Software Developer - C# & .Net

Are you an experienced Software Developer that’s been part of an agile team developing commercial software? Are you used to working in an CI/CD environment cooperatively with other development teams? Are you skilled in C# and .Net technologies?

Then we have the opportunity for you...

The Software Development function at De La Rue, provides mature agile development services for multiple customers and internal stakeholders, across a range of key software products across the business.

As a Software Developer you will form part of a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary agile product team. We develop simple but highly effective web applications, and are passionate about writing good quality, highly testable, user-driven software. Our software uses modern technologies, consisting of mainly angular front-ends using a combination of TypeScript and JavaScript, with backend C# Web API RESTful services. We adopt BDD and TDD and you'll frequently see us pair and mob programming. If that sounds exciting to you then you'll be in good company.

We work together and value people who are collaborative, helping each other and sharing knowledge across the department, using wikis and team chat rooms to build our knowledge. We drive change and innovate, we love keeping up with the latest technologies and approaches and furthering ourselves and our teams.

This is a permanent full-time position, based at our site in Gateshead (hybrid working patterns are available).

What will I be doing?

• Design and develop quality, simple software in accordance with SOLID, DRY and YAGNI principles;
• Relentlessly focus on our user's need, driving incremental delivery of software that has the highest value and address areas of most risk in a timely manner;
• Work closely across the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the team delivers its commitments;
• Continuously drive improvement with yourself, the team and the department through ways of working with more agility and introducing technologies;
• Promote knowledge sharing across the team and department, ensuring that we work as closely and effectively as possible;

What qualifications, experience and skills are we looking for?

Education, Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong understanding and commercial experience of developing web applications using C++ .Net and C#
• Previous responsibility for delivering software end-to-end as part of the whole lifecycle;
• Commercial software development experience of working as part of an agile team;
• Commercial experience of developing software within a continuous deployment environment, with experience of using CI/CD tooling (e.g. Azure DevOps, Octopus, Jenkins);
• Good technical skills with knowledge of solution design and application architecture;

Abilities:

• Ability to envision and deliver software solutions that meet user needs and/or solve business problems - Essential
• Ability to design sophisticated solutions to meet challenging user requirements - Essential
• Ability to set and manage priorities judiciously - Essential
• Ability to articulate and gain engagement for ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences – Essential
• Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment – Desirable

Experience:

• Experience of successfully designing and developing sophisticated software products deployed in a variety of environments – Essential
• Hands-on experience of coding using recognised industry standard language of C++ .Net, C# – Essential
• Working in an Agile environment – Desirable

What are we offering?

In return for your experience and expertise, De La Rue offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Flexible working opportunities
• 26 days holiday
• Excellent career development opportunities
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private health insurance
• Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages

We want to work with people like you from all backgrounds and experiences, to help us gain a diverse workforce with a broad outlook and sharp expertise. We are looking for people unafraid to go that extra mile, bringing with them unique characteristics and abilities.

Show us you have what it takes and we'll reward you with a great place to work alongside other great people. Global business, global people. We think De La Rue is an amazing place to work. But don't just take our word for it.