Senior Software Developer

Ipswich
3 weeks ago
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Senior Software Developer

A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to work for a Health-Tech software company, which is making technological advances and solutions that help the NHS. Having grown to almost 100 people, they are looking to bring on an experienced Developer to work within their back-end platform and systems integration team. This team uses a range of technologies including PHP, Laravel, MySQL and RabbitMQ

Location: Ideally Ipswich 2 days a week, although remote option available (must be able to travel to Ipswich, Suffolk twice a quarter) - must be UK based

Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum + benefits (with a clear salary progression path)

Requirements for Senior Software Developer

  • Strong commercial experience working in a senior software engineering capacity using PHP, Laravel & MySQL

  • Degree educated in Computer Science, Maths, Physics, Engineering or closely related subject

  • Ability to quickly pick up new technologies

  • Strong attention-to-detail

  • Great communication skills - this team is highly collaborative so they are looking to continue this with great communicators

  • Experience in the following is beneficial: RabbitMQ, JavaScript, React, Redis, Electron

    Responsibilities for Senior Software Developer

  • Working in an agile environment you will be working within the back-end platform and system integration team using a broad range of technologies including PHP, Laravel, MySQL, RabbitMQ, JavaScript, React, Redis, Electron

  • Understand business requirements and translate these into technical design and development tasks

  • Analyse and resolve complex technical issues

  • Identify and implement solutions to enhance system performance, scalability, and reliability

  • Advocate for best practices in software engineering within the wider team

  • Collaborate with and mentor other team members

  • Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders

    What the role offers:

  • Working for a tech-for-good company supporting the NHS

  • The chance to work on a diverse toolset on cutting-edge tech

  • Join a company with a wonderful culture proven by their excellent staff retention ratios

    Applications

    If you would like to apply for this unique Software Development role then please send your CV via the relevant links!

    We’re committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for your application or during the review process, please highlight this by separately emailing (if this email address has been removed by the job-board, full contact details are readily available on our website).

    Keywords – Senior Software Engineer / Backend Developer / Software Developer / Platform Engineer / Systems Engineer / Software Architect / API Engineer / Cloud Engineer / Programmer / PHP / Laravel / MySQL / RabbitMQ / JavaScript / React / Redis / Electron

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    RedTech Recruitment Ltd focus on finding roles for Engineers and Scientists. Even if the above role isn’t of interest, please visit our website to see our other opportunities.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at RedTech. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

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