Europa worldwide group Hiring for Software Developer – Remote Job at United Kingdom Full Time

Job Role: Full Stack Software Developer

Division/Department: Group/IT

Location: Remote

Reports to: Software Development Manager

About Europa Worldwide Group:

Europa Worldwide Group is an ambitious independent logistics operator specialising in Road freight, Air & Sea freight and Warehousing.

We provide market leading products and services to leading international and UK businesses who have chosen Europa because of its commitment to providing best in class services.

We have featured in the prestigious Sunday Times Top Track 250 three times and employ over 1,300 staff globally. The company’s turnover of £260 million in 2021 is expecting to increase to £300 million in 2022.

Position Summary:

The development team provides bespoke software solutions to support and improve our business, for both existing and new customers. These solutions are designed and developed “from the ground up” enabling a long term, future proof and fit for purpose solution. This is a great opportunity to be involved in a successful and critical area of the business.

This is where you come in:

We are looking for someone creative, innovative, flexible, and pro-active, as well as like-minded people who want to both learn and help develop practices that make us become more successful. You will be joining a large team of 25+ staff which is made up of multiple Developers, Testers, Business Analyst’s and Development Managers.

Our Ideal Person:

• Proven background from a full-stack development role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Technology requirements – Essential
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or Jira
• Experience working in an in-house development team.
• Experience working with road freight or logistics systems.

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for building good knowledge of Europa Software Systems and a true understanding of Europa Business areas and practices relating to their team, through knowledge share between team members, to ensure effective solution design.
• The ability to write code, which is performant, well formatted, efficient, easily readable, maintainable, appropriately commented and adheres to common best practices.
• Take initiative to utilize libraries, pair programming, modern language features and tools where appropriate to solve problems efficiently.
• Responsible for completing code reviews of other team member work to ensure a high level of quality.
• Attend and participate in daily stand ups, design and specification meetings, showcases and retrospectives as part of the AGILE work practices of the development team.
• Leverage AGILE/XP principles to understand and suggest improvements to the development process to empower the team with better collaboration and communication.
• Ensure you comply and follow our company values, which we refer to as ‘Our Approach to Business’!

What you can expect from us:

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Fully remote
• Flexible working hours (Must be available between 9am & 3pm)
• A fantastic working culture which promotes excellent work/life balance
• Europa benefits scheme (on successful completion of probation period) – offers and discounts on latest technology, vouchers, gym membership etc.
• The opportunity to develop, progress and work within a global organisation which is rapidly growing.
• Working closely with a team of talented individuals with a great work ethic who also love to have fun!
• Contributory company pension scheme