Senior Software Engineer

Instrumentation Company, South Wales

£45,000 to £55,000 pa

About The Company

Within 10 years from start-up, this company has become a world-leader in the field of remote monitoring equipment for oil and gas applications. They pride themselves on designing high quality, efficient and robust products that offer clear benefits to their customers. They provide a high level of service/support and deal professionally and with integrity. They are award-winning and financially secure.

They are committed to employing motivated and high calibre staff who share their values, work as a team and are committed to success. They aim to offer competitive terms and conditions of employment.

They seek the welfare of all their staff and operate on the principle that they work best when they feel valued and can achieve an appropriate work/life balance.

All their staff are qualified professionals in their technical or administrative areas. You are encouraged to seek training opportunities as part of your personal career development plan.

The Position

Reporting to the Engineering Manager you will be responsible for the design and development of our web-based systems. You will be designing, developing and deploying code, services and websites to run on our servers. You will work in a small project a team alongside product design engineers.

The priority for development is a robust, professional application with a clean effective GUI.

The development environment is very dynamic because we use new technologies and work closely with end-users.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Specification, design and implementation of websites and services.
- Design testing and validation.
- Input into product design.

They offer:

- A salary of up to £55k dependent on skills and experience.
- Responsibility, growth potential, a stimulating work environment, training and an excellent team ethic.
- Flexible working hours.

About You

You will have significant experience in developing web-based applications and server-side code. You'll be highly proficient in C# with a good understanding of OO and how to design software properly. Ideally you'll have a background in C++ and some experience of developing software for PC applications.

You should have experience of most of the following:

- Web based software development
- C#
- ASP
- NET Framework development
- Design, implementation and use of various relational database systems (SQL Server, Access, MySQL)
- Web Services
- JavaScript / JQuery
- Sound understanding of configuration management techniques
- Software deployment

Ideally including:

- Ajax
- XML
- CSS
- C++
- PC Software Development
- MFC/Windows API

And an ideal candidate will also:

- Be self-managing
- Be organised and tidy
- Have good attention to detail
- Have good communication
- Have a sense of humour

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK, full-time and without restriction.