Software Developer

Role Description

 Software Developer

Ready to make a difference in a different type of technology organisation? We have an exciting opportunity for a talented developer to join our student mobile app team. If you’ve got experience in front-end development using React Native and/or experience as a QA, all the better!

Department

The MyUoY team is a part of the IT Services Department and sits within our Software Development function. Our developers work in agile service delivery teams delivering solutions and supporting digital systems around a theme.

Role

In this role you’ll develop and maintain the MyUoY mobile app, supporting students in managing student life on-the-go.

The role has a full-stack and QA focus. You'll be helping develop new back-end infrastructure to support exciting new features in MyUoY, maintaining existing cloud-based APIs and contributing to front-end development in React Native. Additionally we are looking for someone with experience of manual and automated testing to strengthen our test capability. You will help extend our app test suite to ensure we continue to catch bugs early and often, sharing best practice with the team.

You’ll be involved in all aspects of software development from contributing to your team’s product roadmap and planning, to writing, delivering and testing software. You will do this using a mix of modern tools and technologies including Amazon Web Services, Typescript, React Native, Node.js and GitHub Workflows, and testing using Appium and Browserstack.

We work on a hybrid basis, with some days present on our York campus.  Most software delivery teams work on site once a week as a team and there are meeting or planning days roughly once a month.  You must be able to attend these days in person in York.

We value growth and potential over perfect checklists. If you bring fresh ideas and the right attitude, apply—even if you don't meet every tech requirement.

It may not be possible to offer Skilled Worker Sponsorship for this role, due to immigration requirements for the Skilled Worker Visa.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

To succeed in this post you will need:

• experience developing and supporting real-world software in a modern programming language;
• experience in using software development practices such as unit testing and continuous integration
• to be able to communicate effectively and thoughtfully, working collaboratively with others;
• and a level 3 qualification (e.g. A-levels), or equivalent professional experience

As well as the advertised salary and market supplement we offer a range of excellent benefits including:

• 30 Days annual leave (38 days with bank holidays)
• We offer a flexitime scheme, providing flexibility with start and finish times, and provision to take 3 additional flexi-leave days in a quarter.
• We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff.
• Up to 2 volunteering days per year (pro-rata) as part of the Staff Volunteering Scheme
• Staff training and development courses ● Hybrid working
• Hybrid final salary and contribution based pension scheme with a 14.5% employer contribution rate

The above are a selection of benefits available to members of staff at the University. For full details of all our benefits, please see our HR website.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: Emma Raat, Development Team Lead (emma.raat@york.ac.uk); Nicola Meenan, Product Owner, (nicola.meenan@york.ac.uk). Please note we are currently unable to respond to enquiries or accept applications from recruitment agencies.

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum (essential) criteria for each position will be offered an interview.  Read more about the University of York’s commitments under the Disability Confident scheme.