Who we are and what we do
About Hachette UK
Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.
We're made up of 12 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.
Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Headline; Quercus; Octopus, Bookouture and Dialogue Books. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world's best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O'Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children's Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hodder Education is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.
Hachette UK is part of Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.
It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries.
What you'll be doing
Core objectives of this role are development and maintenance of Themis (contract document management web application), web-based applications, Hachette Azure Backend API and Microsoft Power Automate or Power Apps. You will be responsible for the design, development and implementation of technical solutions in Microsoft Azure environments using .NET, React.JS and other programming languages.
You will be working alongside in-house development team, which is part of publishing systems directorate, to develop and maintain in-house built Hachette applications. In addition, the role will also support the development of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in response to business-driven requests for change, by working closely with Hachette partners.
You will ensure applications are developed as per best practice and compliant with all the Hachette policies. Specifically, this role supports & develops the backend stack in C#.NET hosted on Azure and React.JS front end applications.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an excellent communicator, as the role includes direct contact with the business to gather technical requirements and produce technical specifications.
The post holder will collaborate with Hachette partners to design and deliver web applications, API, and RAP for Hachette group of companies.
Additionally, these are the technical skills needed for this role:
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office and homeworking.
Our commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
About Hachette UK
Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.
We're made up of 12 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.
Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Headline; Quercus; Octopus, Bookouture and Dialogue Books. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world's best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O'Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children's Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hodder Education is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.
Hachette UK is part of Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.
It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries.
What you'll be doing
Core objectives of this role are development and maintenance of Themis (contract document management web application), web-based applications, Hachette Azure Backend API and Microsoft Power Automate or Power Apps. You will be responsible for the design, development and implementation of technical solutions in Microsoft Azure environments using .NET, React.JS and other programming languages.
You will be working alongside in-house development team, which is part of publishing systems directorate, to develop and maintain in-house built Hachette applications. In addition, the role will also support the development of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in response to business-driven requests for change, by working closely with Hachette partners.
You will ensure applications are developed as per best practice and compliant with all the Hachette policies. Specifically, this role supports & develops the backend stack in C#.NET hosted on Azure and React.JS front end applications.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an excellent communicator, as the role includes direct contact with the business to gather technical requirements and produce technical specifications.
The post holder will collaborate with Hachette partners to design and deliver web applications, API, and RAP for Hachette group of companies.
Additionally, these are the technical skills needed for this role:
- Proficiency in C# and .NET Core
- Experience with SQL Server and/or Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and familiarity with other database technologies
- Cloud architecture and engineering skills, ideally in Microsoft Azure (Kubernetes Service, Container Apps, App Service, Functions, Event Grid, and Service Bus)
- Strong experience with Microsoft Azure API Gateway
- Strong understanding of architectural design patterns
- Experience with SDLC in an agile environment
- Strong experience in developing REST APIs, Web Applications and distributed systems using common design patterns
- Experience using Azure DevOps for cloud repo management and Azure DevOps Pipelines for deployment
- Extensive experience building solutions with the Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents).
- Understanding of other RPA platforms such as UiPath is preferable
- Expertise in front-end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON as well as React and/or Vue.js
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more!
The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office and homeworking.
Our commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
