Job description
Reporting to: Head of IT
Full time (Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week)
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 Per Annum DOE
Remote
About us:
About the Job:
Reporting to the Head of IT, we are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to help us in building industry-leading network automation for both our wholesale and retail service provider network, with a keen eye for efficiency.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Designing, building, and maintaining React/Node.JS (bonus points for TypeScript) applications and APIs
- Helping identify key areas in the network in need of automation
- Integrating with external systems via APIs (REST) or specialised protocols (NETCONF/RESTCONF)
- Occasionally travelling around the UK for systems/network-related duties (sometimes with overnight hotel stays - fully paid, of course)
- Experience in building scalable REST APIs, ideally using microservice architecture
- Experience with at least one RDBMS (we use a combination of PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB)
- Extensive experience in at least two programming languages (we are primarily using TypeScript)
- Experience with React.JS, HTML, and CSS
- You must be capable of working both independently and as a team, and be creative with new ways for us to automate our network
- Experience working with Git (or similar) in a team
And ideally:
- Experience working with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud
- Network automation using RESTCONF, NETCONF, SNMP, and/or SSH
- The basics of networking such as subnetting, routing & switching
- Experience with at least one NoSQL database system (we use a combination of MongoDB and Redis)
- Experience with NestJS
- Deploying microservice applications using Kubernetes
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme that matches your contribution up to 8%
- Phone allowance
- Health care
- Cycle to work
- Employee assistance programme
- PPE provided
- IT equipment provided
- Remote working
- Discounted gym memberships
- Retail offers – discounts from recognisable brands
- Company Events
- Travel expenses paid
- Company shares
- Annual Bonus up to 30% of salary (discretionary of the business)
- Free YouFibre broadband if you are within our area, plus friends & family discount.
- Life assurance giving you cover of 4 times your basic salary
- Colleague referral scheme of £500