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Junior Software Developer

🏢 Sopra Banking UK 📍 Sheffield, England 💼 Subsidiary or Business Segment
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£26,000 - £28,000
£2,167 - £2,333 / mo
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Location Base
Sheffield, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
Single tax filer baseline
Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Function

Sopra Banking Software are recruiting for a Software Developer to work in our specialist finance solution team in Sheffield. As a software developer you will be working within a distributed development team on the design, development and support of a financial software system which is deployed in many blue chip and household name clients.

The role is to conduct development activities to high level and detailed specification documents, working alongside colleagues in the UK and India. There may be a requirement for some out of hours support and travel to client sites UK wide.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop quality software
  • Analyze and maintain existing software applications
  • Design highly scalable, testable code
  • Discover and fix programming bugs
  • Working on the development and implementation of our software
  • Developing software code in accordance with customer requirements in conjunction with the software design team
  • Performing functional and technical analysis
  • Learning about the banking and finance industry.

Profile

What are we looking for?

  • Degree educated in a technology or computer science discipline
  • Applicants must be able to demonstrate a good level of experience (minimum of 3 years) in software development
  • Experience of any 3GL or 4GL programming language is essential, however any experience of Uniface would be highly advantageous. Applicants must be prepared to be trained on Uniface.
  • Applicants must be able to work in a small team environment and be able to interact with customers on a daily basis
  • The ability to deal with complex problems
  • Positive attitude to trying out different things and offering innovative solutions
  • Flexibility in working hours
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to manage own workload
  • Able to work independently and as part of a team
  • Understanding of software development lifecycle

It would be advantageous to have:

  • Experience of working within financial services software is desirable.
  • Experience of using JIRA is advantageous, but full training will be provided.
  • Experience of Oracle of MS/SQL databases is advantageous

Offer

By joining the Sopra Banking Software team you will enjoy a market competitive salary of between £26,000-£28,000 and our excellent rewards and benefits schemes including a 6% pension contribution, employee share scheme (buy one get one free), an option to buy or sell holiday days, medical insurance, critical illness cover, a health cash plan, and we offer flexible working arrangements to all employees, plus many more excellent benefits.

Sopra Banking Software are proud to be an inclusive employer. This role is supported by flexible working, based from our Bristol office we offer up to 3 days per week flexible remote working, with 2 days per week office based or on customer sites as required. All employees are supported to work from home with DSE assessments and IT equipment where required to be fully productive when remote working.

At Sopra Banking Software, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences, we value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status. All personal information will be treated as confidential according to the Employment Equality act.

As part of our hiring process new employees will be required to pass a confidential consumer credit check and DBS check. This is a straight forward credit check for CCJ’s, bankruptcy and a criminal record check, however if you wish to know more about what is or is not acceptable please ask our recruitment team.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Location: Sheffield, England
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Schedule: Subsidiary or Business Segment
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