Software Engineer

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our Engineering Capability and help us on one of our growing healthcare projects. We are an employee-owned, digital transformation consultancy headquartered in Leeds.

What you’ll be doing

• Understanding of both functional and non-functional requirements to produce well designed software, including the ability to communicate your design to others including clients

• Working in a cross functional, collaborative team, reviewing

What you’ll bring to Answer

• Experience with Python tools and technologies Django, Flask & FastAPI

• Experience with testing looks such as Pytest .

• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, able to articulate in both technical/non-technical terms depending on the audience.

• Full stack development experience with HTML, CSS & JavaScript/Typescript.

• Working within agile methods and using techniques such as Scrum, Kanban and TDD.

It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we’ll help you with them:

• Containerisation experience – Docker, Kubernetes etc.

• Experience with dependency management tools such as Poetry etc.

• Skilled in designing and building native and web applications, across a variety of scales and platform environments.

• Infrastructure As Code – Cloudformation, Terraform or ARM or similar.

• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps and Atlassian.

• Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects would be highly desirable.
  

The perks of being at Answer

We’re an Employee-Owned Company. After 12 months – through the Employee Ownership Trust you will be part of the ownership of Answer; a major factor in driving engagement, retention and growth for our people

• Competitive salary

• Flexible annual leave (buy/sell and carry forward)

• Twice a year income-tax free bonus based if company-wide performance targets are met - we're all in this together

• Continuous training and development - if you want to learn, we’ll provide all the support you need

• Flexible Pension - we match your own contributions up to 5%

• A flexible Healthcare cash plan so you can fund the care you value most

• A packed social calendar including; end of year party (partners invited) and Summer away days, monthly and quarterly company team socials.

• Parking at Head Offices in central Leeds, plus Cycle2Work & Green Car Lease schemes to help get you here

• The chance to give back – get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from different backgrounds into tech, as well as lots of charity and community events

Diversity and Inclusion

At Answer we proudly embrace diversity and inclusion - we want to create a safe environment for everyone to bring their true selves to work.

We will do everything we can to support your application. If you require any adjustments to be made to your application (whether that’s support with our interview questions, adjusting how we interview, or financial support with our hiring process) then please speak to Jonny Hiles, TA Lead ( [email protected] )

A bit more about us.

Answer Digital is a highly successful digital transformation consultancy headquartered in Leeds. We’re a company on a fast growth trajectory with a reputation of delivering large-scale, operational critical solutions.

People are at the heart of everything we do - so much so we’re owned by our people. It sets us apart from most digital businesses you’ll meet and defines our culture and values. Our people are invested in everything we do, because we are invested in them.

Don't believe us? Well check out our glassdoor and here what our people have to say!

Our Interview Process

We pride ourselves on having a fair but flexible recruitment process, we want to create a platform where you can show us your best. For us, keeping it simple means you can focus on understanding if our people, values and the work we do are right for you. Our typical process can be broken down into 3 stages;

• Recruiter call: This normally lasts 15-30 minutes. We will talk to you about Answer Digital, the type of work we do, and an overview of the role. We’ll ask you some questions about your current situation and why you’re interested in working here. Here, we’d advise asking any “people” questions, anything about our culture, career progression or approach to flexible working.

• Skills based interview: This interview will be with 2 people, normally from the team you’re applying to work with. We can do this stage remote or in person, whichever you’d prefer. This interview will involve questions around your experience, the skills you’ve gained and the work you’ve done. We’ll also ask questions about the role and challenges you might face and how you’d face them. Here, we’d recommend asking questions about the role, the day to day responsibilities and what life in the team is like.

• Cultural/Value interview: This interview will be with 2 of our Leadership team, either our Directors or Capability Leads. It will focus on our culture and values, talking about our values and what they mean to us as well as understanding what values are important to you and how you like to work. This interview is about making sure Answer is right for you, as much as the other way around. Here, we advise you to ask as many questions around our business model, our ambitious growth plans and anything to do with Answer as a business.