Software Consultant

Job description:

• ParentPay Group is Europe s leading software product company and the UK s largest education technology business. We are on a mission to bring next-generation innovation to positively impact on the lives of millions of parents, teachers, and students every day in over 49 countries.

• Our market leading products use cutting edge cloud-based technology to streamline school processes, including secure web and mobile apps that enable secure online payments for school items such as meals, trips, clubs and uniform, improve parental engagement, simplify meal management and - through our product SIMS - collect and manage a database of student information and core school operations.

• ParentPay Groups new offices in Pune are a fantastic tech hub for those looking to boost their careers in software product development.

• Our bright team FastTrack their career with international exposure and ways of working based on agile development best practices from globally renowned technology consultancies.

Responsibilities:

• A technical contributor who can apply knowledge of tools, engineering principles, programming languages, and technical practices to how and what is built so as to produce well-crafted quality software
• Set an example for the best technical practices
• Supports peers and coaches junior team members to grow their skills, Key Responsibilities
• Enhance existing platform and network capabilities to handle massive growth, enabling new insights and products based on data via self-serve computing, reporting solutions, and interactive querying
• Work with product managers and user-experience designers to influence the strategy and delivery of next-wave product features and system capabilities
• Visualize, design, and develop innovative software platforms as we continue to experience growth in the usage and visibility of our products
• Plan and scale distributed software and applications, using synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, writing code, and delivering with urgency and quality
• Create scalable software platforms and applications, that are unit tested, code reviewed, and checked regularly for continuous integration
• Examine existing systems for flaws and create solutions that improve service uptime and time-to-resolve through monitoring and automated remediation
• Focus on creating software that are free of faulty programming, and continuously keep developers in step without compromising site reliability
• Plan and execute full software development lifecycle for each assigned project, adhering to company standards and expectations

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

• C#, .Net, Entity Framework, Graph QL (HotChocolate, Apollo Client), React, JavaScript, Nextdot js, Typescript, CSS, Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), Github
• Proven ability to document design processes, including development, testing, analytics, and troubleshooting
• Experience with Android environments
• Experience with both app stores, preferably Android
• Experience of working with Product Owners within an Agile / Scrum environment and Agile behaviors
• Work closely with designers and UX to provide technical input of UI concepts and design implementation, Basic Understanding of Deployment process, CI/CD based pipelines
• Review the code, approve the PR for check in the code