Junior Software Developer Andover 2024

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on people’s lives? Do you want to be part of a company that is striving to revolutionise access to healthcare in the UK? At Simplyhealth, our health plans provide the opportunity to attend routine dental treatments, visit the optician, have complementary therapies (e.g. physio) and much more by providing financial support to those that really need it.

But we’re not just your average health company; we’re aiming to revolutionise access to healthcare in the UK by offering innovative health and wellbeing solutions that are affordable, accessible, and effective. From preventive care to comprehensive medical support, we aim to empower individuals to take charge of their health, inspiring them to make the most of their wellbeing.

As Junior Developer, you’ll be at the start of your career with an interest working in a full stack environment but, most importantly, a passion for technology and a want to grow and learn. We’re currently mostly using Microsoft techstack ( i.e .Net Core, C#, .NET, MVC, SQL Server etc) and Javascript ( i.e React, Angular, Typescript, Javascript etc) on the front end. We appreciate you won’t have it all right now but an interest to work in an agile full stack environment is key!

In this role, you will be working across the business and speaking with, not only other developers but also Product Owners, Business Analysts and other business users to develop software solutions based on the needs across Simplyhealth. We’re looking for candidates who are naturally curious and inquisitive to find solutions as well as a keen interest in new tools and technology we can utilise in the environment – we’re always open!

Key responsibilities

• Producing well structured, efficient, and reliable code within the agreed timescales, using the technologies selected for the solution
• Ensuring that code is well tested using TDD where appropriate.
• Providing prompt fixes to defects identified, ensuring that these fixes are well tested before they are released.
• Managing code using the code management tool of choice, ensuring that changes are checked out/in in a timely manner and maintaining an awareness of any potential impact on other Developers in the team.
• Contributing to the overall quality of code delivered by the Development Team by performing code reviews for other Developers.
• Attending and contributing to daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint demos and sprint retrospectives.

About you

You’ll be a Developer at the start of your career looking for an opportunity to work in a collaborative team. You’ll have a keen interest in and a passion for technology and development and have some experience in coding, even if that is outside of our current stack.

To be considered you must have

• Coding experience – this doesn’t have to be commercial – we want to hear about any experience from personal projects, bootcamps, courses or degrees!
• Passion and enthusiasm for development and technology and an interest in new tools and technologies

Our dream candidate might also have

• Experience in C#/.NET or React
• Full-stack development experience

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes:

• Annual bonus (discretionary)
• Generous pension
• 36 days holiday (with the option to buy and sell a further 5 days)
• Flexible benefits pot (which you can choose to use against some great benefits such as critical illness, private medical insurance, shopping vouchers and more)
• Simplyhealth Cash plan or Dental plan
• Employee wellbeing programme and shopping discounts.

We have a head office in Hampshire, but depending on your role, you’ll be able to enjoy our ‘smart working’ approach This means you can flex when and where you spend your time.

For many of us this means day to day work can be handled remotely, but there will also be times when we need to come together in the office to collaborate, attend training sessions, induction, briefings and more.

Your recruitment journey

We’re focused on providing an application, assessment and onboarding journey that is fair, consistent, diverse and inclusive for all, allowing us to hire top talent based on the skills and behaviours pivotal to your and our success. Your process:

• Screening call with Talent Acquisition Team
• Virtual Interview with the hiring manager and team
• Aptitude assessment
• Presentation/case study with the hiring manager and team
• Offer