Backend Developer | Oxford | £65,000 - £80,000 | Mid - Senior role

Python | Django / Flask / Tornado / Pyramid | SQL / MySQL | AWS / Azure / GCP | and more

An opportunity has arisen for you, a Developer with strong Python experience to join the team of a rapidly expanding and exciting company based in Oxford. You'll have the opportunity to help this small team grow their already impressive product by bringing an innovative view to the company.

You'll have a strong interest in learning, and will help design and build all aspects of their main service.

These guys and girls are looking for a strong Developer, and are up front in saying that how many years of experience is not always the best way to gauge, therefore, they are open to Developers with strong Python, supporting tech with a few years' experience. They'd absolutely take on a more junior candidate should they fit the bill so do apply if you're interested.

What they're after -

• Python
• Django / Flask / Tornado / Pyramid
• PostgreSQL / SQL / MySQL / NoSQL
• AWS / Azure / GCP
• Pub-Sub Queues
• Git / Github

This company are looking for Developers who want to work for a company with good ethics, and who will help them continue their growth in their field.

And in return -

• A salary of up to £80,000 (with wriggle room)
• Flexible and remote working opportunity
• Unlimited holidays
• And more

This company has recently landed several deals, launching them in to the next stage of their growth. If you are interested apply now to be considered.

This role is open only to those based in the UK, with the right to work here. Sponsorship is not available.

Ben Simpson

Python | Django / Flask / Tornado / Pyramid | SQL / MySQL | AWS / Azure / GCP | and more

Please also join our LinkedIn group for future vacancies: Southern Lights LinkedIn Company Page

Backend Developer | Oxford | £65,000 - £80,000 | Mid - Senior role

Python | Django / Flask / Tornado / Pyramid | SQL / MySQL | AWS / Azure / GCP | and more

An opportunity has arisen for you, a Developer with strong Python experience to join the team of a rapidly expanding and exciting company based in Oxford. You'll have the opportunity to help this small team grow their already impressive product by bringing an innovative view to the company.

You'll have a strong interest in learning, and will help design and build all aspects of their main service.

These guys and girls are looking for a strong Developer, and are up front in saying that how many years of experience is not always the best way to gauge, therefore, they are open to Developers with strong Python, supporting tech with a few years' experience. They'd absolutely take on a more junior candidate should they fit the bill so do apply if you're interested.

What they're after -

• Python
• Django / Flask / Tornado / Pyramid
• PostgreSQL / SQL / MySQL / NoSQL
• AWS / Azure / GCP
• Pub-Sub Queues
• Git / Github

This company are looking for Developers who want to work for a company with good ethics, and who will help them continue their growth in their field.

And in return -

• A salary of up to £80,000 (with wriggle room)
• Flexible and remote working opportunity
• Unlimited holidays
• And more

This company has recently landed several deals, launching them in to the next stage of their growth. If you are interested apply now to be considered.

This role is open only to those based in the UK, with the right to work here. Sponsorship is not available.

Ben Simpson

Python | Django / Flask / Tornado / Pyramid | SQL / MySQL | AWS / Azure / GCP | and more

Please also join our LinkedIn group for future vacancies: Southern Lights LinkedIn Company Page

Hardware Developer / Electronics required for my client based in York for a permanent role paying £30-35k

You will be joining a hardware development team, to design and develop cutting edge systems for the gaming industry.

This role has a lot of scope for progression for candidates with a strong work ethic and leadership qualities.

Responsibilities and Duties:

•             Responsible for the generation of innovative yet practical electronic designs within a multi-disciplinary team, including mechanical and software developers

•             Driving the development of products through the full life cycle, from initial concepts and technology demonstrators, through to the detailed design stages into manufacture.

•             Detailed design and validation of electronic modules

•             Generation of manufacturing packs, including PCB drawings, circuit assembly drawings, test instructions, and test reports using Easy PC CAD tool and Microsoft Office

•             Ensure designs meet the standards of the department, and contribute to design reviews

•             Working effectively and provide support to other members of the product development and manufacturing teams

•             Sticking to deadlines required by project

Skills and Abilities:

•             Knowledge and experience of the detailed design of microcontroller-based modules, which incorporate: switch mode power supplies; a variety of data bus standards including CAN, RS485, and USB; analogue sensor processing circuits; motor control; display drivers; and high-power LED drivers

•             Experience of PCB layout design, including the management of EMC and earthing

•             Ability to rapidly absorb legacy designs and implement improvements

•             Must be passionate about technology and design, and be excited by the opportunity to learn new skills

•             Excellent communication skills to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Hardware Developer / Electronics required for my client based in York for a permanent role paying £30-35k

You will be joining a hardware development team, to design and develop cutting edge systems for the gaming industry.

This role has a lot of scope for progression for candidates with a strong work ethic and leadership qualities.

Responsibilities and Duties:

•             Responsible for the generation of innovative yet practical electronic designs within a multi-disciplinary team, including mechanical and software developers

•             Driving the development of products through the full life cycle, from initial concepts and technology demonstrators, through to the detailed design stages into manufacture.

•             Detailed design and validation of electronic modules

•             Generation of manufacturing packs, including PCB drawings, circuit assembly drawings, test instructions, and test reports using Easy PC CAD tool and Microsoft Office

•             Ensure designs meet the standards of the department, and contribute to design reviews

•             Working effectively and provide support to other members of the product development and manufacturing teams

•             Sticking to deadlines required by project

Skills and Abilities:

•             Knowledge and experience of the detailed design of microcontroller-based modules, which incorporate: switch mode power supplies; a variety of data bus standards including CAN, RS485, and USB; analogue sensor processing circuits; motor control; display drivers; and high-power LED drivers

•             Experience of PCB layout design, including the management of EMC and earthing

•             Ability to rapidly absorb legacy designs and implement improvements

•             Must be passionate about technology and design, and be excited by the opportunity to learn new skills

•             Excellent communication skills to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Deputy Technical Services Manager

Salary: £39,283  per annum

Based: Walsall, West Midlands

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 22 March 2020

Are you a solution focused and collaborative Deputy Technical Services Manager?

Our client have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Technical Services Manager to join them within their Home Maintenance Services Team on a full time, permanent basis, to assist the Technical Services Manager in the day to day management and continuous improvement of the Services team.

Job requirements:

• To be successful in this role you will need to assist and support the Technical Services Manager in the day to day operational management of the service area, ensuring effective service delivery to customers, and assist in delivering innovative solutions to improve service delivery and colleague performance.

• You will be required to undertake quality audits and reviews and monitor colleague performance, including ensuring that Gas and Electric KPIs are met.

• Finally, you will be responsible for effectively managing and resolving customer complaints whilst delivering excellent standards of customer service.

What our client are looking for:

• A minimum Level 2 qualification in Gas, or Plumbing Level 3 with the Gas Element alongside an ACS accreditation to include CCN1, CEN1, CKR1, WAT1, HTR1 and CPA1.

• A candidate with a strong knowledge of electrical installations, maintenance and electrical wiring regulations, along with, knowledge of gas and electrical testing and inspection, and knowledge of gas and electrical installation and repairs.

• Finally, we’re looking for someone who has experience of working within occupied properties and experience of leading and managing a team who operate within their homes.

You will receive benefits such as 27 days annual leave, a choice of pension schemes, health cash plan, annual leave purchase scheme and a fantastic work environment. 

Our client are a customer focused organisation with a strong social purpose. They are one of the West Midlands leading and most successful providers of high quality homes with a presence in 18 Local Authorities. They have challenging success measures to meet and they are confident that they can achieve them.

The Planning Team are currently under represented by Female and BAME colleagues, therefore they particularly welcome Female and BAME applicants.

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Deputy Technical Services Manager

Salary: £39,283  per annum

Based: Walsall, West Midlands

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 22 March 2020

Are you a solution focused and collaborative Deputy Technical Services Manager?

Our client have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Technical Services Manager to join them within their Home Maintenance Services Team on a full time, permanent basis, to assist the Technical Services Manager in the day to day management and continuous improvement of the Services team.

Job requirements:

• To be successful in this role you will need to assist and support the Technical Services Manager in the day to day operational management of the service area, ensuring effective service delivery to customers, and assist in delivering innovative solutions to improve service delivery and colleague performance.

• You will be required to undertake quality audits and reviews and monitor colleague performance, including ensuring that Gas and Electric KPIs are met.

• Finally, you will be responsible for effectively managing and resolving customer complaints whilst delivering excellent standards of customer service.

What our client are looking for:

• A minimum Level 2 qualification in Gas, or Plumbing Level 3 with the Gas Element alongside an ACS accreditation to include CCN1, CEN1, CKR1, WAT1, HTR1 and CPA1.

• A candidate with a strong knowledge of electrical installations, maintenance and electrical wiring regulations, along with, knowledge of gas and electrical testing and inspection, and knowledge of gas and electrical installation and repairs.

• Finally, we’re looking for someone who has experience of working within occupied properties and experience of leading and managing a team who operate within their homes.

You will receive benefits such as 27 days annual leave, a choice of pension schemes, health cash plan, annual leave purchase scheme and a fantastic work environment. 

Our client are a customer focused organisation with a strong social purpose. They are one of the West Midlands leading and most successful providers of high quality homes with a presence in 18 Local Authorities. They have challenging success measures to meet and they are confident that they can achieve them.

The Planning Team are currently under represented by Female and BAME colleagues, therefore they particularly welcome Female and BAME applicants.

#technicalservicesmanager #jobs #walsall #housingjobs #Careers #gas #electrical

Our client based in Sunbury On Thames is looking for an experienced SQL Data Developer or Data Architect for a 1-year contract (although would consider permanent for the right candidate). The successful candidate will have great organisational skills with experience of managing a small team, working with legacy systems and capable of embedding better process around data. Some of the projects will have already been started so anyone going in will need to be happy continuing working on these. Previous experience in a similar role would be a strong advantage. The client is offering £200-£250/day.

Our client based in Sunbury On Thames is looking for an experienced SQL Data Developer or Data Architect for a 1-year contract (although would consider permanent for the right candidate). The successful candidate will have great organisational skills with experience of managing a small team, working with legacy systems and capable of embedding better process around data. Some of the projects will have already been started so anyone going in will need to be happy continuing working on these. Previous experience in a similar role would be a strong advantage. The client is offering £200-£250/day.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Delivery Manager based at our site in Leeds City Centre office. You will play a key role in supporting and delivering change for the charity, through building strong effective cross functional delivery teams. To enable the Charity to fulfil its strategic objectives we will be delivering change against our heritage estate and future roadmap.

What you will be doing

Within this role you will provide Leadership and line management of a self-contained cross-functional delivery team ensuring the successful and regular delivery of quality software into production that meets the charity's requirements via a continually evolving and prioritised product backlog.

Responsible for Creating and cultivating the right environment for the team to succeed, helping the team to self-organise and creating a culture of learning and transparency

Key accountabilities

• Manage and lead a team of software development professionals focused on delivering a combination of strategic development, small change, live incidents, fixes and problems.
• Responsible for planning, leading, organising, and motivating the team to achieve a high level of performance and quality in line with agreed quality standards.
• Facilitate the formation of a cohesive, effective, cross-functional delivery team with no product knowledge gaps.
• Partner with Product Owner to aid an accurate definition of intent, delivery approach, milestones and deliverables.
• Collaborates with the Product Owner to ensure that everything delivered adds business value, balances technical debt and is realistic.
• Ensures that the charity's agreed Change Management Framework is being followed in order to optimise delivery.
• Keeps abreast with the pace of change of relevant agile tools and techniques that could be beneficial if implemented.
• Improve the overall productivity of the team, driving improvements to processes or technology changes and actively seeking to remove roadblocks and handoffs.

Experience and knowledge

• Proven experience using agile methodologies
• Knowledge of suitable tools and techniques to enable a delivery team to deliver measurable value
• Experience recruiting and building a winning team
• Previous line management experience, ideally of a multi-disciplinary team
• Good understanding of software development methodologies.
• Experience in the delivery of large scale or complex change
• Experience of creating a culture continuous improvement
• Experience of working as a scrum master with certification being desirable.

We value our colleagues

We don't just care for our clients and those people who contact us for help. We also value our colleagues, and this role comes complete with a generous benefit package which includes:

• 24 days annual leave (this increases by one day per year up to a maximum of 29), plus bank holidays
• The ability to buy and sell annual leave
• Travel season ticket loans
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Group personal pension scheme
• Westfield Health cash plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Financial planning
• Long service awards
• Free tea, coffee and hot chocolate

We are looking to recruit an experienced Delivery Manager based at our site in Leeds City Centre office. You will play a key role in supporting and delivering change for the charity, through building strong effective cross functional delivery teams. To enable the Charity to fulfil its strategic objectives we will be delivering change against our heritage estate and future roadmap.

What you will be doing

Within this role you will provide Leadership and line management of a self-contained cross-functional delivery team ensuring the successful and regular delivery of quality software into production that meets the charity's requirements via a continually evolving and prioritised product backlog.

Responsible for Creating and cultivating the right environment for the team to succeed, helping the team to self-organise and creating a culture of learning and transparency

Key accountabilities

• Manage and lead a team of software development professionals focused on delivering a combination of strategic development, small change, live incidents, fixes and problems.
• Responsible for planning, leading, organising, and motivating the team to achieve a high level of performance and quality in line with agreed quality standards.
• Facilitate the formation of a cohesive, effective, cross-functional delivery team with no product knowledge gaps.
• Partner with Product Owner to aid an accurate definition of intent, delivery approach, milestones and deliverables.
• Collaborates with the Product Owner to ensure that everything delivered adds business value, balances technical debt and is realistic.
• Ensures that the charity's agreed Change Management Framework is being followed in order to optimise delivery.
• Keeps abreast with the pace of change of relevant agile tools and techniques that could be beneficial if implemented.
• Improve the overall productivity of the team, driving improvements to processes or technology changes and actively seeking to remove roadblocks and handoffs.

Experience and knowledge

• Proven experience using agile methodologies
• Knowledge of suitable tools and techniques to enable a delivery team to deliver measurable value
• Experience recruiting and building a winning team
• Previous line management experience, ideally of a multi-disciplinary team
• Good understanding of software development methodologies.
• Experience in the delivery of large scale or complex change
• Experience of creating a culture continuous improvement
• Experience of working as a scrum master with certification being desirable.

We value our colleagues

We don't just care for our clients and those people who contact us for help. We also value our colleagues, and this role comes complete with a generous benefit package which includes:

• 24 days annual leave (this increases by one day per year up to a maximum of 29), plus bank holidays
• The ability to buy and sell annual leave
• Travel season ticket loans
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Group personal pension scheme
• Westfield Health cash plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Financial planning
• Long service awards
• Free tea, coffee and hot chocolate