Our growing Technology and Design team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer centric design and technology services.
Join us and you'll have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they couldn't have done it without us. And to be central to OS's vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our growing technical team with a good track record of delivering and maintaining web applications to a high standard. This is also an exciting time of transformation for our Business and Fulfilment Services domain, with a major investment in moving from legacy on-premise systems to a cutting-edge/cloud-based future.
You'll be expected to develop, maintain, improve, and support our services, so that we can continue to deliver ongoing high level of availability for our internal and external customers at a high standard. Code should be written using best practices to ensure it is clean, secure, up-to-date and testable with no performance bottlenecks. You will also be required to carry out code inspections and peer reviews to provide assurance of code quality against business requirements.
What we are looking for
If you are interested in joining a team that lies at the heart of what OS is about, we are looking for someone that can demonstrate desirable skills and experience in some the following technologies:
Skills in software engineering and industry best practice, such as CI/CD principles, TDD, Agile.
Developing and supporting applications throughout their lifecycle either on-premise or cloud-based technologies (e.g. Azure, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
Strong experience working on the following technologies: Java, Spring, Linux, REST, Git, CI/CD, Cloud based technology like Azure
Knowledge in some of the following technologies are desirable: C#, Azure application development, ADO Pipelines, Unit testing, Geospatial technologies (FME/ArcGIS), Application servers (TomEE+, WebLogic), Databases (PostgreSQL/Oracle), Containers (AKS/Docker), JS Frameworks, Test automation, Service monitoring.
Please outline via CV and Covering Letter your skills and experience in the above requirements.
The rewards
We want you to love what you do. That's why our benefits package rewards a job well done.
We'll give you:
Salary: £37,511 to £41,923
Performance related bonus
A competitive pension scheme
We embrace flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances
25 days annual leave - (rising by 1 day each year to 30 days after five years) bank holidays and an extra 3 days over Christmas
Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits
Location
OSHQ is based in Southampton, Hampshire but at OS we believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We embrace a hybrid working model where we believe the choice is with the individual on when they work from our fantastic offices in Southampton, London or from home. We want to continue to be an inclusive employer and recognise that one size doesn't necessarily fit all.
Security
OS conducts DBS background checks for all joiners and some of our roles require additional security clearance, including to SC or DV level in some cases. We will tell candidates at the appropriate time during the recruitment process if additional clearance will be required for this role.
Closing date: Sunday 2nd June 2024
We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together - in an encouraging and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We believe combining different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way.
We are looking for passionate people from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background or religion.
We're individually talented and collectively powerful, and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.
