Job description
Location: London, Newbury, Stoke, or Glasgow HQ + *Blended home working
Salary: Competitive + Vodafone Benefits
Working pattern: Term time: Working weeks = 41.6 (i.e. 41 weeks and 3 days) with Annual leave = 168 hours (approx. 22.4 days). Non-working weeks = 10.4 (i.e. 10 weeks and 2 days) to be taken during school holidays.
Term Time working
We are excited to be offering term time work schedules in our Software Engineering teams to support with our mission to create the future. Term time working is part of our flexible working policy and offers employees the opportunity to have time off during the school holidays. Vodafone is an inclusive employer and we recognise the importance of work-life balance and establishing new routines to support our employees in balancing work with personal commitments.
Blended
Vodafone UK’s blended working approach means you’ll come to your contracted hub location office as and when needed to get things done for your role and for tasks that require it, otherwise you will be able to work from home. Our ‘Office in a Box’ home-working kit will be available for all who need it during your onboarding journey.
We innovate, invent and continuously improve, Vodafone UK Digital works within the heart of our business. Empowering Vodafone’s mission of being a digital-first company is in everything we do.
What will you be doing?
- You will support timely delivery of technical solutions with exemplary written, well tested code
- You will advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices
- You will be proposing and quantifying the importance of technical debt to senior management
- You will have the ability to balance business deliverables and technical excellence in the work you and your team produce
Essential Skills
- You will have experience in JavaScript, including asynchronous programming, pec closures, types, and ES6
- You will have commercial experience with React and Node.js
- You will have demonstrable experience with RESTful APIs and JSON
- You will have experience with Git or other source control systems
- You will have working knowledge of how to utilise manual and automated testing
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we would encourage you to apply as you may be just the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help see how your skills fit in.
What’s in it for you?
An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We’re also proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility to support individuals returning to work after a career break and our market-leading parental leave policies. We’re committed to supporting you throughout every step of your career at Vodafone.
Together we can
Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (careers.vodafone.co.uk) under Career Support, for guidance.
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