Senior Software Development Engineer (Back-End) at AnyVan

• As a Senior Software Engineer you understand how to write efficient and maintainable code and are influential in how software is designed for scale. As a clear communicator, you’re also comfortable in taking technical concepts and making them relatable to less technical audiences, ensuring maximum engagement and alignment around our shared goals.

What you'll be doing:

• Help future proof the business and support growth by delivering excellent production ready, logical and pragmatic code in the following languages - Java, AWS
• Follow best-in-class agile processes
• Drive for use of accepted design patterns to allow for autonomous and iterative development and future scaling needs
• Use business and system domain knowledge to anticipate and minimise the cost of future change
• Manage stakeholder expectations and anticipate and communicate blockers, delays to mitigate risk in advance of issues arising
• Ensure testing techniques and frameworks are considered and champion improvements to achieve company quality goals more efficiently
• Help foster a security first mindset
• Troubleshoot and solve complex software issues to overcome obstacles, resolve blockers and complete tasks
• Communication and collaboration - You’ll work closely with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders to build trust based relationships and foster a culture of open collaboration, ensuring complex technical issues and findings can be easily translatable to both technical and non-technical audience.
• Working in the pricing team focusing on delivering market leading solutions to a key part of the AnyVan user journey.
• Mentor and coach more junior team members

What skills and experience would set you up for success in the role:

• Experience working across the stack with exposure to several of the following:Java, AWS
• Genuine passion for the end product and delivering outstanding customer solutions with pragmatic, logical and maintainable code
• Experience influencing key stakeholders (internally and externally) to consistently deliver against key projects
• An in-depth understanding of web development practices and technologies and tools. Exposure to e-commerce a bonus
• Familiar with software architecture patterns, database optimisations, infrastructure, scalability and deployment
• A broad understanding of the software development lifecycle and practical hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery & QA
• Experience working in and driving an Agile development environment
• Experience working in pricing areas is advantageous but not essential.