Graduate Software Developer - Fareham, Hampshire

Job description

Graduate Software Developer

Location: Fareham, Hampshire
Salary: Up To £28k
Contract: Permanent, Full time

Who are you?
You are a smart and talented individual who knows how to work hard whilst still maintaining a fun and friendly attitude. You enjoy working within a team where there is a culture of learning and mutual respect. An environment where you can bring new ideas to the table and have them heard.

You have a real passion for technology, programming and software development, but you do not want to just be a code-cutter working from a specification. You want to be a part of the whole software development lifecycle making positive contributions to the project you are working on at all levels. You like to work with cutting edge technologies and you have an excellent understanding of database design techniques and SQL statements. You also have experience in web based user interface creation (HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, ASP.NET) and a good working knowledge of C#.

Experience of integrating into Salesforce would be advantageous.
You are a good communicator and enjoy speaking to people at all levels. Be that via email, on the phone or simply by an informal chat.

Who are we?
Listed in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies 2015 Award, our client is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the UK. We sell a broad suite of products, generally consisting of voice, mobile and data services, utilising our underground telecoms network, to our customers to Reseller on to their end customers, normally UK-based businesses. In over ten years we have grown to over 650 staff with offices situated in Newbury, Fareham, London, Manchester, Glasgow and Eastern Europe.

Although a growing company our client maintains the culture that allows employees to develop and avoid being pigeon holed in to roles. What makes the company successful is the people that work for it.

We also take our responsibility to the wider community seriously by making charitable donations to worthy causes and being one of the only telecom companies to reduce its carbon footprint across the whole business to net zero.

What type of things will I do?
The team is working on a number of projects including an ordering system that integrates and utilises the Salesforce framework. There is also ongoing development to take our customer Portal forward in order to provide a better experience to our customers, such as providing web chat. Primarily the role will be diverse and you will be expected to think on your feet; whether this is supporting existing applications or making changes to take forward a solution to meet new requirements.

What skills will I learn?
We want your enthusiasm so you can learn and build upon your technical skills. The company Development team use Microsoft SQL databases with .Net front ends. Previous experience of both these, particularly .Net programming is essential.

Specifics:
Key skills required:
• Problem solving, taking ownership of tasks and grasping the bigger picture.
• A good communicator with the ability to turn customer requirements into a functional specification and subsequently into a fully working solution.
• Creative flair with great attention to detail.
• Strong A-Level results and a technical based degree from an established University, preferably a 1st or 2.1.
• Strong front-end development skills using HTML, CSS, JavaScript (including JQuery)
• Development skills in C# ASP.NET (Web Forms)
• Experience using version control, preferably GIT
• Good knowledge of databases and SQL, preferably T-SQL
• Excel and other Office based programmes
• Experience of Photoshop, AJAX and ASP.NET MVC would be desirable.
• At least one year experience in a software based role. Consideration will be given to graduates that can demonstrate that they have the aptitude to learn but may lack the industry experience or some of the skills listed above.

Remuneration:
- Competitive salary: up to £28k (depending on experience)
- Annual bonus scheme
- 25 days holiday per annum (pro-rata)
- Flexi holiday
- Company contributed pension scheme
- Life assurance and income protection
- Other benefits such as ride to work schemes

Want to know more?
Have a look around our website.

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