimization using queues, caching, and event driven patterns. 

• Experience with developing software using cloud native services