We are looking for a Senior Software Developer to join the Frontier team, on a permanent, full-time basis. This is a fully homebased role but there will be a requirement to attend sites when needed.
You are an experienced developer who seeks simplicity of solutions and excellence in code. You are able to manage the work of less experienced developers (at entry and intermediate level), drive standards and manage problems. Working with other Developers, Product Managers, and Delivery Leads in Scrum teams, you will build efficient programs and systems that serve Customer needs.
At Frontier, the Technology Team strive to deliver brilliant experiences for customers and colleagues. We want to hear from passionate, enthusiastic people from any background. We work with a variety of technologies from front-end native and web applications through to the backend systems that hold our organisation together and the hardware they run on. We are a data-driven organisation. We are transforming our technology landscape and the way we work, and this is a fantastic opportunity to join a team at the start of a change journey. Join us to make a real and valuable difference as you build your career at Frontier.
The Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Work from home anywhere within the UK
- 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase 5 more days
- Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
- Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
- Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
- Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
- Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers
About You
- Expert skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Express, RESTful API, Git, HTML, CSS, SQL
- Azure DevOps experience essential
- Object-oriented programming (OOP)
- Solid design principles
- Extensive experience in Scrum/Agile teams
- Aptitude and passion for data structure & software application
- Able to focus across multiple tasks & technologies in a diverse environment
- Demonstrate critical thinking
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- CICD and Pipeline management experience is desirable but not essential
- Linux command line experience
Your Role
As a Senior Software Developer, your role will involve:
- Finding effective solutions to technical problems, individual application architecture design and drive the full-stack framework forwards
- Designing and developing system components to agreed standards against complex requirements
- Accurately estimate and record project effort and guide the estimation process with developers using story points
- Participating and directing design sessions and code / peer reviews
- Performing trials, testing and quality checks to ensure applications deliver agreed business outcomes and agreed technical standards
- Identifying and highlighting into the planning process, activities which will reduce technical debt
- Maintaining and supporting allocated products and applications and continually improve the performance of the software
- Building and maintaining a knowledge base of agreed design and development artefacts in Frontier KB systems
- Mentoring and coaching developers to improve their knowledge and output
- Working with the team to evaluate and evolve the best technical setup to deliver agreed business outcomes in the context of the overall Frontier Architecture Roadmap
- Contributing to development standards and measures
- Collaborating with the team and stakeholders to build new product features
- Contributing to the design and ongoing review of team SLAs to ensure they are met
About Us
Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion.
With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.
Award winning for our commitment to people, we have been recognised by Great Place to Work institute since 2012 and we are proud to be ranked by them in the top 30 UK best large places to work.
Our business approach is underpinned by our core values Integrity, Customer focus and Expertise or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.
