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This is a one-year Maternity cover with a possibility of a permanent contract offer after a year.
Descartes Systems Group is a global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions for logistics-intensive businesses. With over 1,200 employees, we have 18,500 customers in 160 countries and handle more than 15 billion EDI messages per year. We are looking for a talented Software Developer to join the Smartanalysis R&D team based in Chippenham. Smartanalysis, part of the SmartCompliance product suite, is the industry-leading digital and analogue tachograph analysis software for road transport compliance in the United Kingdom.
Key Responsibilities
- At least five years’ experience as a software developer working with the Microsoft Windows stack - Windows Server, IIS, SQL Server & .Net. We use mainly C# & ASP .Net MVC, with a little jQuery and Angular
- A solid understanding of the internet ecosystem – web sites, web services (RESTful and otherwise), communication protocols, user behaviour, browsers – and how it all hangs together
- Excellent coding skills, as demonstrated by a string of successful projects and knowledge of best practices like coding standards and code reviews
- Experience working over the entire product lifecycle, right through inception, development, iteration & refinement, to delivery – on the back end as well as the front end of the system
- Pragmatic problem-solving abilities when dealing with complex systems and problems
- An appreciation that there is only one person responsible for the quality of your output – and that’s you
- Experience of working in an agile or Scrum environment, with a firm belief in the process of continuous improvement
- A strong desire to do the right thing for the customer first and foremost, while at the same time being mindful of the needs and practicalities of the business
- A positive, can-do attitude to work, and a desire to share your knowledge and experience openly and regularly for the benefit of the team
- An excellent command of written and spoken English; comfortable reaching out to other teams in different parts of the business (often outside of the UK) to achieve your goals
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- Experience working with TFS or VSTS, and Office 365
- A working knowledge of Windows Services, SOAP and WCF web services, Windows and SQL Server scheduled tasks
- Experience working with complex, real-time, high volume transactional systems
- A good eye for website design and usability
- Experience in Telematics and Tachograph Compliance applications
- Either experience of, or a desire to get into, mobile application development; using Xamarin for example
- An awareness of things like ISO 27k and GDPR, and understanding of why security considerations are of paramount importance to everything we do
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are a good fit for this position to hruk@descartes.com citing ‘Software Developer’ in the subject header. We thank all applicants for their interest in Descartes; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.