Software Engineer

Job description

3198428
Additional Cities

Cambridge
Career Level

Entry-Level
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Power
Business Segment

Power Grid Solutions
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

United Kingdom
Postal Code

CB24 9BZ
Role Summary/Purpose

As an Engineer working in the Product Development team you will work closely with your peers in fast-paced Agile development teams using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure. We are looking for candidates with a passion for front-end and back-end development.
Essential Responsibilities

• Has the ability to take ownership of small tasks and deliver without supervision while using their discretion to seek help when necessary. 

• Demonstrate the ability to help team members through pair programming and code reviews. 
• Demonstrates awareness about product positioning and differentiations. 
• Has the ability to evaluate basic technology choices and articulate tradeoffs.  
• Applies principles of SDLC and Lean/Agile/XP/TDD/CI/CD methodologies to deliver high quality, secured, and scalable software modules.  
• Skilled in writing code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project. 

• Skilled in core data structures and algorithms and implements them using language of choice

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or equivalent
• Strong professional experience

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EU/EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post, as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. For further information please visit the UK Border Agency website 
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/working
Desired Characteristics

For our front-end role you will have experience or at least knowledge and an interest in some of the following: 

• Modern web application technologies: Polymer 2.0, Web Components, Service Workers, Bower, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, LESS, JQuery and MVC 

• Building apps on top of restful APIs using large volumes of data 
• Building apps using node.js 
• Canvas rendering in JavaScript 
• Angular 2, React, npm, gulp-sass, Unity, Cesium, D3, other gaming technologies 
• Developing mobile (phone, tablet) applications and using responsive design 
• Knowledge of Web Security principles – OWASP 
• Knowledge of key UX and design principles 

For our back-end role you will have experience or at least knowledge and an interest in some of the following: 

• Building apps using node.js 

• Designing and developing multi-tenant enterprise software services and components, with a focus on scale. 
• Developing highly robust and high throughput enterprise Cloud applications 
• Delivering cloud-based solutions using RESTful Web services and technologies such as Cloud Foundry 
• Using SQL databases in a micro-service architecture 
• Server-side data processing technologies such as ELK 
• Knowledge of Web Security principles – OWASP 
• Containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes 
• Handling the ingestion and management at scale of geospatial data (or similar connected network paradigm) 
• Using Postgres, RabbitMQ and Redis 
• Working with Big Data / Hadoop and NoSQL Databases

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About Us

GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE’s mission and deliver for our customers. www.ge.com
Primary Country

United Kingdom
Primary State/Province

England
Primary City

Cambridge