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Associate Software Engineer
Permanent, Remote
We are RS Group. A global force in B2B ecommerce, our team is responsible for over 60 websites worldwide. We are pioneers, innovators and disruptors in the world of B2B ecommerce. We are on a digital transformation journey, continuously experimenting with new tools and technologies that put customers at the heart of everything we do.
Make an impact as an Associate Software Engineer
Are you the kind of engineer that knows quality is a team effort? Do you want to grow your knowledge and skills sets to work in a modern large organisation?
We are looking for Type Script focussed engineers to help us with the transformation of our main e-commerce platform into a modern cloud-based, microservice powered experience.
The team
Joining “My Account” Front End Client Engineering Team, You Will Get The Opportunity To Work On Several Core Technologies. These Include
- NextJS webpages and associated services
- Gitlab pipelines and associated testing gateways and frameworks
- Our federated data graph utilising the latest GraphQL techniques
- Our design system backed React component library
The tech
Responsibilities
We have a wide range of responsibilities as a team including developing, debugging and maintaining our pages. The tech used to do this includes:
- HTML, CSS and Typescript
- Git
- React
- NextJS/NodeJS
- GraphQL (ideally SWR and Apollo server)
- Microservice architecture
- Mature testing approach (unit tests, e2e testing, etc.)
- Jira, slack and datadog
We are continuously innovating our software cycle and our operational support of our customers. We use agile methods and ceremonies in a positive refinement and improvement culture. Taking pride in the quality of our code, following coding standards and best security practices.
We Are RS
We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.
Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.
We offer service and product solutions to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we’re a trusted partner to the world’s leading industries.
We’re looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact.
Rewards
Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.
Benefits
Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:
- Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
- Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
- Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
- Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values
Ready to Make Amazing Happen?
Join c. 9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here.
Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.
