Software Engineer - 1 year fixed term contract

Overview of Role

The Software Engineer role within the Parcels Engineering team offers the right individual an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the successful CollectPlus Parcels Carrier Management System. This system provides Parcel Management throughout over 10000 stores nationwide processing in excess of 2 Million Parcels per week.

The team support a variety of Backend and instore hardware and software solutions to run the store network including a new partnership with RoyalMail to deliver a self service Point of Sale Kiosk for handling of Parcels.

Please note this role requires you to be onsite 2-3 days a week. 1 year fixed term contract

Joining a dynamic team responsible for supporting existing solutions and delivering new capabilities, you will take ownership of technical deliverables from design through to implementation and support. Working collaboratively with Senior Engineers, you will apply engineering judgement to develop robust, maintainable solutions across the CollectPlus systems.

As your knowledge of the platform and business domain grows, you will work with increasing autonomy, lead appropriate deliverables independently, support less experienced colleagues, and deputise for senior team members when required, confidently representing the team with stakeholders.

Responsibilities will include:

• Developing Parcel Management systems using the latest technologies.

• Leading projects to integrate with new Parcel Carriers.

• Migrating existing applications from on-premises system to Azure cloud.

• Deliver to strict Client/Industry led deadlines.

• Supporting and maintaining applications managed by the team.

• Undertaking various tasks, including analysis, estimating, design, coding, and testing.

• Contributing to the improvement of working practices.

• Mentoring junior members of the team.

• Possibility of out of hours on-call Support once experienced.

Personal Qualities:

• A genuine enthusiasm for coding

• Logical problem solving and an enquiring mind (we want you to ask questions!)

• Ability to multitask in a fast delivering team

• The ambition to grow and develop your systems knowledge and development capability, with a view to progressing your career to more senior levels over time.

• Keen to learn and broaden your skillset

• Good, clear, communication skills

• Always ready to lend a hand

• Be punctual and present. Your team will expect you to turn up on time and focus on the work.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential Skills:

• A minimum of 2-3 years experience as a software engineer

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban)

• Knowledge of core concepts in a programming language like C# or Java

• Azure Cloud (Networking, Storage, Kubernetes, App Services, API Manager, Monitoring)

• Exposure to building or integrating AI-powered features, services, or workflow automations.

• Familiarity with concepts such as prompt design and agentic coding-driven development

• Good Knowledge of Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) technology (e.g. Entity Framework)

• Strong Understanding of SQL and relational databases (e.g. SQL Server)

• Understanding of fundamental programming principles (e.g. SOLID, clean code)

• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)

• Unit Test Framework (NUnit, xUnit.net etc), Integration Testing

Desirable Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree / Apprentice Level 3/4 in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related field

• Knowledge of any additional programming languages or frameworks (e.g. C++, Python, Go, Rust)

• Experience of application design in a micro-service architecture (considering security and infrastructure)

• An understanding of DevSecOps

• Web API (RESTful)

• Messaging Frameworks (e.g. Azure Service Bus, MSMQ)

• Postman/Bruno/SOAP, Selenium, Cypress, Splunk

• Experience in Android/IOS development frameworks

What can we do for you?

This position offers a mix of remote-based working and onsite working in our head office in Welwyn Garden City.

• Holiday purchase scheme, with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays as standard.

• On-site gym at our office (Free), and nationwide corporate rate gym membership

• Online benefits portal where you can access lots of deals, discounts - for example of shopping or holidays

• Contributory company pension scheme

• Progression and Development

• Private medical insurance

• Life assurance of 3 x annual gross salary, with the option to purchase additional cover

• You’re also able to purchase a range of benefits at a discounted rate including, critical illness cover, bicycles via our Cycle2Work scheme, dental insurance and TasteCard dining discount card

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