Senior Full Stack Developer
Remote
Permanent
Full Time
XPS Pension Group is an award- winning Pension Consultancy with over 1700 staff with office locations across the UK and our business continues to experience rapid growth.
This is a very exciting time for an experienced Full Stack Developer to join our established, friendly and close knit IT team within our vibrant London office with flexible, hybrid or remote working. XPS IT provides IT services to all XPS offices located across the UK and Ireland. We have an in-house Service Desk Team providing 1st line and infrastructure monitoring, an in-house IT Security Team monitoring the security of the network and servers and a primary and secondary data centre which uses Hyper-V servers.
The Full Stack Developer role:
• Experienced Software Engineer who is comfortable working at speed as part of a small inhouse development team, working across all application tiers- front end, business logic/services and database layers
• Ability and experience to operate as part of an Agile scrum, working at speed on delivering incremental value.
• Must be able to wear multiple hats beyond writing code, e,g, peer testing, configuring Azure.
• Must have a complete understanding of automated processes for building testing, documenting, and deploying web application at scale.
• Objectives for the role will focus on team-fit; speed and quality of developed code; the level of test automation that can be delivered and security quality (OWASP adoption).
Your Experience:
Whilst not a pre-requisite, knowledge and experience of pension administration system design, function and data requirements would be advantageous.
Your Skills:
• Front-end technology. Familiarity with a variety of front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap and Vue.js. Ubuntu CSM experience beneficial
• Development Languages. Server-side programming with an emphasis on Microsoft technologies – ASP.NET, C#, and .NET Core.
• Knowledge of DBMS technology essential with an emphasis on Microsoft SQL Server and Entity Framework Core. Knowledge of caching mechanisms would be beneficial.
• Basic design ability. Knowledge of designing UI /UX.
• Exposure to building and deploying Microsoft Azure Web App and services. Familiarity with RabbitMQ an advantage.
What we offer?
We believe in our people and we will work with you to unlock your potential and support your career whilst giving you the opportunity to work with some of the most dynamic and collaborative people in our industry.
Are you looking for a challenging and fulfilling career for an organisation with a conscience? At XPS, you can expect an exciting and fulfilling career in a growing business and an industry that provides a consistent challenge whilst also working to contribute positively to the communities in which we operate and help those beyond our organisation.
Our five Employee Networks – XPS Women’s Network, XPS LGBTQ+ Network, XPS Menopause Network, XPS Disability Network and XPS Multicultural Network – play an important role in our culture. They lead our inclusive programme of events, campaigns and workshops throughout the year and our internal mentoring programme also has a role to play, for example in advancing gender equality.
As an employee at XPS, you know you are joining a winning team, as a testament to all the brilliant work that everyone at XPS does, we are delighted and excited to have won a clean sweep at the Prestigious Professional Pensions UK Pensions Awards 2022 winning the Investment Consultancy of the Year award, Third Party Administrator of the Year and Actuarial/Pensions Consultancy of the Year.
At XPS, we became carbon neutral across our entire value chain back in 2021 and have a strong focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors and sustainability, and build this ethos into all of our manager research and subsequently our client solutions.
We embrace differences and we will respect your ideas, perspective and style. Our business thrives on our diversity and mix of experience that leads to innovation.
When you take a role with XPS you will be joining a community of professionals driven by integrity and delivery and you can be sure that your wellbeing is taken seriously.
We are happy to talk about flexible working and hybrid working and we understand everyone has different needs.
We offer an attractive reward package, including:
• Competitive salary
• Participation in a Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday
• A set of core benefits including pension plan, life assurance, employee assistance programme, access to a qualified, practicing GP 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• A comprehensive range of voluntary and flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle including holiday trading, tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, private medical cover for self and family, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers.
What next:
If you feel XPS could be the next step on your career ladder, please apply directly via the links provided and we look forward to learning more about you. We will consider all applicants and respond swiftly.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer, meaning we are committed to ensuring your XPS journey is as accessible as possible. Please discuss with the recruitment team, via phone or email, if you require any adjustments to the recruitment process. For example, we can provide materials in an alternative format, or give you extra time in interviews or tests.
If you do not feel ready to apply or still have questions, please contact Mei Mei Mohan on the recruitment team at XPS or email meimei.mohan@xpsplc.com.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following requirements:
• Right to Work confirmation
• DBS Disclosure check
• Employment or educational references covering five years
• Satisfactory credit check
XPS Pensions Group is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
Please note we reserve the right to close our vacancies early and we only accept CVs direct from candidates or our preferred supplier list
