ANALYST PROGRAMMER - .NET, VB6, Oracle database or MS SQL Server

(Horsham, West Sussex)

Hours: 37.5 hours (full time) / Reporting to: Project Manager / Experience Level: 3 - 4 + years

Company Details:

My client provides software solutions to the finance industry, focusing particularly on general asset finance. You will be working as part of a small friendly team helping to develop robust, high quality systems that will be used by clients in business operations worldwide.

About You:

An exciting opportunity for an experienced developer looking for a challenging and interesting role.

Your primary responsibility is to develop and support the company's Line Of Business systems for clients in the Financial Services industry. This means working on a mixture of components; Windows and web applications and services, developed mainly in .NET, Oracle PL/SQL and VB6.

You will work in a highly motivated, multi-disciplinary team of programmers liaising closely with Business Analysts and Testers.

Skills and Experience:

• 3 - 5 years development experience in .NET (Windows, Web or Services) and or VB6, Oracle database or MS SQL Server.
• Ideally you will have experience of the finance industry or related businesses such as banking, insurance, and accounting.
• Able to work effectively in a team as well as independently e.g. in complex problem solving, detailed specifications.
• Able to produce work of consistently high quality, including handling complex algorithms and other calculations.

Main Activities:

Working on new projects, core components or supporting existing clients, your focus will be on high quality programming, but encompassing the whole Software Delivery Life Cycle, including:

• Production of detailed technical specifications/documented analysis.
• Development work, which may vary from developing substantial new modules, to enhancements to existing systems, to bug fixing for support issues and during testing phases.
• Completion of programmer QA and secondary QA for colleagues.
• Preparation and deployment of system builds for internal testing and to client environments.
• Production of estimates for costing and/or planning purposes
• Aiding with client queries, remotely or face to face on client site and/or at our office.

Analyst Programmers are required to operate in accordance with the company's programming standards and follow established Project procedures.

It is important that all programmers achieve an understanding of the financial aspects of the system.

Other Activities:

As required and depending on your skills, knowledge and experience, you may also be involved in any/all the following activities, for which training is provided as appropriate:

• Contributing to matters relating to the future development of the product and the introduction of new technology
• Providing team DBA support, ensuring effective management and control of client/project schema.
• Completion of physical transfer of data from clients older systems including analysis required to identify and resolve issues.
• Business analysis and production of documentation suitable for internal use and/or client review and sign off. This can include face-to-face discussions with clients and system demonstrations.
• Production of training materials & delivery of training on client site or at our office.
• Mentoring and training of colleagues.

Remuneration and Benefits:

• Salary range - £40-£50k
• 3-month probation
• Office hours 09.00 to 17.30 Monday to Friday
• 1hr for lunch unpaid
• 25 days annual leave per year in addition to statutory public holidays. Option to carry over 5 day's holidays to be used in the first 3 months of the following year (pro rata for part time staff).
• Option to take additional 5 days unpaid leave (pro rata for part time staff)
• Company auto-enrolment pension scheme currently with Royal London. Company contribute 5% of annual salary.
• Entitlement to join the Company Group Income Protection Insurance.75% of annual after 13 weeks long term sickness
• Eligible to join the company's Private Healthcare scheme currently with BUPA
• Option to take world Travel Insurance through BUPA.
• Life insurance - paying 4 times salary to named person(s)
• Free onsite parking

For more information on this exciting opportunity please contact Athena Antoniou

E: (url removed) / T: (phone number removed)

ANALYST PROGRAMMER - .NET, VB6, Oracle database or MS SQL Server

(Horsham, West Sussex)

Hours: 37.5 hours (full time) / Reporting to: Project Manager / Experience Level: 3 - 4 + years

Company Details:

My client provides software solutions to the finance industry, focusing particularly on general asset finance. You will be working as part of a small friendly team helping to develop robust, high quality systems that will be used by clients in business operations worldwide.

About You:

An exciting opportunity for an experienced developer looking for a challenging and interesting role.

Your primary responsibility is to develop and support the company's Line Of Business systems for clients in the Financial Services industry. This means working on a mixture of components; Windows and web applications and services, developed mainly in .NET, Oracle PL/SQL and VB6.

You will work in a highly motivated, multi-disciplinary team of programmers liaising closely with Business Analysts and Testers.

Skills and Experience:

• 3 - 5 years development experience in .NET (Windows, Web or Services) and or VB6, Oracle database or MS SQL Server.
• Ideally you will have experience of the finance industry or related businesses such as banking, insurance, and accounting.
• Able to work effectively in a team as well as independently e.g. in complex problem solving, detailed specifications.
• Able to produce work of consistently high quality, including handling complex algorithms and other calculations.

Main Activities:

Working on new projects, core components or supporting existing clients, your focus will be on high quality programming, but encompassing the whole Software Delivery Life Cycle, including:

• Production of detailed technical specifications/documented analysis.
• Development work, which may vary from developing substantial new modules, to enhancements to existing systems, to bug fixing for support issues and during testing phases.
• Completion of programmer QA and secondary QA for colleagues.
• Preparation and deployment of system builds for internal testing and to client environments.
• Production of estimates for costing and/or planning purposes
• Aiding with client queries, remotely or face to face on client site and/or at our office.

Analyst Programmers are required to operate in accordance with the company's programming standards and follow established Project procedures.

It is important that all programmers achieve an understanding of the financial aspects of the system.

Other Activities:

As required and depending on your skills, knowledge and experience, you may also be involved in any/all the following activities, for which training is provided as appropriate:

• Contributing to matters relating to the future development of the product and the introduction of new technology
• Providing team DBA support, ensuring effective management and control of client/project schema.
• Completion of physical transfer of data from clients older systems including analysis required to identify and resolve issues.
• Business analysis and production of documentation suitable for internal use and/or client review and sign off. This can include face-to-face discussions with clients and system demonstrations.
• Production of training materials & delivery of training on client site or at our office.
• Mentoring and training of colleagues.

Remuneration and Benefits:

• Salary range - £40-£50k
• 3-month probation
• Office hours 09.00 to 17.30 Monday to Friday
• 1hr for lunch unpaid
• 25 days annual leave per year in addition to statutory public holidays. Option to carry over 5 day's holidays to be used in the first 3 months of the following year (pro rata for part time staff).
• Option to take additional 5 days unpaid leave (pro rata for part time staff)
• Company auto-enrolment pension scheme currently with Royal London. Company contribute 5% of annual salary.
• Entitlement to join the Company Group Income Protection Insurance.75% of annual after 13 weeks long term sickness
• Eligible to join the company's Private Healthcare scheme currently with BUPA
• Option to take world Travel Insurance through BUPA.
• Life insurance - paying 4 times salary to named person(s)
• Free onsite parking

For more information on this exciting opportunity please contact Athena Antoniou

E: (url removed) / T: (phone number removed)

.NET Developer
Folkestone
Up to £50k
VR/02752J

Our client, based in Folkestone, is seeking a .NET Developer. Their core platform is built on a Microsoft stack, C#, MVC, Microsoft SQL with Bootstrap 4 and Elasticsearch.
They have a small, but skilled development team delivering continuous improvements across their websites and internal systems.

Company benefits:
•             23 days holiday plus bank holidays (includes 3 days Christmas shutdown). Working hours are 8:30 to 5:30, half hour lunch + 2x15 min breaks
•             Regular team building
•             Dress down / 5pm finish on Fridays
•             Free on-site parking
•             Perkbox

Your responsibilities as .NET Developer
•          Developing innovative, high quality technical solutions that really deliver an exceptional experience to both customers and colleagues
•          Research new technologies and advise of potential improvements for the websites
•          Optimising performance for website visitors
•          Working closely with other staff, designers, developers sales marketing and outside agencies

The ideal candidate will have:
•          .NET C#  MVC
•          Razor
•          Database First Methodology
•          Entity Framework
•          SQL Server
•          JavaScript
•          HTML 
•          CSS

Desirable skills for the role of .NET Developer
•          Bootstrap 4
•          Elasticsearch
•          Continuous deployment
•          React
•          Angular

Attributes
•          Team player
•          Able to work on their own initiative
•          Strong organisation and attention to detail
•          Keen to learn

Apply for the role of .NET Developer today!

.NET Developer
Folkestone
Up to £50k
VR/02752J

Our client, based in Folkestone, is seeking a .NET Developer. Their core platform is built on a Microsoft stack, C#, MVC, Microsoft SQL with Bootstrap 4 and Elasticsearch.
They have a small, but skilled development team delivering continuous improvements across their websites and internal systems.

Company benefits:
•             23 days holiday plus bank holidays (includes 3 days Christmas shutdown). Working hours are 8:30 to 5:30, half hour lunch + 2x15 min breaks
•             Regular team building
•             Dress down / 5pm finish on Fridays
•             Free on-site parking
•             Perkbox

Your responsibilities as .NET Developer
•          Developing innovative, high quality technical solutions that really deliver an exceptional experience to both customers and colleagues
•          Research new technologies and advise of potential improvements for the websites
•          Optimising performance for website visitors
•          Working closely with other staff, designers, developers sales marketing and outside agencies

The ideal candidate will have:
•          .NET C#  MVC
•          Razor
•          Database First Methodology
•          Entity Framework
•          SQL Server
•          JavaScript
•          HTML 
•          CSS

Desirable skills for the role of .NET Developer
•          Bootstrap 4
•          Elasticsearch
•          Continuous deployment
•          React
•          Angular

Attributes
•          Team player
•          Able to work on their own initiative
•          Strong organisation and attention to detail
•          Keen to learn

Apply for the role of .NET Developer today!

C# Technical Lead

(C#, SQL Server, CI)

Up to £40k

Your role:

As a Technical Lead, you will be supporting an experienced development leader to run a highly skilled and busy development team. You will have the opportunity to steer technical decisions and support the Development Team Lead (DTL) in road mapping and drive of product development.

You will be responsible for:

o Providing technical leadership, steering technical decisions and provide mentoring for the developers

o Acting as a second in command to the DTL in all aspects

o The teams code quality measures, such as ensuring that adequate code reviews are being conducted, and that the team's technical standards (such as TDD) are being upheld.

o Providing support for the DTL in the day to day running of the team

o During absence, providing cover for the DTL in day to day running of the team

To be considered for this role, you'll need:

o At least 5 years' experience designing and building C# .NET applications

o Excellent knowledge and experience in design patterns and Object Orientated Design

o Good knowledge of relational database technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server

o Good experience with CI tools such as TeamCity, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops

o Experience with implementing automated testing platforms, e.g. SpecFlow, and unit tests

o An Interest in programming best practices

o Experience of working with service orientation and related technologies (SOAP, WCF, REST, etc.)

o Experience of the Agile software development lifecycle and working knowledge of SCRUM

o Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git

o Basic understanding of Common Language Runtime (CLR), its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds

Additional Desirable Skills:

o WinForms and WPF (including MVVM) development

o Mobile web development (Cordova, AngularJS)

o Experience with HTML5 and Javascript Frameworks such as Angular

o EPOS/Store System knowledge

If you would like to apply for this role please send your CV to (url removed)

C# Technical Lead

(C#, SQL Server, CI)

Up to £40k

Your role:

As a Technical Lead, you will be supporting an experienced development leader to run a highly skilled and busy development team. You will have the opportunity to steer technical decisions and support the Development Team Lead (DTL) in road mapping and drive of product development.

You will be responsible for:

o Providing technical leadership, steering technical decisions and provide mentoring for the developers

o Acting as a second in command to the DTL in all aspects

o The teams code quality measures, such as ensuring that adequate code reviews are being conducted, and that the team's technical standards (such as TDD) are being upheld.

o Providing support for the DTL in the day to day running of the team

o During absence, providing cover for the DTL in day to day running of the team

To be considered for this role, you'll need:

o At least 5 years' experience designing and building C# .NET applications

o Excellent knowledge and experience in design patterns and Object Orientated Design

o Good knowledge of relational database technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server

o Good experience with CI tools such as TeamCity, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops

o Experience with implementing automated testing platforms, e.g. SpecFlow, and unit tests

o An Interest in programming best practices

o Experience of working with service orientation and related technologies (SOAP, WCF, REST, etc.)

o Experience of the Agile software development lifecycle and working knowledge of SCRUM

o Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git

o Basic understanding of Common Language Runtime (CLR), its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds

Additional Desirable Skills:

o WinForms and WPF (including MVVM) development

o Mobile web development (Cordova, AngularJS)

o Experience with HTML5 and Javascript Frameworks such as Angular

o EPOS/Store System knowledge

If you would like to apply for this role please send your CV to (url removed)

Software Developer

Daventry, Northamptonshire

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum

Permanent

A new opportunity has arisen for a Software Developer to join an organisation based in Daventry. Working in a development team of 6, they are looking for someone with strong skills in C#, VB.Net and SQL to substantially expand their existing in-house solutions.

They offer a great list of benefits, including private medical care and life-assurance as well as professional subscriptions to support your learning and progress your career.

Software Developer Responsibilities:

• Helping the IT team develop IT solutions in C#, .NET and SQL Server.
• Developing 3rd party case management system which interacts with the existing web systems.
• Supporting users and dealing with day-to-day issues raised by users.

Software Developer Skills:

• 3 years’ experience with C# and .NET
• Exposure to SQL

Software Developer Benefits:

• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance
• Private health care.
• Free parking.
• Training budget.

If you’re a Software Developer looking for your next challenge in a fantastic environment in Daventry, then please do apply now with your latest CV and salary expectations.

Software Developer

Daventry, Northamptonshire

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum

Permanent

A new opportunity has arisen for a Software Developer to join an organisation based in Daventry. Working in a development team of 6, they are looking for someone with strong skills in C#, VB.Net and SQL to substantially expand their existing in-house solutions.

They offer a great list of benefits, including private medical care and life-assurance as well as professional subscriptions to support your learning and progress your career.

Software Developer Responsibilities:

• Helping the IT team develop IT solutions in C#, .NET and SQL Server.
• Developing 3rd party case management system which interacts with the existing web systems.
• Supporting users and dealing with day-to-day issues raised by users.

Software Developer Skills:

• 3 years’ experience with C# and .NET
• Exposure to SQL

Software Developer Benefits:

• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance
• Private health care.
• Free parking.
• Training budget.

If you’re a Software Developer looking for your next challenge in a fantastic environment in Daventry, then please do apply now with your latest CV and salary expectations.

Software Developer

Stafford

£35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Permanent

A reputable and expanding business based in Stafford are seeking an experienced Software Developer to join their business. They are looking for a developer who is passionate about using the latest technologies, with preferably already 3+ years’ experience in C#, .NET and SQL (.NET Core). 

This is a completely greenfield project, and in this role, you’ll get to work alongside 6 other developers in an agile environment. This role would suit a strong back-end developer; however, some front-end web development will be required from time-to-time.

Software Developer Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of quality technical solutions to meet business and customer needs.
• Peer review code.
• Being able to, and happy with the mentoring of other developers in the team.

Software Developer Skills:

• 3 years’ experience with C# and .NET.
• Experience with SQL.
• Experience of an Agile environment.

If you’re a Software Developer looking for your next challenge in a software development role then please do apply now with your latest CV and salary expectations.

Software Developer

Stafford

£35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Permanent

A reputable and expanding business based in Stafford are seeking an experienced Software Developer to join their business. They are looking for a developer who is passionate about using the latest technologies, with preferably already 3+ years’ experience in C#, .NET and SQL (.NET Core). 

This is a completely greenfield project, and in this role, you’ll get to work alongside 6 other developers in an agile environment. This role would suit a strong back-end developer; however, some front-end web development will be required from time-to-time.

Software Developer Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of quality technical solutions to meet business and customer needs.
• Peer review code.
• Being able to, and happy with the mentoring of other developers in the team.

Software Developer Skills:

• 3 years’ experience with C# and .NET.
• Experience with SQL.
• Experience of an Agile environment.

If you’re a Software Developer looking for your next challenge in a software development role then please do apply now with your latest CV and salary expectations.