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Leeds
About Us
We’re an award-winning innovative tech consultancy - a team of creative problem solvers. Since 1993 we’ve been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world’s leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.
In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.
Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world-class delivery.
We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!
About the Role
We love to experiment with the latest tools, technologies and techniques to improve how we deliver our solutions and as a software engineer we will look to you to possess:
- Commercial experience of software development in Python
- Strong Object Oriented skills (e.g. from C#, C++, Java or similar)
- Good database knowledge of SQL, NoSQL or PostgreSQL
- Strong practice of Unit test frameworks
- Strong practice of TDD development principles and continuous integration
- Exposure to Nginx, Redis, Elastic Search or RabbitMQ would be really beneficial
- Exposure to continuous integration, build tools (Jenkins, Ansible) and scripting
- Use of source code version control – Git, Subversion or Mercurial
About You
- You're an engineer at heart and enjoy the challenge of building complex software solutions
- You want to work across a range of tech environments. Your priorities will be building new systems and improving stability, security and efficiency
- You're keen to learn new technologies and languages
- You're comfortable operating in an Agile environment with a good working knowledge in areas such as CI/CD, build pipelines, testing and architecture
- You have a good understanding of computing fundamentals (e.g. logic, data structures, algorithms, low-level architecture, networks stack) along with strong software design skills, including OO, and knowledge of version control systems such as Git
- You love nothing more than grabbing a pen and whiteboarding the next challenge
Some of the Perks
- Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
- Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and other
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFH
- Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
- An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
- Flexible holiday buy/sell option
- Electric vehicle scheme
- Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly
- Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
- You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
- We have a busy social calendar that you can chose to join– quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethers
- GymFlex gym membership programme
Working at BJSS is full of benefits
Choose your career
Chart your career journey by attending cross capability meetings and events. With the help of your Squad Lead and Capability Lead, we want you to pursue a career in software that gets you excited to come to work every day.
Keep learning
We offer training, opportunities to gain accreditation through company-sponsored qualifications, have a dedicated online learning platform and access to O’Reilly Online Learning so that you’re always learning.
Relax on us
Each of our offices hosts a yearly weekend away to celebrate our achievements. Our employees and their families are invited to a weekend of activities and relaxation.
Community involvement
Our local communities are important to us. There are lots of opportunities to get involved and give back. Our people are also offered the chance to help upskill our BJSS Academy members.
Refer your peers
Our people know the kind of skills and personalities that make people fit in here. Our referral reward scheme is the best in the industry.
Worldwide opporunities
We operate across the UK, USA and Europe, providing opportunities to develop your skills and experience work in other cultures.
Equal opportunities & diversity statement
BJSS is committed to equal opportunities and diversity so we want to ensure that our recruitment and selection processes are fair to all who wish to apply.
We encourage you to feel confident to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to the application or interview process to help support you. You can do this by speaking to your BJSS recruitment contact. Or, if you’re not yet in touch with anyone from our recruitment team.
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