Junior Software Engineer

Role Overview

• Own small technical components.
• Write high-quality code with feedback and support.
• Test code thoroughly and proactively.
• Observe more senior engineers participating in code reviews and learn how to ensure that other people follow good practices and standards when it comes to code, tests, documentation and release notes.
• Ask for clarification when reviewing pull requests or addressing comments on your requests.
• Independently able to deliver features to an existing codebase or deliver new small technical components from requirements with support from other engineers.
• Understand continuous integration and the value of integrating small chunks of code into the main branch frequently.
• Provide adequate feedback on requirements for features that may not have the sufficient level of detail.
• Make an effort to utilise existing documentation sources (Confluence, JIRA, GitHub, Google Drive, Postman, SwaggerHub, Slack) to uncover information.
• Take proactive steps to increase knowledge of the Chetwood platform within the context of the Banking Industry (e.g. regulations or policies that the platform must implement).
• Share new learnings with the rest of the team via existing channels or dedicated sessions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of: Git and GitHub, Postman
• JIRA/Confluence VPN PyCharm / VS Code
• Attend conferences to promote Chetwood, and hear about new developments in technology and banking.
• Understand the meaning of supporting services in production.
• If on-call during working hours, respond to incidents on time.
• During incident investigation/resolution, seek guidance from more senior engineers.

Requirements

• Experience with Python or a similar programming language.
• Entry-level experience designing relational databases.
• Entry-level experience designing with non-relational databases.
• Good understanding of basic data structures and algorithms.
• Basic understanding of web services.
• Ability to write tests and testable code
• Experience with distributed version control systems (e.g. Git).
• Entry-level knowledge of SQL
• Entry-level knowledge of AWS services, especially Lambda and EC2, but also SNS, SQS, API Gateway, Step Functions, S3, CloudWatch, DynamoDB.
• Advanced numerate degree.
• Experience with RESTful APIs.
• Experience with event-driven architecture.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• DynamoDB
• EC2
• Python
• SQL

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday PLUS your BIRTHDAY off
• Pension contribution with Royal London
• Life Assurance
• Private medical, dental and optical health insurance with Axa
• Hybrid working
• Free breakfast available