Lead Software Engineer

Knight Frank is looking to recruit a Lead Software Engineer, to join their growing technology division.

Established in 1896, Knight Frank now comprises a global network of over 380 offices across 51 territories and is a leading independent property consultancy, offering agency and professional advice across Commercial, Residential and Rural sectors. 

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the software development, enhancement and maintenance of new and existing internal business web applications.
• Contribute to concept/brainstorming, technical design, coding, testing, deployment, documentation and on-going support.
• A team player who is a strong communicator with both technical and interpersonal skills.
• Improve operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures.
• Provide professional support to our clients and employees that meets our SLAs.
• Maintain systems by monitoring and correcting software defects.
• Microsoft Developer Certification would be desirable but not essential.

Qualifications/Education Required.

• A 2:1 Computer Science (or related) degree is required for this position.

Systems & IT competence

• Visual Studio.NET
• C# 4.0 or higher (5 years minimum)
• LINQ & EF
• .NET 4.6/.NET Core
• AngularJS or Angular 2+
• Typescript
• REST Services
• SQL Server & T-SQL
• Elasticsearch
• Microsoft Azure (Webjobs, Roles, Queues, Functions etc.)
• TDD (xUnit, Selenium & SpecFlow, Jasmine)
• TeamCity and Octopus
• Azure DevOps
• Agile Scrum Methodology

Aptitudes/Skills Required

• Understand the latest trends in software architecture and development tools.
• Understand development lifecycle for web applications.
• Experience in working with high volume public websites.
• Experience with Angular and Microsoft’s Azure platform is desirable.
• Experience of localisation/globalisation of websites.
• Excellent knowledge of the development process (specifically C#), including compilation/building, coding standards, source control and unit testing.
• Ability to work and recommend technical direction in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
• Ability to handle several projects simultaneously.
• Most importantly passion for technology and software development.
• Previous exposure to Git, TeamCity, Octopus and Azure DevOps as CI tools.

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