Senior Software Engineer

Walker and Sloan are working with a well known marketing agency in Oxfordshire, as they are keen to bring on a Senior Software Engineer to the team on a full time basis, with the requirement of coming into the offices twice a week.

Senior Software Engineer -up £60,000 - Hybrid (2 days in office)

Are you an ambitious Engineer experienced with Laravel Looking to work with a talented team to expand your knowledge and work on creative and exciting yet challenging projects? Here’s an opportunity to join a multi-agency group working on projects with some of the world's best-known brands.

The package

• Up to £60,000 salary, negotiable based on experience.
• A monetary bonus paid annually (approx. 10% of your salary)
• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office, 3 from home.
• A commitment to training and development - you'll receive a £500 per year training budget, which can be spent on courses, exhibitions, talks, etc. Further budget is available case by case.
• Access to training platforms, including Pluralsight and Laracasts
• Access to Pirkx - mental, physical, and financial wellbeing benefits
• Progression is bespoke based on company growth and your interests (creative, analytics, data, etc.)
• Summer and Christmas events each year
• Company get together every last Thursday of the month.
• Mentorship program to support your professional development.

The role

You'll be responsible for creating and maintaining technology for websites (database and application) and Python-driven Tableau applications. You'll play a critical role within the web development teams and be responsible for handling data storage and ensuring content gets delivered.
What does the day-to-day look like?

• Building and maintaining web applications
• Building and maintaining tableau scrips or dashboards
• Building and maintaining React Native mobile application
• Building reusable code for future use
• Optimising applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Building and maintaining unit tests
• Troubleshooting and debugging
• Testing the applications and websites you build

The company

Our client is a group of six smart agencies providing clients with marketing strategy, creative and digital solutions, live, virtual and hybrid events, data analytics and PR across many market sectors.
They’re well-established and have developed a reputation for delivering and over-exceeding expectations to some of the world’s best-known brands, including:

Apple
Coca-Cola
Microsoft
Fujitsu
Camelot
HP
Many more!

Sustainable development, environment, and mission

The company is committed to sustainable development as a guiding principle within its work and office environment. Concern for the environment is an integral and fundamental part of this commitment. They aim to reduce the environmental impact of their operations and implement best practices across the business. They are committed to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

The company’s mission is 'Making it better,’ which it does through care, cause and community, and sustainability to combat climate change. It aims to have all programs carbon-positive before 2030.
Making talent better

The company also maintains a mentoring programme aimed at growing talent and helping people thrive in a positive environment through coaching, listening, and feedback.

A message from the CEO

Our company is made up of a diverse team of marketing superheroes who challenge briefs and enthusiastically adapt to each obstacle. We're making it better by combining individual superpowers with a culture of collaboration.
To be successful, you will…

• Understand server-side patterns and languages like PHP (Laravel), Python and React Native.
• Understand front-end web technologies like Vue2, Vue3, ReactJS, CSS
• Have the ability to manage a hosting environment, including database administration and scaling applications to handle load changes.
• Adhere to 'security by design' principles.
• Know about accessibility and security compliance.
• Have a solid understanding of GDPR and its role in application development and data storage
• Have good problem-solving.
• Be experienced with version control, such as Git.
• Have excellent verbal communication skills.
• Have good interpersonal skills.
• Have good documentation.