We’re not your average Energy Company – EDF are embarking on a programme of “disruption from within”, driving an innovative engineering culture to deliver an exceptional customer experience & cutting-edge digital-first approach.

As a core part of our tech led approach we are looking for a Developer who can create well -crafted and robust code to work within one of our EDF Customers business product teams. Our community of technologists thinks disruptively to deliver pragmatic solutions for our most complex projects. We come together as a collaborative and inclusive team to push boundaries, create quality solutions and keep abreast of the latest trends in tech.

The role comprises of the full software delivery life-cycle. You will work closely with the Product Owner, Architect(s), and Scrum Master in order to bring new functionality and technical improvements to market and you will be comfortable operating within a fast paced, flexible and iterative delivery environment.

The Person

The role will form part of the Business Change & IT function, within the Customers business unit. You will be responsible for building elegant, accessible and scalable services that meet User needs. You will work within, and contribute to, the overall Software Development Lifecycle Process as part of a multi-functional Agile delivery team. You will also have knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines.

Being comfortable contributing to a team where:

• You can skilfully write high-quality, well-tested code and are comfortable with TDD/BDD
• Are comfortable with Agile methods, such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum and/or Kanban
• You are an advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed
• You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives
• You have solid experience in cloud technology, namely AWS
• You are a solution thinker – always looking to solve the problem in the best possible way
• You are customer centric and business focussed – placing the business outcome and customer at the heart of everything that they do
• You will be responsible for building accessible and performant interfaces across multiple devices and browsers.
• You will write and share quality test-driven code, using modern frameworks and development techniques.
• You will be responsible for Integrating into Back-end services, working with cross-functional teams to ensure services are built to high standards.

The Skills

• Extensive Python, Kotlin or Java experience
• Proven experience with API design and API design (anti-)patterns; in particular with REST
• Understanding of and ideally experience with AWS API Gateway, Swagger and authentication integration
• Knowledge of and experience with AWS. In particular: Lambda & Serverless Application Model (SAM) and API Gateway – and ideally Docker
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment
• Ideally experience or understanding of AWS Codepipeline, CodeBuild and Cloudformation
• Understanding of authentication & authorisation models
• Experience with databases, ideally AWS DynamoDB and Aurora/RDS MySQL
• Passion for Unit & Integration testing automation
• Not afraid of tough, never-tried-before challenges and experimentation

Competitive Salary & Benefits

You can expect a competitive salary and benefits package. In addition to the salary you’ll benefit from a defined benefit pension scheme, flexible lifestyle benefits options and entry into the bonus scheme.
Although our roles are advertised on a full-time basis as standard, flexible working arrangements will be considered.

Why EDF?

We’re an employer to feel better about. We’re proud to be an inclusive, disability confident employer and recognise the importance of employee well-being, and although these roles are advertised on a full-time basis as standard, flexible working arrangements will be considered.

We’re about the people who work with us and we celebrate their diversities and embrace the value that their differences bring. We believe that a culture of inclusion forms the basis of a truly sustainable business and is vital to shaping a strong and fresh-thinking organisation, with a number of employer networks and benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Recruiting from the widest possible pool of talent, we assess every potential employee against our four key behaviours – Integrity, Inclusion, Inspiration and Impact. We make sure that our workforce is a true reflection of our communities and customers. Their unique perspectives not only give us a better understanding of customers from all walks of life, but bring fresh ideas too.

We’re not your average Energy Company – EDF are embarking on a programme of “disruption from within”, driving an innovative engineering culture to deliver an exceptional customer experience & cutting-edge digital-first approach.

As a core part of our tech led approach we are looking for a Developer who can create well -crafted and robust code to work within one of our EDF Customers business product teams. Our community of technologists thinks disruptively to deliver pragmatic solutions for our most complex projects. We come together as a collaborative and inclusive team to push boundaries, create quality solutions and keep abreast of the latest trends in tech.

The role comprises of the full software delivery life-cycle. You will work closely with the Product Owner, Architect(s), and Scrum Master in order to bring new functionality and technical improvements to market and you will be comfortable operating within a fast paced, flexible and iterative delivery environment.

The Person

The role will form part of the Business Change & IT function, within the Customers business unit. You will be responsible for building elegant, accessible and scalable services that meet User needs. You will work within, and contribute to, the overall Software Development Lifecycle Process as part of a multi-functional Agile delivery team. You will also have knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines.

Being comfortable contributing to a team where:

• You can skilfully write high-quality, well-tested code and are comfortable with TDD/BDD
• Are comfortable with Agile methods, such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum and/or Kanban
• You are an advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed
• You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives
• You have solid experience in cloud technology, namely AWS
• You are a solution thinker – always looking to solve the problem in the best possible way
• You are customer centric and business focussed – placing the business outcome and customer at the heart of everything that they do
• You will be responsible for building accessible and performant interfaces across multiple devices and browsers.
• You will write and share quality test-driven code, using modern frameworks and development techniques.
• You will be responsible for Integrating into Back-end services, working with cross-functional teams to ensure services are built to high standards.

The Skills

• Extensive Python, Kotlin or Java experience
• Proven experience with API design and API design (anti-)patterns; in particular with REST
• Understanding of and ideally experience with AWS API Gateway, Swagger and authentication integration
• Knowledge of and experience with AWS. In particular: Lambda & Serverless Application Model (SAM) and API Gateway – and ideally Docker
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment
• Ideally experience or understanding of AWS Codepipeline, CodeBuild and Cloudformation
• Understanding of authentication & authorisation models
• Experience with databases, ideally AWS DynamoDB and Aurora/RDS MySQL
• Passion for Unit & Integration testing automation
• Not afraid of tough, never-tried-before challenges and experimentation

Competitive Salary & Benefits

You can expect a competitive salary and benefits package. In addition to the salary you’ll benefit from a defined benefit pension scheme, flexible lifestyle benefits options and entry into the bonus scheme.
Although our roles are advertised on a full-time basis as standard, flexible working arrangements will be considered.

Why EDF?

We’re an employer to feel better about. We’re proud to be an inclusive, disability confident employer and recognise the importance of employee well-being, and although these roles are advertised on a full-time basis as standard, flexible working arrangements will be considered.

We’re about the people who work with us and we celebrate their diversities and embrace the value that their differences bring. We believe that a culture of inclusion forms the basis of a truly sustainable business and is vital to shaping a strong and fresh-thinking organisation, with a number of employer networks and benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Recruiting from the widest possible pool of talent, we assess every potential employee against our four key behaviours – Integrity, Inclusion, Inspiration and Impact. We make sure that our workforce is a true reflection of our communities and customers. Their unique perspectives not only give us a better understanding of customers from all walks of life, but bring fresh ideas too.

We are looking for a Systems Support and Development Specialist to join our Data Services Architecture Group. You will be an integral part of a forward thinking and flexible team who provide critical services to their customers and are recognised for the value they provide.

About the role: 

You will deliver high quality, customer focused, support services  for the Finance System and other Corporate Applications throughout the Campus. The role should promote effective use of these applications at all times in order to support the research aims of the campus and the wider functions.

About you: 

You will be a strong communicator, with adaptable people skills to engage with the user community. You will learn quickly and, working as part of a team, understand complex software and database packages and be able to react quickly to changes in customer and management requirements. You will be involved in the continuing development and delivery of the ERP system, taking responsibility for the dedicated management of change.

A broad range of experience in software service provision is required. You will require to support a unique environment of leading edge scientific customers and those in more traditional finance and logistics departments. You will also be required to assist in architecting and specifying scalable but flexible Application solutions to deliver a high quality end user experience.

Essential Skills

• Good knowledge and previous experience of working with ERP systems in a support or implementation role
• Ability to work with Relational Databases such as SQLServer and/or Oracle
• Experience of web services development especially using REST APIs
• A track record of successfully delivering fit for purpose software solutions in a dynamic environment
• High level of analytical skills: understanding a business issue and providing a system solution
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-technical users and communicate effectively at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders
• Good knowledge and previous experience of project planning and delivery principles coupled with a Service Management framework experience such as ITIL
• A driven individual with a ‘can do’ attitude, who has customer focused service in mind
• Significant experience of providing broad-based software technical support and development services within a complex service environment
• Experience of delivering a high quality customer focused software support service
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) with all levels of management and staff
• The ability to actively question and listen resulting in quick and efficient resolutions to problems
• High level of problem solving/analytical skills
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

Ideal Skills

• In depth working knowledge/understanding of range of operating systems including Windows, Linux systems
• Skills supporting and/or implementing financial systems, including reporting functionality Good understanding of the internet, global networks and networking technologies and environments
• Experience of software development using languages such as Java, Powershell and an associated toolchain (IDE/Revision control/CI) 
• Experience in supporting IT infrastructure for some of the core Corporate Services functions (typically these include, Finance, Procurement, Stores, Health & Safety and the HR departments)
• Computer Science related degree
• Experience of staff supervision

Other information

Closing date: 31st March, 2020

About Us

The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a world leading genomics research centre. We undertake large-scale research that forms the foundations of knowledge in biology and medicine. Our findings are used to improve health and to understand life on Earth. 

Our campus
Set across 130 acres, just outside of Cambridge, The Sanger Institute is located on the stunning Wellcome Genome Campus. Home to some of the world's foremost institutes and organisations in genomics and computational biology, committed to delivering life-changing science with the reach, scale, and creativity to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.

Our benefits:
There’s an attractive benefits package on offer at the Genome Wellcome Campus. We appreciate the importance of achieving work-life balance and support this with a number of family and carer-friendly policies. Plus a flexible working policy for those who may wish to amend their working pattern or arrangement.
As well as the usual benefits you would expect, we go much further:

• 25 days annual leave (extra 1 day to a maximum of 30 days for every year you work)
• Auto-enrolment into a generous Group Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, with enhanced company contribution 
• Up to 2 days annual paid volunteering leave
• Up to 10 days paid Emergency Carers Leave per year
• Family friendly environment including options for flexible and part-time working, an on-site Workplace Nursery salary Sacrifice Schemes for pre-school children and Summer holiday club
• Life Assurance Cover and a Group Income Protection Scheme (if on a contract of 12 months or more)
• Enhanced maternity leave and parental leave
• Access to substantial number of courses and training events onsite
• Private Healthcare Scheme (after 6 months service)
• Eyecare and Dental payment plans
• Concessions and discounts from our corporate perks site

Being part of the Genome Wellcome Campus you will be part of the beautiful working environment with an impressive range of benefits, services and facilities also including:

• Free bus service to and from Campus, covering various routes around Cambridge, Saffron Walden and surrounding villages
• A car-share initiative
• Free parking
• A number of on-site venues where you can meet, eat and socialise with colleagues
• A thriving Sports and Social Club which provides members with subsidised access to a gym, tennis courts, sports hall, fitness classes and a vibrant social calendar of events

We are looking for a Systems Support and Development Specialist to join our Data Services Architecture Group. You will be an integral part of a forward thinking and flexible team who provide critical services to their customers and are recognised for the value they provide.

About the role: 

You will deliver high quality, customer focused, support services  for the Finance System and other Corporate Applications throughout the Campus. The role should promote effective use of these applications at all times in order to support the research aims of the campus and the wider functions.

About you: 

You will be a strong communicator, with adaptable people skills to engage with the user community. You will learn quickly and, working as part of a team, understand complex software and database packages and be able to react quickly to changes in customer and management requirements. You will be involved in the continuing development and delivery of the ERP system, taking responsibility for the dedicated management of change.

A broad range of experience in software service provision is required. You will require to support a unique environment of leading edge scientific customers and those in more traditional finance and logistics departments. You will also be required to assist in architecting and specifying scalable but flexible Application solutions to deliver a high quality end user experience.

Essential Skills

• Good knowledge and previous experience of working with ERP systems in a support or implementation role
• Ability to work with Relational Databases such as SQLServer and/or Oracle
• Experience of web services development especially using REST APIs
• A track record of successfully delivering fit for purpose software solutions in a dynamic environment
• High level of analytical skills: understanding a business issue and providing a system solution
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-technical users and communicate effectively at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders
• Good knowledge and previous experience of project planning and delivery principles coupled with a Service Management framework experience such as ITIL
• A driven individual with a ‘can do’ attitude, who has customer focused service in mind
• Significant experience of providing broad-based software technical support and development services within a complex service environment
• Experience of delivering a high quality customer focused software support service
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) with all levels of management and staff
• The ability to actively question and listen resulting in quick and efficient resolutions to problems
• High level of problem solving/analytical skills
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

Ideal Skills

• In depth working knowledge/understanding of range of operating systems including Windows, Linux systems
• Skills supporting and/or implementing financial systems, including reporting functionality Good understanding of the internet, global networks and networking technologies and environments
• Experience of software development using languages such as Java, Powershell and an associated toolchain (IDE/Revision control/CI) 
• Experience in supporting IT infrastructure for some of the core Corporate Services functions (typically these include, Finance, Procurement, Stores, Health & Safety and the HR departments)
• Computer Science related degree
• Experience of staff supervision

Other information

Closing date: 31st March, 2020

About Us

The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a world leading genomics research centre. We undertake large-scale research that forms the foundations of knowledge in biology and medicine. Our findings are used to improve health and to understand life on Earth. 

Our campus
Set across 130 acres, just outside of Cambridge, The Sanger Institute is located on the stunning Wellcome Genome Campus. Home to some of the world's foremost institutes and organisations in genomics and computational biology, committed to delivering life-changing science with the reach, scale, and creativity to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.

Our benefits:
There’s an attractive benefits package on offer at the Genome Wellcome Campus. We appreciate the importance of achieving work-life balance and support this with a number of family and carer-friendly policies. Plus a flexible working policy for those who may wish to amend their working pattern or arrangement.
As well as the usual benefits you would expect, we go much further:

• 25 days annual leave (extra 1 day to a maximum of 30 days for every year you work)
• Auto-enrolment into a generous Group Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, with enhanced company contribution 
• Up to 2 days annual paid volunteering leave
• Up to 10 days paid Emergency Carers Leave per year
• Family friendly environment including options for flexible and part-time working, an on-site Workplace Nursery salary Sacrifice Schemes for pre-school children and Summer holiday club
• Life Assurance Cover and a Group Income Protection Scheme (if on a contract of 12 months or more)
• Enhanced maternity leave and parental leave
• Access to substantial number of courses and training events onsite
• Private Healthcare Scheme (after 6 months service)
• Eyecare and Dental payment plans
• Concessions and discounts from our corporate perks site

Being part of the Genome Wellcome Campus you will be part of the beautiful working environment with an impressive range of benefits, services and facilities also including:

• Free bus service to and from Campus, covering various routes around Cambridge, Saffron Walden and surrounding villages
• A car-share initiative
• Free parking
• A number of on-site venues where you can meet, eat and socialise with colleagues
• A thriving Sports and Social Club which provides members with subsidised access to a gym, tennis courts, sports hall, fitness classes and a vibrant social calendar of events