Your purpose in the role

Working within a talented team of technology experts, a Software Developer will play a key role in the development of the Insights Technology Platform, a highly scalable cloud (AWS) platform using the latest in Hyperscale technology.

Technology innovation in the Learning and Development industry is paramount, and through innovative solutions we aim to create a differentiator for our business that provides a legendary experience for our customers on every part of their journey with us.
 
As a Software Developer at Insights you will be building web applications to support new functionality in our customer facing software technology stack. You will work in a highly collaborative Agile development environment and will leverage, promote and enhance our software frameworks, components and design patterns to deliver robust and scalable solutions.
 

What you’ll do to succeed (responsibilities)

• Design, code and support robust and scalable software solutions
• Ensure quality of solutions by conducting code and design reviews, writing unit tests and supporting the continuous integration and deployment environment.
• Deliver code on time and to specification
• Provide the appropriate level of documentation for solutions and be an evangelist in the team for the development knowledge base
• Perform third-line application support
• Be highly productive whilst balancing the need for quality and agility
• Work collaboratively with the team
• Assist in the selection of appropriate technologies for our applications
• Contribute towards the enhancements of our development processes and policies
• Assist in the development of our application architecture
• Understand our business and our customers

How you’ll show up (behaviours)

• You will take responsibilities for your tasks ensuring that you are diligently following through on them until they are satisfactorily addressed
• You’ll have a positive outlook and work ethic
• You will look to collaborate with you team and others in the business
• Problem solving will be high on your list of things to do and you will be tenacious in your drive to deliver on this
• You will be passionate about technology always looking for the next piece that will allow development of our solutions to be better
• You will have a desire to deliver solutions that please users

What you’re great at (competencies)

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of Javascript
• A passion for delivering high quality user experiences
• Experience in developing with the React/Redux framework
• Familiarity in Typescript.
• Comfortable with unit and integration testing
• Experience with automation through the entire engineering lifecycle (development, test & deployment)
• Familiar with Git Source Control and performing code reviews.
• Knowledge of the use of the latest technologies to deliver cutting edge software

Other useful experience and skills:

• Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS)
• Knowledge of how backend services are developed
• Familiarity with Docker.