SMSPLC Hiring for Software Developer Job at Remote Full Time

About Us
SMS Plc are leaders in the smart energy revolution, fitting over a million properties with smart meters and counting. At the heart of the UK energy market for over two decades, we play a critical role in transforming and decarbonising the UK energy system.
We are proud of being both an equal opportunity employer and an accredited real living wage employer! We look out for our customers and our focus is ‘putting our people first’.
Our people enable us to do all of this by living our 5 core values: Safety, Customer excellence, Sustainability, Innovation and Pride

The Role
Reporting to Technology Director, the candidate will focus on backend software development of our FlexiGrid software platform.
The candidate will play a key role in the continued design and development of the FlexiGrid platform which controls domestic and commercial batteries, smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, flexible heating systems and other grid-connected flexibility assets. The platform is designed to interact with various external platforms and APIs including inputs from energy trading markets, weather forecasts, electrical grid signals and site-level energy consumption patterns. Building and maintaining internal software applications engineered to a high standard of quality and maintainability using best practices and tools.
Providing support, guidance, and assistance to less experienced colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing software, which is testable, dependable and maintainable
• Analysing, designing and developing new applications while taking projects through the entire software development cycle from concept to product release, always adhering to industry best practices
• Maintaining and fine-tuning existing applications to meet performance targets as business expands
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
• Planning and executing projects in a timely manner
• Ensuring your software meets the highest security standards and is ISO27001 compliant
• Collaborating in reviews of specifications, with others as appropriate
• Carrying out any additional duties as may reasonably be required within the general scope and level of the post
• Upholding SMS’ core values: Safety, Customer excellence, Sustainability, Innovation and Pride

Educational Qualifications/Memberships

• Hold a relevant BEng / BSc or higher degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar (or any other related technical discipline if sufficient experience in software development / programming)

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong programming background with Python or Go experience preferred
• Experience with REST APIs
• Experience with cloud-based servers
• Linux familiarity (from a developer’s perspective) highly desirable
• Familiarity with relational databases (SQL)
• Git experience
• Ability and desire to learn and apply new programming languages
• Familiarity with best practices for security and scalability
• Familiarity with server side software concepts
• Working in an Agile development environment
• Knowledge of unit testing methodologies and automated testing platforms
• ISO27001 familiarity
• Knowledge of the energy sector

Personal Attributes

• Manages own workload effectively
• Ability to work in a cross disciplinary team
• Demonstrable approach to self-development
• Initiative – Takes appropriate action before being asked and actively finds solutions to problems
• Curious about new ideas and able to translate them into viable plans
• Resilient and responsive to change
• Adaptability – Responds positively to changing business circumstances and readily adapts behaviour to maintain effective performance
• Innovation – Thinks of and encourages new ideas, and is keen to experiment and see ideas implemented
• Attention to detail
• Information gathering – Seeks the full range of relevant and accurate information in a methodical way
• Forward planning – Anticipates the possible demands and outcomes of a particular task or situation. Plans and prioritises appropriately
• Analysis and Judgment – Logically breaks down problems/situations into their essential parts and draws reasonable conclusions based on their analysis
• Decision Making – Makes timely and balances decisions, based on available information but is prepared to review if circumstances change
• Quality Conscious – Consistently works to a high standard and looks for ways to improve current working practices and processes for the benefit of the business

In Return
We support Mental, Physical and Financial wellbeing, and we’re proud of our benefits package to reward great talent which includes:

• 25 personal holiday days per year with additional allocation of 8 public holidays (includes options to buy and sell)
• After 5 years’ service, you will be rewarded with an additional 5 days annual leave increasing your total to 30 personal days and 8 public holidays.

Smart Health
Keeping our employees mentally and physically healthy is one of the things that matters most to us.

• Employee Assistance Programme (free access to counselling & support) with easy access via My Healthy Advantage app.
• Access to SmartHealth app – includes a free 24/7 online GP and a range of wellbeing services.
• Cycle Scheme – lower your carbon footprint whilst staying healthy.

Smart Savings

• Eligibility to join our Share Incentive Plan following 6 months employment
• Life Insurance cover where your next of kin will receive 4 times your annual salary
• Refer a friend bonus (£500)
• Corporate season ticket travel
• Length of service cash incentive
• Automatic enrolment into the Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme following 3 months employment.

The future looks bright
Your development is important to us – we support and encourage development including internal and external accredited courses, study support and E-Learning and internal promotion.

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Job Type: Full-time