Junior Software Engineer - London

Junior Software Engineer - LondonSalary:

As a Junior Software Engineer you will be responsible for delivering well-defined small technical tasks with the support of other engineers. You will write high-quality code and test this code thoroughly, producing documentation such as code comments in the scope of your work. You will work alongside senior engineers to participate in code reviews and learn further practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Own small technical components.
• Write high-quality code with feedback and support.
• Test code thoroughly and proactively.
• Observe more senior engineers participating in code reviews and learn how to ensure that other people follow good practices and standards when it comes to code, tests, documentation and release notes.
• Ask for clarification when reviewing pull requests or addressing comments on your requests.
• Independently able to deliver features to an existing codebase or deliver new small technical components from requirements with support from other engineers.
• Understand continuous integration and the value of integrating small chunks of code into the main branch frequently.
• Provide adequate feedback on requirements for features that may not have the sufficient level of detail.
• Make an effort to utilise existing documentation sources (Confluence, JIRA, GitHub, Google Drive, Postman, SwaggerHub, Slack) to uncover information.
• Take proactive steps to increase knowledge of the Chetwood platform within the context of the Banking Industry (e.g. regulations or policies that the platform must implement).
• Share new learnings with the rest of the team via existing channels or dedicated sessions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of: Git and GitHub, Postman
• JIRA/Confluence VPN PyCharm / VS Code
• Attend conferences to promote Chetwood, and hear about new developments in technology and banking.
• Understand the meaning of supporting services in production.
• If on-call during working hours, respond to incidents on time.
• During incident investigation/resolution, seek guidance from more senior engineers.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience with Python or a similar programming language.
• Entry-level experience designing relational databases.
• Entry-level experience designing with non-relational databases.
• Good understanding of basic data structures and algorithms.
• Basic understanding of web services.
• Ability to write tests and testable code
• Experience with distributed version control systems (e.g. Git).

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Entry-level knowledge of SQL
• Entry-level knowledge of AWS services, especially Lambda and EC2, but also SNS, SQS, API Gateway, Step Functions, S3, CloudWatch, DynamoDB.
• Advanced numerate degree.
• Experience with RESTful APIs.
• Experience with event-driven architecture.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday PLUS your BIRTHDAY off
• Pension contribution with Royal London
• Life Assurance
• Private medical, dental and optical health insurance with Axa
• Hybrid working
• Free breakfast available

About Chetwood Bank

We’re a UK-based digital bank dedicated to getting the basics right and offering straightforward savings and mortgages

Data Protection

We anticipate that we will retain your data as part of the recruitment process for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected unless we have sought your consent to keep your data for future suitable job vacancies. Cifas The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by Chetwood Bank does not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs from Recruitment Agencies. Any unsolicited CVs received will be treated as the property of Chetwood Bank and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be considered null and void.