Junior Software Developer

Profile

You have spent your first year or two building confidence in front-end development, primarily with React. You are now comfortable delivering UI features independently and want to continue improving your skills in a collaborative setting.

You care about clean, maintainable code and like building tools that are used in real working environments. You are curious about how full systems work and are interested in gradually expanding into full-stack development, supported by an experienced and approachable team.

Why this role?

• You will work on internal products used across our engineering practice, including project dashboards, timesheets and mail filing assistant.
• You will take ownership of the front-end interface, working closely with our lead developer who focuses on backend systems.
• You will help shape how our tools look and feel, with the opportunity to contribute ideas and improvements.
• You will receive regular feedback and mentorship from engineers who understand the context and challenges of your work.
• You will join a small and focused development team where your input will be visible, valuable and appreciated.

General information

Whitby Wood is a multidisciplinary engineering practice working across structures, civil engineering, and geotechnics. Alongside our project work, we design and develop our own in-house software tools to support engineering workflows and internal business operations.

We are currently focused on improving the usability, reliability, and performance of these tools. We believe some of the tools, already in daily use across the business, have strong potential for future external release. Our development stack is primarily web-based and includes ASP.NET Core, Blazor, JavaScript, and React, with GitHub and Azure supporting our DevOps process.

Responsibilities

• Working primarily on the front-end stack utilising React, JavaScript and Vite.js. Familiarity with DevExpress is a plus.
• Participation in the planning phase of applications including mock-ups.
• Debugging and resolving issues as they arise within our internally developed software suite.
• Writing unit tests to ensure that user journeys conform to our expectations.
• Learning and conforming to our coding styles to ensure consistency across our team.
• Gathering requirements from stakeholders for new applications and suggesting features which could improve our products further.
• Attending and contributing to our development meetings.

Key skills

• A technically minded problem solver.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic individual.
• Confidence to join in the discussion on our software suite and debating potential improvements.
• Good communication skills, especially to communicate technical programming concepts to a non-technical audience.

Qualifications and experience

• A minimum of 1 year experience working with Javascript and React in a professional environment.

Optionally:

• Demonstrate your ability by showcasing some personal projects that you have worked on.

Apply via : https://whitbywood.bamboohr.com/careers/

Salary circa £35,000 per annum