Software Engineer - Back End London, England

Ambassador Theatre Group

Full Time London, England 45000 - 70000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Software Engineer - Back End

The Ambassador Theatre Group is an extraordinary success story in the live entertainment industry. Founded in 1992 in the UK, we’ve grown into the world’s number one live-theatre company today. We cover every discipline in the theatre industry, from operating venues to ticketing platforms and producing shows. We are passionate about great shows and our ambition is to help them find the largest possible audiences.

We are actively looking for recruit a full-time, experienced Software Engineer to join our Product Engineering team. This role is based at our Head Office on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, however we have a flexible remote working policy. You will be required to be in the office at least once per quarter. You’ll report to an Engineering Manager and work closely with a close-knit team of engineers, designers, and product managers.

At ATG, digital product and technology are core to our ticketing business, we're building a state-of-the-art platform, using modern technologies to power the future of the theatre-going experience. In our stack you'll come across things like TypeScript, React, Redux, Styled Components, GraphQL and Node.js. We run everything in the cloud – utilising services from providers like AWS and Cloudflare and deploying using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and Serverless Framework. CI/CD pipelines help us to release to production via automated testing and workflows.

The ideal candidate will be someone with a track record of working with engineering and product management supporting and embedding a world class product development and engineering culture and organisation.

Your skills, qualities, and experience.

Essential

3+ years of professional development experience.
3+ years of experience working in NodeJS and able to demonstrate strong JavaScript knowledge
Familiar with code versioning tools such as Git
Proven history of working in complex NodeJS applications
Strong experience with AWS as a platform

Desirable

Experience in the following AWS services: Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, EventBridge and Step Functions.
Cloud databases: AWS DynamoDB (or another NoSQL)
Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform and/or Serverless)
Strong verbal and written communication skills

Please download a copy of our job description for full details on the position - Early applications are appreciated.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to provide a stage for everyone. Onstage and off, we hold ourselves accountable for nurturing an inclusive culture. Find out more about us and our values at atg.co.uk and careers.atg.co.uk

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, which means that we are taking action to ensure that people with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role. Where we receive more applications than we are reasonably able to interview for any given role, we will retain applications for the next available interview opportunity wherever possible.

If you’d like to discuss accessibility prior to applying, please review our job description where you can find our contact details to request a confidential discussion.