Graduate/Junior Full Stack Software Developer at eQuality Solutions Group
The Group
When we think about education, we think about the wonderment of learning and the endless opportunities in life it can bring. But what if there are barriers to learning?
The eQuality Solutions Group (eQS) is at the forefront of providing specialist services and technology solutions for cognitive disability and mental wellness. Our products and services are grounded in neuroscience and are designed to empower individuals to achieve their best in life and improve the quality of life for all.
Our group of sister companies share a passion for supporting inclusivity and neurodiversity with personalised learning solutions. eQS includes Invate, an assistive technology (AT) equipment and software provider; e-Quality Learning, a one-to-one AT training provider; Learning Labs, a specialist e-learning software house; Amano, a non-medical help provider; EW Group, a full-service equality, diversity, and inclusion consultancy and EGS, a cognitive disability diagnostic assessment provider.
eQS is not just a business, our work leaves a societal legacy by positively impacting people’s lives. This is something everyone in our talented team genuinely cares about and we are driven by our passion to be a great business that does great things.
Our Values
We are looking for a candidate who shares our values…
We support our staff in fulfilling the values with our monthly Lunch ‘n’ Learn programme where members of the team take turns to lead a fun and interactive workshop (and lunch is included!). We also run a LEAD (Leadership Exploration and Development) Programme to support our management team in growing as leaders of the business.
The Role
With aggressive growth plans that include taking our products and services into new markets and acquiring complementary companies to our group portfolio. We’re looking for a Graduate/Junior Full Stack Software Developer to join our expanding development team to accelerate the production of our high-quality software, which is greatly valued by our customers.
We are building a team of accomplished people who have high standards of performance. They are self-starters who want to succeed and to be part of a rapidly growing business.
What you will do
Our development team is responsible for a range of web and desktop applications hosted in the cloud and on-premises. We develop using Agile development methodology.
As Graduate/Junior Software Developer you will be involved at all points in the development cycle: design, acceptance criteria, development, QA and continuous integration of our software. You will ensure features are built using sound engineering principle and good patterns.
We’ll encourage you to grow and develop in your role and support you to continuously look at new ways to aid the development process.
We use Azure Devops, AWS, Azure, C#, php, SQL Server and MySQL.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Development and maintenance of internally produced systems
- Contributing to and reviewing backlog stories and their acceptance criteria
- Software design
- Coding, and QA activities such as testing, code reviewing and unit testing
- Participation in regular meetings with internal customers
Essential Skills
To help make sure we’re delivering world-class software solutions, you must have experience in the following (gained either in industry or part of a project):
- C# .Net and/or PHP
- Web technologies – HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Knowledge of SQL/MySQL
- Successful candidate should also be able to display:
- Patience in troubleshooting and finding bugs
- Test software to ensure correctness, responsiveness, and efficiency
- An eagerness to learn with a technical mindset
- Understanding of object orientated programming techniques
- Be enthusiastic about technological possibilities and software development
- Enjoy solving problems
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Ability to work with other teams within an organisation, collaborating on Product Design & Development projects
- A relevant Computing/Software qualification or appropriate experience
Beneficial Skills / Experience
- An understanding and use of Git/ Azure Dev Ops
- Developing and optimising SQL queries
- Basic knowledge of IIS
- Developing tools and applications by producing clean and efficient code
- Basic knowledge of MS Power BI reporting
- Exposure to cloud service (i.e., Microsoft Azure and/or AWS)
- Sector experience in technology and / or education
The skill set
We are looking for people who have:
- Good communication skills and a positive attitude
- Passion for user experience design and accessibility
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team
- Ability to follow issue through to resolution
- Ability to analyse data and present findings
- Passion for innovative user experience design
- Passion for supporting inclusivity in society
- Passion for continuous learning and personal development
- Highly motivated, friendly, and ambitious (must share our company values)
Benefits
We provide a comprehensive benefits package for all employees, which aims to:
- Make a tangible difference to life – both inside and outside the office
- Create a rewarding workplace where everyone feels valued
- Have a focus on wellbeing as an integrated part of a good working life
The benefits package includes:
- Enhanced Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Employee Development Scheme
- Dental and Optical Cash Back
- Health and Well Being Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
Your future?
If you want to be part of a motivated, fast paced, and forward-thinking team to help build software that are designed to ultimately support people in achieving their full potential regardless of barriers, we would love to hear from you! To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to: careers@e-q-s.com.