C# Software Engineer

This job has now expired please search on the home page to find live IT Jobs.

About Us:

Abcam is a leading web based business supplying research tools to life scientists worldwide. Our head office is in Cambridge (UK), we also have offices in Bristol (UK), Cambridge, Eugene and San Francisco, (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Hong Kong, Shanghai and Hangzhou (China).

Our culture is one that empowers individuals, with responsibility given at an early stage. We place great emphasis on knowledge and experience. The working environment is fun and fast-paced, with everybody working together as a team to deliver great service and the best products to our customers.

About the role:

Abcam is on a journey of a multi-year investment in its core IT systems and we’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer with strong commercial experience of SOA design and implementation using a C# Restful web service framework to support our team on this mission. Our architectural landscape which supports our industry leading E-Commerce engine will consist of in-house developed systems utilising middleware solutions (WebMethods) to incorporate Oracle Cloud ERP as well as other packaged systems (Cloud and On-Premise). Therefore any experience in messaging, interfacing and architecting in this ecosystem is advantageous.

On a day-to-day basis our software engineers are responsible for working with other members of a multi-disciplinary agile project team to design solutions and deliver stories. When the stories are done, then there’s time to unwind with a bit of table tennis!

You will work closely with Architects, Operations, Business Analysts and QAs to ensure a quality delivery and be responsible for executing software refactoring where needed and appropriate.

About You:

This is a great opportunity for someone with experience of most of the following:

C#

WebAPI

MVC

ASP.NET

TDD

AGILE

SCRUM

SQL while experience of systems integration technologies (e.g. WebAPI, WCF, ESB) would be desirable.

If you have a passion for quality software engineering in an agile environment, strong communication skills within a software development team, see yourself as a catalyst for improvement in rapid software development and continuous deployment then this could be the next role for you!

In conjunction with this, our ideal candidate will:

Be Enthusiastic and energetic with evidence of driving positive change which yield results.

Have interest within local and global technical communities keeping abreast of the latest patterns and technologies.(Perhaps you tweet, blog or speak at events? If so, we want to hear about it!!)

Have graduated in a Computer Science or numerate degree and be seasoned in various web architectures, SOA platforms, and frameworks.

Be proficient in techniques used in producing designs of complex IT systems.

Experience in unit / integration / regression testing and test driven development is essential and a familiarity with the continuous integration and continuous deployment of software would be ideal.

Benefits:

Our culture is a key differentiator. We believe in empowering individuals, with responsibility given at an early stage. The working environment is fun and fast-paced, collaborative and outcome focused, with a strong customer focus. In addition to competitive salaries we offer an attractive flexible benefits package with plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.

If this sounds like you, CLICK APPLY NOW!