Full-Stack Software Engineer (Business Systems)
About Network Rail
Join Our Team at Network Rail! Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
Vacancy type: Permanent, 35 hours per week, Hybrid working of 2/3 days in the office. We welcome applications from those seeking flexible or part time hours.
Location: The Quadrant Milton Keynes
Closing date: 12th November 2024
Interviews: W/C 25th November or 2nd December face to face in Milton Keynes
Band & Salary: 4C (43,588 - 49,037) Salary to be awarded depending on experience.
Benefits:
Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
Defined benefit pension scheme.
75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
Up to 75% off leisure travel.
Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.
Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.
Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments.
We are proud to be recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality for the third year in a row.
Brief Description
The Business Systems Team sits within the Finance and Business Support function within Route Services. We have 3 teams within the Business Systems Team, Solutions & Training, Development and Support. This role sits within the Development team, we are here to develop, implement and maintain web systems for our customers in Supply Chain Operations and Contracts & Procurement. The technologies we utilise are PHP, Laravel, MariaDB/MySQL and the GOV.UK Design System.
About the role (External)
* Develop bespoke full stack digital software solutions from ideation by analysing and interpreting user stories and working closely with the rest of the team through to delivery in the production environment to enable the delivery of a high-quality end-product with minimal fixes needed.
* Design develop and build phases of complex digital software solutions in the development/delivery life cycle to provide a product that delivers successful business outcomes.
* Proactively maintain and support existing digital software solutions to help deliver a robust, reliable and performant growing mobile estate within the business.
* Produce medium to complex prototypes and minimum viable products (MVP) to help validate customer proposals and enable the rapid delivery of digital software projects within an agile working environment.
* Validate, produce and maintain technical end user documentation for complex digital software solutions in order to build the capability of business to use the solutions, maximising business value.
* Identify, develop and continuously refine in-house reusable component library, collaborating closely with other developers to help build a better codebase.
* Identify, research and prototype new technologies that could be beneficial to the business function, presenting findings to the Leadership Team.
* Contribute to the planning of development strategies for all stages of design and development for complex digital software business solutions, including solution analysis, design, development, testing and integration, completing builds and deploying the solution in accordance with architecture design and complying with safety, security and regulatory requirements.
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