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.net web software developer job in Belfast

.net web software developer

Overview of Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior ASP.NET/VB.NET developer with a strong background in building scalable, high-quality and high-performance eCommerce web applications in Microsoft ASP/VB.net technology.

This person will work with a team of software developers and web designers to build high demand eCommerce systems that bring results and value to our clients.

Benefits

  • Salary dependent upon skills and experience.
  • Holiday entitlement - 31 days, including company public/bank holidays
  • Core Working Hours - Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop applications or part-applications in line with the specified timescales and delivery requirements
  • Produce readable, maintainable, quality code that complies with our internal coding standards.
  • Take ownership of the code that is written.
  • Assume the role of Technical Lead for a particular project when required, acting as the focal point in development for the client, and assigning project tasks to other Developers
  • Contribute feedback about other developers as part of the performance review process
  • Liaise with the Technical Director / Project Manager over the production of requirements and specification documentation
  • Liaise with Project Managers with the planning and estimation of projects, and defining the project approach
  • Support operations to get systems working and to remove issues raised at testing or during site use
  • Review and ensure that the code produced is in line with the agreed development roadmap
  • Report software defects, and recommend solutions for system deficiencies
  • Debug and fix code
  • Manage and document source code
  • Anticipate client needs and present solutions to project management
  • Understand expectations that were set with client; recognise and communicate when issues/events may affect delivery
  • Meet with and present to clients when required to formulate requirements, demonstrate functionality and provide technical grounding to their issues and concerns
  • Where the framework supports, carry out unit testing. Make sure that all unit tests are running.
  • Develop unit tests for all relevant code written that tests boundary condition and error conditions
  • Develop code that optimises website performance, and carry out performance testing where required
  • Produce deployment manifests that provide the exact information needed for QA and Operations
  • Proactively contribute to the internal knowledge base.
  • Mentoring over team members in a technology that you are expert in.
  • Assume a mentor role with less experienced developers.

Success Criteria

  • Robust code, that is largely bug-free, readable, reliable, testable and easy to maintain
  • Meeting deadlines (thereby contributing to project profitability)
  • When Technical Lead for a project, delivery of the project on time to and to specification
    Documentation of code, that enables us to get faster, smarter and better at developing websites and applications
  • 100% Client satisfaction

Upholding our values

  • Go beyond the boundaries of the job description in order to get a good result
  • Question and challenge the adequacy and quality of traditional thinking and the status quo; be receptive to new ideas and methods of working
  • Convey passion for dotRetailer to clients, colleagues, partners and prospective employees
  • Use superior skills and knowledge to produce excellent work that we are all proud of
  • Proactively keep up to date with industry news; gain and maintain a good overall understanding of the context in which we and our clients work
  • Be open, honest, and professional, with colleagues, clients and 3rd parties
  • Put in the extra effort and time if needed to help the team meet its objectives

Work Pattern

  • Core hours of 9am to 5.00pm
  • Additional hours as and when required
  • Remain available while their code is deployed by Operations at launch of a project
  • Be prepared to receive escalation calls about development-related issues, outside of usual working hours


Skills, Qualifications, Expereince and Attributes

Technical Skills - Advanced level of competence required in:

  • .Net framework 4.0, ASP.Net, VB.Net
  • Visual Studio 2008/2010, Team Foundation Server
  • SQL Server 2005/2008/2008R2: ad hoc queries for investigation; safe queries for live investigation; production code (stored procedures, parameterized queries, efficient queries); normalisation; DB management skills; DB profiling
  • XML
  • Silverlight
  • WPF
  • MVC Framework
  • LINQ
  • Mobile Web
  • Code language skills: code design; design patterns & practices, code profiling, caching, object orientation
  • Web Services/WSDL/SOAP/UDDI
  • Test driven development
  • Testing and unit testing
  • Live issue resolution
  • Data centre awareness
  • Understanding of client server and internet systems architectures
  • Ability to understand technical and functional design requirements

Attributes

  • Ability to understand and translate client needs into a technical solution
  • Strong sense of ownership for a particular project/client
  • Good people management skills - ability to delegate tasks within a team, and mentor others with a particular technology or problem
  • Self motivated and hard working
  • Demonstrates plenty of initiative; assumes additional responsibility without being asked
  • Team player
  • Strong organisation skills
  • Strong communication skills, both spoken and written
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Excellent attention to detail; checks own work for errors
  • A keen interest in learning new skills and technologies
  • Understands the commercial imperative of meeting deadlines and producing quality code
  • Proactively seeks opportunities to broaden and deepen knowledge base and skills
  • Shares acquired skills with team members through formal and informal channels

Essential Qualifications:

  • 2:1 or above degree in Computer Science or similar

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Microsoft accreditations, eg MCTS or MCPD

The position is permanent/full-time, based in Belfast, Salary negotiable.

Please send your CV to hello@dotretailer.com, Email Subject: Software Developer. Please include link to Portfolio.

 

Closing Date : Friday 31st May 2013 17:00hrs.

 

(no agencies please)