senior full stack software engineer

Jisc is looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team on a Hybrid basis- flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Harwell).In return, you will receive a competitive salary from £50,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience.

About Us:

Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research.

Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation.

The Senior Full Stack Software Engineer role:

This exciting role is with our OpenAthens service, who are global leaders in making knowledge accessible through Single Sign-On easy. We help more than 2,600 organisations, with 5 million users, in over 65 countries, have access to the knowledge they want, when they want it.   

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer for one of the OpenAthens development scrum teams, you will use your technical skills, knowledge and experience, along with your soft skills, to work with your scrum team colleagues and stakeholders, to continually improve the OpenAthens products. As a full stack developer, you will contribute to both front-end and back-end software changes.

Responsibilities as our Senior Full Stack Software Engineer?

• Developing your knowledge of the OpenAthens products, our development process and technical environment
• Collaborating with your scrum team colleagues (developers, testers, product owner), the application architect and other stakeholders to understand the required product changes, then create the technical design and the plan for their implementation
• Use your skills, knowledge, and experience, along with the team’s development process and technical environment to create the required product changes
• Actively contribute to technical improvements, product improvements or product discovery

What we’re looking for in our Senior Full Stack Software Engineer:

• Taking the overall technical lead for software developments – helping others to achieve the required outcome. 
• Extensive experience of designing, developing and supporting enterprise-scale applications
• Able to create code that is both high quality and easily maintainable
• Fluency with Java backend development
• Developing web front-ends with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular or React
• A collaborative way of working with customers, end-users, other stakeholders, product managers, other developers, application architect and UX designers
• Motivation and ability to continuously learn and exploit new and emerging technologies, techniques, and soft skills, combined with a commitment to continuous improvement

What can we offer you as our Senior Full Stack Software Engineer?

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas
• A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions
• A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks.
• A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
• Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment, plus your own Wellbeing allowance to spend on wellbeing for you
• Financial well-being support
• Discounts on big-name high-street stores
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recognition awards and travel loans

If you have the skills and experience, we require for this role and are looking for a new challenge then please click ‘apply’ today to be forwarded to our on-line recruitment portal and become our new Senior Full Stack Software Engineer.

Thank you for your interest in Jisc.