Savanta Hiring for Software Engineer | Cambridge, UK Job at Cambridge, East of England, England Full Time

Software Engineer | Savanta, Cambridge, UK

Savanta is a technology-driven insights, research, and data consultancy. We work with some of the world’s best-known brands, governments and government departments, regulatory and industry bodies, high profile non-profits and member associations, as well as marketing agencies and management consultancies. Our technology platform, online services, and the digital products we run on them underpin all our operations, enabling us to offer clients the full range of integrated intelligence services that helps them make better decisions.

We’re currently looking for talented Software Engineers to join our 30-strong Technology Team and help us deliver the ambitious and exciting milestones in an evolving roadmap across our full range of products and services.

The Roles

As a Software Engineer, you can expect to get hands-on, see the impact of your work very quickly in an agile environment: our projects last between two and six weeks and, although we often work on initiatives that run over longer timespans, we always divide these up into smaller projects and aim to ship regularly. We’ll also give you the room to learn from a supportive and collaborative team, with time set aside that you can use for professional development and more self-directed work on a regular basis.

Day to day, your key focus areas will include:

• Full stack development, working with distributed systems;
• Delivering a great user experience in the products you build;
• Helping cross-functional teams deliver a variety of interesting projects;
• Finding ways to build fast, scalable, flexible systems without blowing the budget;
• Interacting directly with customers, understanding their needs, and generalising them into something that can address the needs of an entire class of users, be they internal or external.

Our Tech Stack

• .NET 5 (shortly upgrading to 6): C#, with ASP.NET Web API, for our mid-tier and back-end services;
• React and TypeScript for our front-end and SQL Server for data storage;
• Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform for hosting and infrastructure;
• GitHub, Azure Dev Pipelines, and Octopus Deploy for continuous delivery.

About You

You might be a fresh graduate with a little experience, or you might have a few years under your belt – we’re interested in hearing from anyone with up to around 4 years’ worth in a commercial environment. You don’t need to know .NET or C# but experience in a comparable OO language such as Java or C++ is a definite advantage, as is experience of the more functional idioms available in these languages. Additionally, it would be ideal to demonstrate:

• Exposure to any RDBMS and its dialect of SQL will be an advantage (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle);
• Exposure to user experience will help you regard the user interface as a key component of any product;
• A passion for building and improving products, taking pride in quality to stand by your work;
• Comfort with some ambiguity and shifting priorities in your work environment.

About Us

Headquartered in the UK with growing offices in the US, Canada, and India, Savanta employs 450 people globally and has ambitious growth plans. We offer the benefits of scale, whilst our specialist practices, with their deep expertise and agile teams built around individual clients, make life at Savanta feel more like working at smaller, ‘boutique’ agency.

Our clients include Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, RBS, Lego, Wagamama, The Cabinet Office, Sport England, Coutts, Sainsbury’s, Deliveroo, Unilever, Coca Cola, Bentley, Barclays, Formula 1, and Diageo. The work we do is as varied as the client portfolio: from understanding customer behaviour and customer experience to helping optimise business performance with actionable insights that move the dial, understanding the electorate and informing government policy.

Part of the Next 15 Group, we have an entrepreneurial culture that actively recognises and values its people and offer fantastic career development opportunities. As well as a highly competitive salary and contributory pension scheme, ‘Savanteers’ enjoy a 35-hour work week, unlimited holiday allowance, and an excellent benefits package including gym membership or private medical insurance, life assurance and and flexible working practices.

Savanta is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and continuously strives to be an employer of choice. Our people are our greatest asset. We value workplace diversity and inclusion, oppose all forms of unlawful discrimination, and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates of all backgrounds.