Software Engineer - Contract

Who are we & what we do

Pole Star Group is a leading Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions provider dedicated to enhancing safety, efficiency, and operational excellence across critical sectors such as Railways, Highways, and Healthcare. Our comprehensive suite of solutions, including Systems, Inspections, and Maintenance, empowers organisations to optimise asset performance and ensure the highest safety and reliability standards.

We care about doing things properly; for our people, our planet, and our clients. Our Integrated Management System (IMS) helps us meet high standards across quality (ISO 9001), environment (ISO 14001), health & safety (ISO 45001), and information security (ISO 27001). We all contribute to this, in big and small ways, by following processes, working safely, reducing waste, protecting information, and raising a hand when something doesn’t look right. We don’t need to be an expert - just thoughtful, responsible, and ready to support our ongoing improvement.

Our Values:

At Pole Star Group, we believe in a culture defined by our core values:

• People 1st 🧑‍🤝‍🧑❤️: We believe that our employees are our greatest asset. We foster a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and contribute their best. By investing in our people, we ensure exceptional service and value for our customers.
• Customer Obsession 📈🤝: Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. We strive to exceed their expectations through innovative solutions, exceptional service, and a relentless focus on their needs and satisfaction.
• Disruptive Innovation 💡🚀: We embrace change and encourage creativity. We are not afraid to challenge the status quo and pursue bold ideas that drive progress and set us apart from the competition.
• Integrity 🛡️✅: We conduct our business with the highest levels of honesty and transparency. We are committed to ethical practices and building trust with our employees, customers, and partners.
• Excellence 🌟🎯: We aim for excellence in all our endeavours. We set high standards, continuously improve, and celebrate our successes while learning from our challenges.
• Have Fun 😄🎉: We believe that balancing hard work and fun is key to success. We foster a dynamic and enjoyable work environment where teamwork, enthusiasm, and a sense of adventure are encouraged.

The Role

We’re preparing for a busy period with multiple client builds, and we need software engineers to help deliver new features and modules on top of our existing Pole Star platform. You’ll be working within a defined scope of work, focusing on feature delivery, enhancements, integrations, and reporting functionality rather than long-term ownership.

This is ideal for contractors who enjoy structured project work, working independently, and shipping improvements within an established product.

Key Responsibilities

Depending on the phase of the project, you’ll work on tasks such as:

• Building new modules and features on top of our existing core system
• Enhancing or refactoring legacy components (jQuery, Java 8, MySQL)
• Supporting reporting functionality (PDF, Excel, data exports)
• Implementing internal and third-party API integrations
• Improving existing asset management workflows for specific clients
• Contributing to AWS-related development tasks within the existing framework
• Writing clean, well-documented code
• Supporting QA for the areas you work on
• Collaborating with the engineering team for smooth integration
• Troubleshooting issues related to your scope of work

Essentials we are looking for…

• Strong backend or full-stack experience
• Hands-on AWS experience
• Experience delivering feature-based or module-based project work
• Strong API integration skills
• Comfort working with both modern and legacy codebases
• Good communication and the ability to work independently
• CI/CD, Git, and standard engineering tooling experience

Familiar with the following software/tools:

• Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Vagrant, etc.
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins, etc.
• Experience with monitoring technologies like Nagios, Ganglia, etc.
• Experience with modern programming languages like Java, Python, etc.
• Experience with building APIs and services using REST, SOAP, etc.
• Experience with scripting languages like Perl, Shell, etc.
• Linux Server Management, Shell scripting

Stuff we’d love, but isn’t essential...

• Kotlin, Swift, or Android/iOS knowledge
• Docker, ECS, Kubernetes
• Experience with reporting functionality
• GraphQL exposure
• Experience with remote/distributed engineering teams
• A level of travel will be required. (London)