Software engineering is at the heart of what we do here at giffgaff - our agile engineering teams build and support a set of applications and services that combined create our unique user experience on the giffgaff website, enable our internal teams to work in the most productive and efficient ways and enable a whole range of awesome features via modern APIs.
The quality and maintainability of our software is very important for us; we are looking for engineers with real-world experience, especially in terms of the whole development lifecycle. This role is specifically about helping us modernise systems we are bringing in-house from a third party.
Whilst this software has served giffgaff well, we are looking to modernise and improve. This role is about transforming the telecoms platform to help it become the slickest and most effective from an architectural, API, and code perspective.
Key Responsibilities
1. Work with a full-stack attitude within a self-organising, cross-functional product engineering team using extreme programming practices - notably pair programming and test-driven development.
2. With knowledge of the Telecoms industry, review the existing stack to gain a thorough understanding of the architecture and the code.
3. Lead the transition of Apps Support in the Telecoms space and work with the third party to see how best to transition to bring in-house and modernise.
4. Lead the approach to optimising and replacing unnecessary or unsupported code.
5. Build, support, and maintain automated, fault-tolerant, scalable products and solutions that are continuously delivered into our production environment.
6. Leverage your experience and skills to assist your team in establishing the best architecture for your products and services.
7. Be technically curious, tackling problems without giving up, and producing solutions that less-experienced engineers can use, maintain, and learn from.
8. Know how to develop and follow a sense of purpose. Be willing to point out, own, and fix things that are broken about our company and in your own career track.
Who We Are
Do you want to join a telecoms company that’s up to good? At giffgaff we do mobile differently. We call out the bad and find a better way. We’re laser-focused on flexibility, value, and mutual good. And we’re so proud to be a certified B Corp. This means we've joined a network of more than 1,000 UK companies, who want to make a positive impact on people and the planet. Working at giffgaff is something you could be proud of too.
You’ll get the best of both worlds, the energy and fast pace of giffgaff, plus all the benefits that come with being part of our parent company, Virgin Media O2.
Our business model is unique. We work with our members (our customers) to understand their needs in all areas of the business. We love this highly collaborative approach. Over the past few years, our member base has grown steadily, and we’re still going. We’re always looking to acquire new members, and to do that we need the best people in our team. Our bright and modern gaff is in Uxbridge, in leafy West London. But if commuting isn’t your favourite, most of our roles can be hybrid or work from home, or anywhere in between. If you like coming in, you’ll always find some office buddies. And if you like big occasions, we really bring the office to life monthly for our themed culture days. Plus all our giffgaffers come together at our legendary giffgaff summer, birthday, and Christmas celebrations.
The Must Haves
For this position, we really need a Backend Engineer with some Telecoms or Mobile experience who is confident and comfortable working with old code like Java 1.8.
Essential Skills: Reading & Writing Code, Debugging & Troubleshooting, IDE & OS Basics, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Clean Code & Refactoring, Version Control, CI / CD, Algorithms & Data Structures, DI / IoC, Mocks & Stubs, Alerting & Monitoring, Functional & Non-Functional Testing.
The Other Stuff We Are Looking For
* Server-Side Engineering: Java with Maven & Spring, JUnit, NodeJS, PHP with Laravel or Zend, Python.
* Desirable Skills: SOLID Principles, Containerisation & Networking Basics, Twelve Factor App Design, Solution Architecture, and experience in the Telecoms industry.
What's in it for You
At giffgaff we want to challenge the old way of doing things. People, and the way they work, define our culture and we encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to the gaff. That's why we believe in creating an equitable, fairer, more inclusive business that champions different ideas and perspectives. We may be sort-of-small but we're big on that caring, sharing thing & strive to create a supportive culture.
As a lean organisation, our team is built of a diverse, spirited range of people who are multi-skilled, highly motivated, and flexible.
In return for your outstanding efforts, you'll be rewarded with a competitive salary and excellent benefits. We believe that hard work should be supported and recognised.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Next Steps
Once you've applied, the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a chat with our recruiter followed by 3 Zoom interviews with the team.
If you’ve got any burning questions or require reasonable adjustments to support you through the recruitment process, please drop the recruiter a note. Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining the giffgaff family.
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