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Overall purpose of the job
To develop the company's web applications, built in ReactJS and ASP.NET Core. The work is varied, challenging, fast-paced and rewarding. We like lean, pragmatic solutions that leverage the latest techniques across the full technology stack. We offer time and resources for training and to get up to speed with the latest technologies.
About Benchmark
Our award-winning, proprietary solutions cover regulatory, platform and investment services, and are designed to support advisers at every step of their journey - from starting and running a financial advice business more productively and effectively, to accelerating its growth and realising its value.
We support high quality financial advisers with our award-winning technology and support services.
And with our own Financial Advice business, we help families find solutions to meet their needs and aspirations and achieve peace of mind. By providing access to higher quality solutions, we make it easier for them to meet and exceed their goals.
Ensuring good client outcomes, with the client's interests central to decision making, is very important at Benchmark. Treating Customers Fairly principles are embedded within our organisation and we take responsibility for embracing and promoting our duty of care to all clients, including those who may be more vulnerable than others.
The base
You'll be based at our Schroders Business Campus near Horsham in West Sussex. It has high standards and international reputation, without being in the city: a big, countryside campus means life will feel a little different. We support our offices by using cutting edge software and hardware and our spacious campus facilities mean there's a great working environment for the team. With an on-site restaurant, coffee shop and gym, our campus has much to offer. And commuters can relax on our dedicated regular shuttle bus to and from Horsham's main line train station.
What you'll do
• Develop existing and new features to enhance the investor portal following the SAFe methodology
• Use code reviews to help drive quality improvements and share knowledge
• Working with senior developers and the Architect team to implement new work and technology practices
• Working with the UX team to follow design guidelines
• Support the team in achieving its objectives
• This role will involve using the following core technologies; Git, Team City and Octopus, Front End - ReactJS, ES6, and styled components, Yarn and NPM, Storybook / Material UI, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, TypeScript, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, .NET Framework, SQL Server, Azure Storage, Back End - C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, HTTP API's, Messaging with NServiceBus, Azure PaaS and IaaS, SQL Server, Azure Storage.
The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
• 3 years' commercial experience developing web applications, preferably single page applications and APIs
• Strong JavaScript skills
• Comfortable using ES6, Node and NPM, Vite
• Strong CSS3 and SASS or LESS skills
• Proficient in use of automated testing in both the front and back ends (unit, integration, etc)
• A good working understanding and practical experience of object-oriented principles and best practices such as SOLID
• 2 year's commercial experience developing HTTP RESTful APIs in .NET
• Working within an Agile methodology (e.g. SCRUM, Kanban)
• Strong communication skills
The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help
• Financial Services industry experience
• ESLint, Jest, VS Code
• Storybook, Styleguidist, or Fractal
• Mobile App Development - ideally React Native, or iOS / Android
• SVG and D3.js or HTML5 Canvas
• Flow or TypeScript
• E2E testing (cypress) and API testing would be advantageous
• Redux
• Experience of building and deploying web applications and troubleshooting issues
• SOA / Microservices
• CQRS
• Entity Framework
• Azure: Storage, Service Bus, Azure functions)
• T-SQL
• NServiceBus (or equivalent)
• Git
• Working within the SAFe methodology
What you'll be like
• Promoter of the Treating Customers Fairly principles, and deliver your own responsibility for the duty of care to our clients
• Open and honest
• Strong interpersonal skills - able to work well with others
• Highly motivated with an attention to detail
• Ability to manage tasks and workload - doing your own development work while helping others
• Should be adaptable to shifting priorities and changing circumstances
• Should embrace mentoring, and learning from others
We're looking for the best, whoever they are
Our purpose is to provide excellent client outcomes and service. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics
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