Senior Software Engineer - Applications Design & Development

Location: 1 Guildhall Square

Salary:  £37,075 to £46,924 per annum

Full Time Fixed Term - 2 years

Closing Date:  Friday 14 July 2017

Reference: 888317JF

Use your passion for software development to transform bespoke enterprise applications at a world-leading University.

About the role

The University have recently commissioned an ambitious project (PRG II) which is expected to take 2 years to design and execute; you will be a senior member of a core team responsible for the technical design, development and assurance of a suite of custom build applications design to support the Universities Post Graduate Community.

Reporting to the Manager of iSolutions Applications Design & Development team, you will be the technical lead for this exciting new opportunity. The focus is to develop a suite of high tech applications to support Academic delivery. 

Working closely with the Project Manager 30% - 40% of your time will be working across campus; directly engaged with Senior Users and the Business Change Manager to develop and refine user’s requirements. You primary role in this context will be to translate user stories into technical deliverables.

The remainder of the time will be hands on development and technical leadership. You will support the ADD Manager to lead a small development team responsible for the development of PRGII and other in-house applications. You will also be responsible for working with colleagues within the Projects, Infrastructure and Operations team to design and build the platform to support the service.

You will also help shape the development standards within the web team for developing applications and APIs using the .Net platform.

Culturally the team are focused on providing great value, customer focused applications; you will be responsible for maintaining and developing these standards through the use of continuous improvement techniques within the team.

Your primary focus will be PGR II but you will be expected to work on a variety of different applications used throughout the University.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to make a difference within the University

About you

We’re looking for experienced candidates who understand the value of working with stakeholders at all levels to deliver innovative solutions which can be supported into the future.

We’re looking for candidates who have demonstrable skills in the following:

• Team player who is customer focused
• Strong listening and negotiation skills
• A high level of competence in .NET and JavaScript
• Building database applications
• Data manipulation
• Writing documentation
• Working closely with customers to understand their requirements

We would very much like to hear from candidates who can also demonstrate skills or knowledge in some of the following:

• Working in Agile development teams
• Experience with a variety of open-source software
• Automated-testing frameworks
• Experience of developing CQRS systems

About the Department

iSolutions is one of the largest departments within the University’s Professional Services Group and provides all aspects of ICT to support all University activities. This includes learning and teaching, research, and University administration; and supports a diverse user community of over 35,000 University staff and students.

The department is largely based at our new, spacious corporate accommodation in Guildhall Square, located in Southampton’s recently redeveloped Cultural Quarter. With excellent links via rail and road, the department is in a prime city location, with convenient access to high street shops, bars, and cafés, as well as arts and entertainment venues.

About the University

At the University of Southampton we are committed to our strategic principles of collegiality, quality, sustainability and global reputation — which our new leadership team is using to implement meaningful change. We value equality and diversity and are a founding signatory of the Athena SWAN Charter. We have held an Athena SWAN Bronze Award since 2006, and have recently attained the Silver Award in 2016, demonstrating our commitment to addressing equality issues in order to maximise the potential of all our people. 

Work-life balance is important to us and this is reflected in our generous maternity policy and childcare facilities; employees are also able to participate in the Childcare Voucher Scheme. Our staff may wish to have working patterns that fit in with their caring responsibilities so we invite requests to undertake this role on a part-time or a flexible working basis. We also welcome applicants who have had career breaks for reasons including maternity, paternity or adoption leave, disability, or illness. 

As part of our commitment to your wellbeing we offer an occupational pension scheme and generous holidays. Staff also have access to our state-of-the-art on-campus sports, arts, and culture facilities, a full programme of events, and access to a number of University employee-discount schemes. 

Further information about working at the University of Southampton can be found on our web site: https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/display.aspx?id=1091|

Finally

If you have any further questions about this role, or would like to know more about the Applications Design & Development team, please contact Christopher Yorke, the team manager, at cpy@soton.ac.uk or telephone 023 8059 4827. 

Please note that when filling out the application we only require the last 5 years of your employment history and the summary of your most recent relevant qualification (full transcript is not required). Interviews will be awarded based on your answers to the “supporting statements”. 

If you think this could be the role for you, press the “Apply Online” button below. We look forward to hearing from you!