Full Stack Developer

Full Stack Developer

Flexible - Hybrid/Homeworker

Permanent, Full Time

XPS Pension Group is an award- winning Pension Consultancy with over 1500 staff in 18 office locations across the UK and our business continues to experience rapid growth.

This is a very exciting time for an experienced Full Stack Developer to join our established, friendly and close knit IT team within one of our vibrant offices with flexible, hybrid working. XPS IT provides IT services to all XPS offices located across the UK and Ireland. We have an in-house Service Desk Team providing 1st line and infrastructure monitoring, an in-house IT Security Team monitoring the security of the network and servers and a primary and secondary data centre which uses Hyper-V servers.

The Full Stack Developer role:

Our role will suit an experienced Software Engineer who is comfortable working at speed as part of a small inhouse development team, working across all application tiers - front end, business logic/services and database layers

The successful candidate will have:

• The ability to operate as part of an Agile scrum, working at speed on delivering incremental value.
• The ability to wear multiple hats beyond writing code, e,g, peer testing, configuring Azure.
• Complete understanding of automated processes for building testing, documenting, and deploying web application at scale.
• A strong focus on team-fit; speed and quality of developed code; the level of test automation that can be delivered and security quality (OWASP adoption).

Your Experience:

• Whilst not a pre-requisite, knowledge and experience of pension administration system design, function and data requirements would be advantageous.

Your Skills:

• Front-end technology. Familiarity with a variety of front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap and Vue.js. Ubuntu CSM experience beneficial
• Development Languages. Server-side programming with an emphasis on Microsoft technologies – ASP.NET, C#, and .NET Core.
• Knowledge of DBMS technology essential with an emphasis on Microsoft SQL Server and Entity Framework Core. Knowledge of caching mechanisms would be beneficial.
• Basic design ability. Knowledge of designing UI /UX.
• Exposure to building and deploying Microsoft Azure Web App and services. Familiarity with RabbitMQ an advantage.

What we offer?

We believe in our people and we will work with you to unlock your potential and support your career whilst giving you the opportunity to work with some of the most dynamic and collaborative people in our industry.

We embrace differences and we will respect your ideas, perspective and style. Our business thrives on our diversity and mix of experience that leads to innovation. When you take a role with XPS you will be joining a community of professionals driven by integrity and delivery and you can be sure that your wellbeing is taken seriously.

We are happy to talk about flexible working and hybrid working and we understand everyone has different needs.

We offer an attractive reward package, including:

• Competitive salary
• Participation in a Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday
• A set of core benefits including pension plan, life assurance, employee assistance programme, access to a qualified, practicing GP 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• A comprehensive range of voluntary and flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle including holiday trading, tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, private medical cover for self and family, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers.

What next?

If you feel XPS could be the next step on your career ladder, please apply directly via the links provided and we look forward to learning more about you. We will consider all applicants and respond swiftly.

If you do not feel ready to apply or still have questions, please contact Mei Mei Mohan on the recruitment team at XPS or email meimei.mohan@xpsplc.com.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following requirements:

• Right to Work confirmation
• DBS Disclosure check
• Employment or educational references covering five years
• Satisfactory credit check

XPS Pensions Group is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages application from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

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