Software Technical Lead - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald

Verified Company

Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Design, implementation and testing of high-quality software

Liaison with customers to establish requirements, coordinate work and provide support
Production of design, test and user documentation
Occasional support and monitoring of live systems

Some aspects of this job will require occasional work outside normal office hours, or on UK client site, so flexibility is essential.

Within the team, you will work within a structured environment which promotes the delivery of quality software to our clients and provides a framework for your continued growth.

You will have the opportunity to be mentored by a talented technical team, who will set and support you in meeting challenging goals, ensuring your continued learning and development.

The role will include working directly with our clients, remotely and occasionally on-site, and will provide the opportunity to contribute innovation into our solutions.

For this role you should have:

Essential technical skills:
Experience with Java, and / or C#. Net tech stack.

In-depth knowledge of, and experience with Object Oriented Design

Experience with formal design, coding, configuration management and testing processes

Security clearance:

Essential personal skills:
Highly motivated to learn fast and add value to our development team.

Be able to demonstrate initiative and drive in carrying out tasks, constantly seeking improvement

Have an aptitude for problem solving

Be a team player and provide a positive contribution to our strong culture
If you have any of these additional skills, you would be of particular interest to us:
Hibernate (or other ORM technologies)

Angular, Javascript ,React or other scripting language.

Dev-Ops Technologies such as Kubernetes or OpenShift

Jenkins, GIT and Subversion

Automated testing frameworks such as Robot or Cucumber

JIRA (issue tracking)

Liaising with clients and/or end-users

Job Profile

The Technology Services (TS) team within Mott MacDonald develops and supports a diverse range of bespoke and productbased complex software systems for clients throughout the UK, internationally and within the Mott MacDonald group.

These systems are developed by our in-house software engineering team, utilising a wide range of programming technologies and deployment into varying technology stacks.

We provide a dynamic, project-orientated development environment, with teams involved in the full lifecycle of system delivery from requirements definition through to design, development, platform configuration and ultimately live system support.

Our primary domain is in the Transport sector, solving real-world problems for clients that manage transport networks and own all forms of transport assets - digital, data and infrastructure.

We also provide technical input across multiple domains for projects across other parts of Mott MacDonald meaning we play our part in maintaining Mott MacDonald's carbon neutral certification.

With the growth in demand for Software Engineering across the business, we are expanding our software delivery team.

You will be based out of either our Newcastle, Birmingham or Manchester offices, with a blend of home-based and office-based and working.

The key objective for this role is leading the development of software systems across our projects, supporting system roll-out and mentoring other software engineer team members across our teams based in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester and Birmingham.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We have been placed fifth in the Top 50 Inclusive Companies list. We do not discriminate and take positive steps to create an inclusive culture.

Benefits:

We can offer:

Pension matched up to 7%
Competitive annual leave and the option to purchase additional annual leave
An annual professional institution subscription
Life insurance
Enhanced parental leave
Annual company performance bonus scheme
Subject to company performance
Flexible benefits scheme to suit you, including cycle to work & Interest free season ticket loans etc.

Other Information

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.

We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments.

We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
More about Mott MacDonald
We're a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communi