Software Engineer (Python)

Role Overview

Key Accountabilities, Activities and Decision Areas

Developing, maintaining and enhancing software applications for Mobysoft, principally leveraging Open Source stacks (Python, Java & MySQL), AWS Cloud Platform Services (IaaS & PaaS)

• Mentoring and coaching members of the team to ensure everyone is working to, and improving on, high standards

• Work with Head of Department and Software Engineering Leaders to contribute to the continuing improvement of the department

Functional Accountabilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance software applications principally written in Python and Java.
• Produce and run unit tests for all code changes and actively participate in frequent code reviews to ensure high quality of all changes
• Participate in the design of new software applications
• Problem solve and debug complex software systems to allow defect analysis and fixing
• Adhere to department procedures and practices, including coding standards, secure coding standards, build processes, source control and development process
• Ensure the high quality (in terms of security, performance and overall quality) of software applications produced by the department

Teamwork

• Works collaboratively with others and identified opportunities for continuous improvement across all areas of the business
• Contributes positively to team meetings and takes personal ownership for the delivery of team actions
• Creates opportunities for others to be successful and helps them to achieve their potential.

Innovation and Change

• Supports innovation across the organisation, conceptualising and creating new approaches.

• Positively embraces new standards and ways of working.

• Evaluates the external environment; recognises political, regulatory, market, technological and commercial needs to innovate.

• Creates a supportive environment of continuous improvement where people are encouraged to learn from their mistakes.

Values and Self Development

• Role models the organisation’s culture of diversity in all its forms including diversity of thought processes.
• Acts in accordance with Mobysoft’s values at all times and promotes these both internally and externally.
• Takes ownership of own personal and professional development

Skills and Qualifications Required – skills, expertise and qualifications

Essential – Minimum Requirements for the job role

Leveraging Open Source stacks, utilising Python and MySQL, DynamoDB ,Redshift at a senior engineering level.

• Commercial experience of software development within AWS (IaaS & PaaS)
• Experience of writing high performance enterprise scale applications
• Thorough experience of Object-Oriented concepts within software development
• Experience of using Agile Engineering Practices e.g. CD/CI, TDD, Pair Programming
• Experience of writing unit tests and using unit test frameworks
• Problem solving skills and the ability to truly own a problem
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to communication superbly, both with technical and non-technical staff
• Appreciation of secure coding issues and techniques to ensure secure applications
• Experience of Agile Development Methodologies e.g. SCRUM, XP
• Experience working with big data and with data products
• Leadership skills, including ability to motivate and coach others
• Exposure to other technologies and programming languages e.g. Java, NoSQL, ML, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go …
• Exposure to Microservice Architectures

Behaviours

• Curiosity / Innovation / Proposition-focussed
• Execution Drive / Goals Orientated
• Customer-Centric values
• Continuous Self-Development and Developer of People

Key Success Criteria:

• Quality:
  • Adherence to team standards
  • Create effective tests
  • Produce working output
  • Promote quality
• Efficiency:
  • Working to estimates
  • Working to milestones
  • Promote efficient working
• Communication:
  • Positive Team Involvement
  • Proactive alerting of impediments
  • Knowledge sharing
• Professionalism:
  • Technical ability
  • Problem ownership
  • Ensure business value
  • Promote excellent technical design
• Leadership:

• Mentoring/Pairing