Job Description

Full time (37 hours a week)

Permanent

Our Software Engineering team at bpha is all about using modern technologies to help develop solutions to solve business problems, provide value and help bpha work towards delivering excellent customer service!

We are currently looking for a Software Engineer to work as part of the team, and under guidance from the Technical Architect and Senior Engineer to design, deliver and maintain bpha\xe2\x80\x99s in-house software integrations.

You will also work with the wider IT Team to ensure the tools, technologies and techniques used are appropriate and help to add value to the processes and services delivered.

You\xe2\x80\x99ll be joining a busy team who utilise up to date technology, the role would potentially suit those people with an interest in technology, as well as those people looking to return to a coding role.

What you will be doing:

Working as part of an agile team to develop the software architecture for the integration of bpha\xe2\x80\x99s legacy systems

Design re-usable, testable components, and associated processes

Share knowledge and learn from colleagues, supporting the team\xe2\x80\x99s continuous professional development

Maintain and enhance deployed software as the external environment changes

Collaborate with colleagues in the software engineering team, the IT team and the wider business to understand business needs to deliver bpha\xe2\x80\x99s on-going programme of projects

We\xe2\x80\x99d love to meet someone with:

Motivation to work with all members of the team in a collaborative and supportive manner

A thirst for knowledge, constantly striving to deepen knowledge through formal learning, peer to peer and self-led development

Good communication skills to consult and influence

Degree educated or previous experience in a tech related environment

Ideally you will have Full Stack Experience, for example Microsoft C#, .NET. Core, MS SQL, MVC, Web Development, HTML, JS, CSS, however training and support will be provided

We work in a very flexible way as a team and can offer lots of home working and the role can be home based most of the time. Please note you may be required in the office from time to time for meetings etc, so this needs to be a realistic commute. We can also offer flexible hours where required as well as reduced hours if you are looking to work less than 5 days a week. We would encourage conversation about this at the interview stage.

Amongst what we offer you is:

A competitive salary of \xc2\xa339,800 per annum

28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays (rising to 33 days plus bank holidays with length of service)

A generous contributory pension scheme

Enhanced family leave

Private health care

Free life assurance

Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym

Opportunities for learning and development

Discounted gym membership

Retail discount scheme

Hybrid /Flexible hours

Please note the successful candidate will need to complete a basic DBS application.

Closing date: 22nd September 2022

Interviews will be ongoing throughout the recruitment process

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

bpha is a Housing Association located in the Oxford to Cambridge arc, which is committed to providing its customers with high quality, value for money services whilst continuing to develop energy efficient, sustainable and affordable housing.

We are a leading provider and developer of affordable homes \xe2\x80\x93 for rent, sheltered, residential care and shared ownership.

We work together with communities \xe2\x80\x93 to improve opportunities, independence and quality of life for our residents, and to benefit the wider community. We bring people together, and run and support a wide range of community activities.

All the money we make is used to invest in existing homes, to enable us to build new homes, and to deliver new and improved services.

We own or manage over 19,000 homes and employ 400 staff.

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