Senior Developer - MS Dev Stack - .Net C# - Leeds - £50k - Global Tech / Services Firm REF LAN499

Role Purpose: Provide technical leadership and support for team members. Encourage and support the adoption of new technologies in accordance with the technical direction communicated by the Head of Development.

1. Understand and follow company operating procedures for the creation of software.
2. Maintain software version standards.
3. Develop software to the definition of done.
4. Mandatory testing of produced software (unit and integration) and corrections as required, all thoroughly documented.
5. Create test harnesses and scripts when required.
6. Maintain existing systems and fix software quality issues.

1. Maintain a working knowledge of industry developments and technology best practice.
2. Monitor and coach development team members.
3. Maintain a progressive yet pragmatic approach to the adoption of new technology to ensure that the team and client base continue to benefit from new technology.
4. Improve systems knowledge and document (wiki and other artefacts).
5. Support the development team in the resolution of system issues that have been escalated from product support.

1. Deploy software to QA and production environments.
2. Implement patch fixes in conjunction with QA team and IT.
3. 5+ years of experience in Software Development including:
1. 3+ years Web development experience using C# and ASP.Net MVC.
2. 2+ years SQL.
4. Elite-level software development skill.
5. A passion for new technology and ability to identify emerging trends.
6. Ability to learn new techniques and technologies quickly and deeply.
7. Full stack knowledge, through Web browser, firewalls, databases, and storage.
8. Production of quality code, first time.
9. A keen passion for writing and maintaining well tested, high performance, readable code.
10. Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
11. Excellent interpersonal skills and cross-department relationships.
12. Willing and able to provide guidance and support to the wider development team.
13. Experience with Agile project management - ideally Scrum.

1. Education Requirements - ideally computer science educated.
2. Experience Requirements - as listed within the specification.
3. Industry - IT Services.
4. Job Location - Tower Works, 2 Globe Road, Leeds, LS11 5QG.
5. Qualifications - Agile, MS development certifications but none essential.
6. Work Hours - 37.5 hours.