- Developing high-quality, maintainable software using object-oriented programming languages such as PHP.
- Building and consuming modern REST APIs, ensuring efficient and secure data exchange.
- Utilising your relational database skills for effective data management, including querying and configuration.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, playing a proactive role in problem-solving and project planning.
- Build an understanding and, over time, a strong working knowledge of the PlotBox Suite of products
- Manage continuous integration and deployment pipelines for efficient and reliable software delivery.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps practices into the software development lifecycle
- A minimum 3 years of relevant experience in software development.
- At least 2 years of experience in object-oriented programming (Java, PHP, or C#).
- Proven experience with cloud computing platforms such as Azure and AWS.
- Proficiency in building and consuming modern REST APIs.
- Solid experience in relational database management.
- Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities.
- Strong source control skills using Git/Bitbucket for version control and branching strategies.
- Industry experience in implementing and maintaining automated deployment, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Coordination and management of releases ensuring reliable deployment processes.
- Developing scripts and tools for automating repetitive tasks.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver modern DevOps practices.
- Experience with JIRA
- Investment in employee growth, and opportunity for development
- Regular wellbeing initiatives and health cash plans
- Safe and supportive culture; we foster continuous improvement in all aspects of work
- Career mobility and progression
- Regular travel opportunities
- Hybrid Working - between office and home locations
- Pension
- Life Insurance
- Active social and charity committee - lots of social events throughout the year
- Office perks: fridge and larder fully stocked with unlimited drinks and snacks
Software/Dev Ops Engineer - United Kingdom - PlotBox
Description
Location: Ecos Hub, Ballymena (Hybrid 2 days in office)
We are seeking a skilled and experienced professional to fill a hybrid role as a Software Engineer/DevOps Engineer. In this role, you will play a crucial part in both the development and deployment processes, ensuring seamless integration between software development and operations.
Working as part of our cross-functional development team you will utilise a modern technology stack to build our PlotBox Platform. In this role you will work closely with technical leads to enhance the infrastructure of the PlotBox platform including CI/CD.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for delivering pre-agreed activities within each sprint which will involve:
What we are looking for:
Desirable experience - It's not a deal breaker, but ideally you will have:
Company Summary
PlotBox is the innovative cloud-based deathcare management solution that enables cemeteries, crematories and funeral homes to serve their families in the best way possible. We are very clear on our mission; to take away some of the pain for families dealing with death and those who serve them, and provide our customers with more time for what matters.
Headquartered in Northern Ireland, with offices in the United States and Australia, our growing, 80-strong multidisciplinary team of experts provides our partners with the same professional levels of service, support and satisfaction across the globe. We live and breathe our core values – Tenacity, Teamwork and Trust.
We have a passion for tech and innovation, actively exploiting new and cutting-edge tools and technologies to enhance our product and skillset. We actively promote from within and our dynamic scale up culture ensures that proactivity and initiative are rewarded with excellent career opportunities, progression and mobility.
How would our team describe life at PlotBox? When asked to describe our company, they use words such as: 'fun, respect, care, team spirit, family feel, trust, happy, listen, sense of accomplishment, flexibility, development'.
We are proud that, for the third year running, we have received our Great Place to Work Certification and have placed in the Top Ten UK's Best Workplaces 2023 Medium Organisations. This follows our top ten ranking on the 2022 UK's Best Workplaces in Tech list, as well as being named one of the 2022 UK's Best Workplaces For Women, and one of the 2022 UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing.
Our staff have told us loud and clear that they love working for PlotBox; from the relaxed working environment to feeling truly valued in their roles. In addition, our purpose-driven mission and the sense of pride in doing what we do - to ultimately lessen people's pain at the most difficult time of their lives - means a lot to our team.
Benefits Offered by PlotBox
Our headquarters are ideally placed in the beautiful and scenic countryside location around Ballymena, along with other office locations in the USA and Australia. We are constantly increasing our list of benefits which currently include: