Software Developer

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Why choose us? 

Choosing to work for SMS means choosing to make a difference. We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better, helping achieve a greener, sustainable, and more affordable energy system for everyone. Through our range of innovative energy solutions, we are delivering the future of smart energy – working closely with private and public sector partners we are playing a critical role in transforming and decarbonising the UK economy by 2050. 

What's in it for you? 

• 25 personal holiday days per year (with additional 8 public holidays) increasing to 30 personal days after 5 years of service (includes options to buy and sell) 

• Hybrid working options. 

• Enhanced Maternity leave. Paternity and Adoption leave. 

• 24/7 free and confidential employee assistance service. 

• Medicash health plan offers a wide variety of benefits from cashback on everyday healthcare treatments like optical, dental and physio treatments. Discounted gym memberships and free 24/7 online GP. 

• Access to our Share Incentive Plan which allows you to become a shareholder in a tax-efficient way and benefit from the success of the company.

• Life Insurance (4 x annual salary).

• Pension matching scheme (up to 5% of salary).

• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering internal and external accredited courses, secondments and study support. 

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What's the role?

Reporting to Technology Director, the successful candidate will focus on backend software development of our FlexiGrid software platform.

The candidate will play a key role in the continued design and development of the FlexiGrid platform which controls domestic and commercial batteries, smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, flexible heating systems and other grid-connected flexibility assets.  The platform is designed to interact with various external platforms and APIs including inputs from energy trading markets, weather forecasts, electrical grid signals and site-level energy consumption patterns.  

The successful candidate will be responsible for building and maintaining internal software applications engineered to a high standard of quality and maintainability using best practices and tools. You will also be providing support, guidance, and assistance to less experienced colleagues.

Work Conditions -  Monday to Friday office hours. SMS currently operates on a hybrid working model. You will be mostly home based however you should reside within a comfortable commuting distance to one of our sites (Cardiff, Glasgow, Doncaster), as and when you are required to come on site.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Developing software, which is testable, dependable and maintainable.
• Analysing, designing and developing new applications while taking projects through the entire software development cycle from concept to product release, always adhering to industry best practices.
• Maintaining and fine-tuning existing applications to meet performance targets as business expands.
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes.
• Planning and executing projects in a timely manner.
• Ensuring your software meets the highest security standards and is ISO27001 compliant.
• Collaborating in reviews of specifications, with others as appropriate.

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

Essential

• A relevant BEng / BSc or higher degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar (or any other related technical discipline if sufficient experience in software development / programming).
• Strong programming background with Python experience preferred.
• Experience with REST APIs.
• Experience with cloud-based servers.
• Familiarity with relational databases (SQL).
• Git experience.
• Familiarity with best practices for security and scalability.
• Familiarity with server side software concepts.
• Working in an Agile development environment.
• Knowledge of unit testing methodologies and automated testing platforms.

Desirable

• Ability and desire to learn and apply new programming languages.
• Linux familiarity (from a developer's perspective) highly desirable.
• ISO27001 familiarity.
• Knowledge of the energy sector.

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