Software Engineer

at  Cinch Cars

August 29, 2024

• Advert ID: 602758
• Job Reference: PRD035km
• Location: Manchester
• Job Type: Permanent
• Salary: £70000.00 to £80000.00 per year

THE PERSON

• You have a strong technical background in web application development, preferably in a large-scale cloud-based setting with modern software development practises such as CI/CD
• You can demonstrate having worked in an environment which has strong engineering practises and principles such as TDD and pair programming and demonstrate how you have furthered the culture
• You have significant experience with modern frontend frameworks (we use React), as well as a solid comprehension of the basics of good frontend development – HTML, CSS, Javascript, Typescript, a11y
• You have a passion for developing others and have experience in mentoring software engineers
• You are effective at facilitating technical discussions in the team and confident in challenging approaches when they don’t seem right
• You have solid experience working in a modern agile environment
• You have a real appetite for learning & self-development and pride yourself on being a valued member of the team

Experience with any of the following a bonus:

• Serverless compute such as Lambdas or Functions
• Serverless Framework
• NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB or Mongo
• Understand the importance of driving quality into code through test automation
• Familiar with event modelling and event driven architectures
• E-commerce experience
• Care about the product life cycle and the lifetime value of the customer
• You want to grow within your career and are looking for a place that lets you have immediate, meaningful impact
• Pragmatic and deliver thoughtful, awesome solutions to solve business problems
• Have had experience or want to have experience working in diverse, cross functional agile teams
• Passionate about software development, sociable, with a great appetite for learning and self-improvement

THE PERSON

• You have a strong technical background in web application development, preferably in a large-scale cloud-based setting with modern software development practises such as CI/CD
• You can demonstrate having worked in an environment which has strong engineering practises and principles such as TDD and pair programming and demonstrate how you have furthered the culture
• You have significant experience with modern frontend frameworks (we use React), as well as a solid comprehension of the basics of good frontend development – HTML, CSS, Javascript, Typescript, a11y
• You have a passion for developing others and have experience in mentoring software engineers
• You are effective at facilitating technical discussions in the team and confident in challenging approaches when they don’t seem right
• You have solid experience working in a modern agile environment
• You have a real appetite for learning & self-development and pride yourself on being a valued member of the team

Experience with any of the following a bonus:

• Serverless compute such as Lambdas or Functions
• Serverless Framework
• NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB or Mongo
• Understand the importance of driving quality into code through test automation
• Familiar with event modelling and event driven architectures
• E-commerce experience
• Care about the product life cycle and the lifetime value of the customer
• You want to grow within your career and are looking for a place that lets you have immediate, meaningful impact
• Pragmatic and deliver thoughtful, awesome solutions to solve business problems
• Have had experience or want to have experience working in diverse, cross functional agile teams
• Passionate about software development, sociable, with a great appetite for learning and self-improvement

THE ROLE

• Building the future of our AWS, TypeScript, React, Node, micro frontend, serverless, event-driven applications
• Working with your squad to craft a site that’s easy to innovate within and loved by our customers
• Contributing to our collaborative DevOps culture, being responsible for your code from design to deployment and support
• Continually identifying areas for improvement through refactoring code, process or working methods
• Pushing the boundaries, questioning the status quo, ensuring what we are doing and what we are building is the very best it can be
• Proactively sharing acquired knowledge and insights with colleagues and across cinch
• Mentoring and educating squad members on new technologies, best practices, and industry developments
• Demonstrating a strategic mindset to help improve Cinch’s overall technical strategy
• Contributing to the alignment of technological decisions with long-term business objectives
• Leading the exploration and implementation of innovative technologies and features
• Identifying opportunities to optimise processes and workflows within the team or wider organisation
• Taking on a pivotal role in mentoring, guiding, and developing junior team members

THE ROLE

• Building the future of our AWS, TypeScript, React, Node, micro frontend, serverless, event-driven applications
• Working with your squad to craft a site that’s easy to innovate within and loved by our customers
• Contributing to our collaborative DevOps culture, being responsible for your code from design to deployment and support
• Continually identifying areas for improvement through refactoring code, process or working methods
• Pushing the boundaries, questioning the status quo, ensuring what we are doing and what we are building is the very best it can be
• Proactively sharing acquired knowledge and insights with colleagues and across cinch
• Mentoring and educating squad members on new technologies, best practices, and industry developments
• Demonstrating a strategic mindset to help improve Cinch’s overall technical strategy
• Contributing to the alignment of technological decisions with long-term business objectives
• Leading the exploration and implementation of innovative technologies and features
• Identifying opportunities to optimise processes and workflows within the team or wider organisation
• Taking on a pivotal role in mentoring, guiding, and developing junior team members