Software Engineering Professional

BT Group; Darlington; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

Darlington (R823), Darlington, United Kingdom

Location

This role is based out of our Astral, Darlington office. We have a hybrid working model of 3 days together, 2 days wherever.

Why this job matters

The key purpose of this role is to take ownership of a part of a Digital Channels solutions, including design, implementation, unit, feasibility testing and component testing, and preparation for solution deployment. The role will work independently but as part of an Agile Squad with some guidance when needed and can contribute to pairing with other team members. The role ensures that internal & self-service non-functional, functional and operational requirements have been met. Contribute as one of the key Software engineers which includes guaranteeing that other members of the team are fully aware of changes being made and have been involved in creating and reviewing the solution. Define, build and manage software environment, introducing new tools and new facilities to test hardware and software as appropriate.

What you’ll be doing

• Contributing to planning and prioritising Agile Delivery tasks/stories within team, with enough awareness of the overall Internal & self-service development lifecycle, architecture, Engineering tools and techniques, learning from and improving their own approach.
• Contributing to Digital Channels knowledge base by taking proper knowledge share from Digital Channels Architecture, ASG/DevOps and wider teams, and participate in cross knowledge share programs.
• Potentially responsible for interacting with our customers to work out requirements capture and/or show and tell part of solution. This includes developing an understanding of an element of the business domain sufficient to be able to interpret requirements, and making sound design and implementation decisions;
• Participate in identifying potential continuous improvements to individual and team practices while being conscious of costs and benefits; and taking ownership of implementing any changes based on improvements identified.
• Perform routine analysis and design tasks of various projects.
• Make modifications to existing code or develop completely new modules of moderate complexity.
• May also undertake testing of other components.
• Provide updates and estimates during the development cycle.
• Design, implement, unit and component test and prepare for deployment.
• Work collaboratively with other teams to solve problems.

Skills and Experience

Have experience of React development with a good subset of these skills and willing to learn new ones.

Must Have:

• React JS
• Java Ver 1.8 and above - Preference 11

Desired, will need to learn:

• Docker
• Typescript
• Node.js
• SQL and Mongo db
• Good experience with GIT
• Spring
• Thymeleaf

About us

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.

Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.

Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.