Software Engineer – London, South East England
Overview
Our UK-based IT team is looking for an ambitious, forward-thinking software engineer to help us develop innovative solutions across our software products, in all aspects of the product lifecycle – from product inception to production delivery. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who is interested in exploring software technologies throughout the full stack and contributing to delivering business-critical applications for our customers and business users. This role will provide the right candidate with an opportunity to contribute to the development of strategic software solutions used by European and global businesses.
Our IT strategy is cloud and API focused which provides opportunities for growth by building new solutions using Microsoft Azure, migrating on-premise solutions to the cloud, adding to our API market place and delivery of a portfolio of customer integrations. Our teams consist of motivated, career-minded professionals who strive to make a difference by utilizing their skill sets while working in a thriving agile environment. Our products are aligned with our lean teams, providing natural avenues for exposure to multiple solutions through our shared resources model. We continuously refine and challenge ourselves and our processes through various communities of practice that ensure all voices are heard. Enterprise Holdings is one of the world’s most respected companies and owner of brands Enterprise Rent-A-Car®, National and Alamo.
It is a family owned business that strives to build an environment that supports and encourages a diverse workforce, where success is measured through performance. it is a company where race, religion and gender orientation is no barrier to advancement, but welcomed as enriching our organisation and a key contributor to our success. We have an active and vibrant Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee who has fostered an open and welcoming forum for discussing issues in a supportive network. We are proud to again be included in the Top 50 Employers for Women list for the 14th successive year. We are diverse. We are equitable. We are inclusive.
Responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Collaborate with technical and business colleagues for requirements gathering, development and testing of changes.
- Assists with the analysis of requirements and estimation effort for development.
- Create and present visual and detailed design proposals to team and technical leads.
- Use software engineering experience to maintain operational processes and applications; resolve production issues promptly in conjunction with local first-line support team and local development team.
- Deadline and delivery focused
- Assist with the identification and implementation of opportunities to automate or streamline existing processes to simplify maintenance activities and improve overall reliability and efficiency.
- Assist with the creation and maintenance of product documentation for existing and new applications.
- Manage own workload independently, seeking guidance from UK-based manager when needed.
- Protect our customers, our employees, and our brands by incorporating security and compliance in all decisions and daily job responsibilities; follow security policies and procedures.
Qualifications:
- Good communication skills
- .NET / SQL web applications and web services engineering.
- Standard .NET framework (.NET 4.7 and .NET Core)
- Experience with technologies such as C# .NET, XML, RESTful services, JSON, React, material-ui, Entity Framework
- Azure would be beneficial
- Experience of T-SQL, SQL Server
Desirable:
- Exposure to QA practices such as unit testing, peer testing, defect fixing and tracking to resolution.
- Worked in an Agile software development team.
- A Bachelor’s degree and minimum of one year of related experience. We also welcome applications with an equivalent combination of education and experience (such as a relevant placement or internship)
ABOUT THE TEAM:
We offer a hybrid model of full-time remote working, partial office-based or a mixture of both.
ABOUT THE LOCATION:
This is a permanent role in the European IT team based in Egham, Surrey, though can be performed remotely from any UK location. Egham sits on the Berkshire/Surrey border and can be found just off the M25. There are also great public transportation links to local areas such as Reading and London. If remote working is chosen, the successful candidate will be expected to travel to the Egham office at own expense approximately once a quarter in addition to any specific events as agreed in advance.
