Software Engineer job description & person spec
Design, build and ship software across the stack, collaborating with product and other engineers.
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Software Engineer
Key Responsibilities
• Design, build, test and maintain software features end to end
• Collaborate with product and design on requirements
• Review code and uphold engineering standards
• Debug, monitor and improve reliability and performance
Typical responsibilities
- Design, build, test and maintain software features end to end
- Collaborate with product and design on requirements
- Review code and uphold engineering standards
- Debug, monitor and improve reliability and performance
Typical requirements
- Commercial experience in the relevant languages/frameworks
- Solid grasp of testing, version control and CI/CD
- Clear communicator who works well in a team
- Right to work in the UK
Compliance to include for a Software Engineer
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Software Engineer job spec — questions
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