Junior Software Engineer (Web)

at  CDL Software

JUNIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (WEB)

Junior Full stack Engineer, Junior Front-end Engineer
We are growing our Digital department and are looking for a Developer from a Web background with a good understanding of foundational front end development skills and 1-2 years of experience to help us transform and drive forward our client’s digital solutions.
You will help develop and maintain the digital applications of one of the UK’s largest retail insurers, helping to drive their business, expand their offerings, and playing a pivotal role in assisting them with modernising their tech stacks.
You should be excited by the capabilities of the new technologies we are developing within the Digital department but won’t be phased by the older tech stack that the majority of our applications are built upon within the squad. You should have a passion and desire to work in a Test-Driven Development (TDD) & DevOps culture.

EXPERIENCE WE THINK YOU WILL NEED

• 1-2 years of commercial experience as a Front-End Engineer in a JavaScript/HTML environment
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)
• Experience with cloud architecture (preferably AWS)
• Proficiency in writing test driven JavaScript and related front-end technologies
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate and work well with others to meet product delivery deadlines
• Passion for learning and staying updated with evolving technologies
• Agile working practices

EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE DESIRABLE

• DevOps: Infrastructure as code, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker
• Experience in developing and consuming RESTful APIs
• React
• Serverless
• Experience working with XML
• Experience working with JSP and Java applications

As a contributor in a hybrid working environment, you will play a pivotal role in the development and maintenance of innovative web applications. Your day-to-day duties will consist of:

• Supporting and maintaining our legacy products until they’re ready to transition to our new tech offerings .
• Ensuring code quality by writing test-driven, well-structured, and maintainable code with a focus on performance, security, and best practices.
• Troubleshooting and debugging issues to provide technical support and guidance to the team.
• Embracing AI to help gain efficiencies.
• Leveraging AWS (Amazon Web Services) services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3 to build efficient, cost-effective, and scalable solutions – during your probation you will be given learning time to obtain an AWS Practitioners certification.
• Collaborating closely with product managers, business analysts, and other engineers to define client requirements, and implement new features and enhancements.
• Staying up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to continuously improve our products and development processes.
• Writing and maintaining documentation.