Associate Software Engineer

The Company 

Euromonitor International is the world leader in strategic business research and analysis. A recognised innovator, consistently out-performing our peers with accolades such as  

Private Company of the Year (2013) and the Queen’s Award for Industry (2014) - we now have offices in 15 countries with around 1,400 staff and a further 1000 contributing analysts in over 80 countries around the world. We have come a long way from our beginnings in 1972 and our products now include our award-winning Passport database, consumer and industrial market reports, detailed city surveys, consumer surveys and books. We also have a flourishing Consulting division. Our reports, analysis and forecasts are considered essential reading by business leaders for their cutting-edge content, design and usability. Euromonitor's clients include the world’s major multinationals, banks, consultancies, libraries and business schools. 

Role Overview 

Reporting to the Technical lead, we are seeking an Associate Software Engineer with a good background in building high quality web applications on the Microsoft technology stack.  

You will be responsible for building and maintaining internal and external facing applications. You will work with a team of experienced developers and business resources to build high-performing enterprise systems that assist clients in making the best strategic decisions for their business. This includes the maintenance and promotion of department coding standards and naming convention.   

Contributing to the creation of project delivery timelines will be a key responsibility by providing technical insight and participating in estimation sizing discussions as required.

Key responsibilities: 

1. Software Design 

• Based on discussions with your SCRUM Team design applications according to end user needs. 
• Track projects, tasks and bugs using the company specified work tracking system. 
• Understand requirements from a business perspective and contribute to designing clear, easy-to-use applications from a user perspective. 

1. Associate Software Engineering 

• Involve in the creation of completely new applications or, build upon the functionality of existing ones. 
• Work closely with others on the teams/team members to come up with the best possible solutions for the applications. 

• Involve in the development of Euromonitor’s technology solutions to improve functionality, user-friendliness and presentation of our products. 
• Ensure the code quality and test coverage. 
• Liaise with Business Analysts, Product Managers and/or internal/external customers to ensure that requirements are understood. 
• Contribute to the practice of TDD as part of the software engineering best practice. 
• Participate in peer code reviews. 

1. Product testing 

• Ensure compliance of final product with end-user specifications through regular reviews with designated end-user groups where applicable. 
• This could include testing functionality of your own and colleagues’ code for performance and effecting changes to code as required. 
• Regular code reviews with colleagues to identify bugs and performance problems ensuring code and product quality. 

1. Maintenance/support 

• Monitor, analyze and act on post-deployment bugs. 
• Review of user feedback and proposing/implementing action plans for development. 
• Provide any required support to end-users of the applications. 

1. General 

• Contribute to the training of team members on agile development practices, use of appropriate design patterns and SOLID/design principles in their day-to-day work. 
• Contribute to the technical ownership of projects/tasks ensuring their successful completion to project deadlines. 
• Responsible for the technical quality of junior team members within the team. 

• Ensure the writing of concise documentation for applications and websites. 
• Show initiative to use new technologies and methodologies that will benefit projects and responding to the introduction of software advances and upgrades.   
• Participating in the recruitment of new staff.  

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Requirements

Skills/Proficiencies required: 

1. Required Technical skills/experience: 

• Degree or National Diploma in Computer Science or related Software Engineering Qualification. 
• 1-2 years of hands on development experience using Microsoft .NET technologies to build Micro Services and Web applications. 
• Experience in the below frameworks: 

• C#  
• Asp.Net MVC 
• .Net Core 
• WebAPI 
• Angular 5 / Node.JS 
• Entity Framework / Any ORM 
• SQL 

• Experience\Understanding to the below testing toolset: 

• Unit Test using MSTest / NUnit 
• Jasmine​ tests in Angular 2.0 
• Continuous integration and Continuous delivery (DevOps) 

• Understanding on Azure Cloud technology 
• OOP programming (theoretical and practical experience of OO design principles and patterns) 
• Knowledge on Visual Studio programming environments, Team Foundation server (TFS) and GIT. 
• Understanding with Agile methodologies, TDD (Test Driven Development) and BDD (Behaviour Driven Development). 

1. Other Skills: 

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; strong communication with both technical and business teams.  
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills. 
• Self-motivation and drive to take on personal responsibility. 
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality. 
• Critical reasoning and decision-making skills. 

Benefits

Benefits: 

• Medical-Aid. 
• Pension scheme. 
• Core Working Hours.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Euromonitor International does not discriminate in employment based on race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.