Junior Fullstack Engineer at Collinson

The Role

• We are seeking a Junior Fullstack Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have early years experience in software development, with a focus on using modern technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the product and technology team on new and existing systems as required
• Participate in agile practices and Continuous Delivery to help drive down backlog
• Assist in developing pragmatic, complete, and maintainable software solutions
• Help sustain and improve the quality of software and documentation delivered by the team
• Maintain a good technical awareness and stay familiar with new and forthcoming relevant technologies
• Provide planning input, including estimated effort to develop certain functionality and identify any specific technical or resource dependencies and/or risks
• Participate in software analysis, design, and specification tasks for specific functionality
• Actively engage in and contribute to agile planning and design sessions.
• Provide competent, proactive, and professional technical support if and when required to customers and clients
• Support and initiate agile process improvements that will enhance productivity, effectiveness, and professionalism of the team
• Maintain code documentation to company standards that accurately reflects system functionality and its technical implementations
• Work as part of the Code Peer Review community to improve the quality of software development
• Contribute to regular project team meetings to ensure the correct tasks are being worked on, share key decisions required, identify risks, and highlight any issues encountered.

Knowledge, skills and experience required

• Knowledge of multiple front-end and back-end languages (Node.js, React, Next.js, Typescript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and their libraries
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and GraphQL
• Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB
• Experience with service orientated architecture
• Proficiency with Git, Confluence, Jira
• Understanding of cloud technologies, including AWS and Terraform
• Basic understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and Deployments to the cloud
• Ability to write application code and automated tests according to team-adopted practices, disciplines, and quality guidelines
• Self starter that can take a product problem and develop a working technical solution