Senior Software Developer
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Job description
You'll be joining an enthusiastic engineering team who enjoy what they do and operate with autonomy and full end-to-end ownership. We're working at scale - our service-oriented API Platform is handling billions of requests per month and growing quickly. You will primarily work with the team to architect, build, and maintain our API platform, ensuring the right people get access to the right music at the right time. This ranges from APIs, CDNs and databases, through to front-end tooling.
A typical day starts with a stand-up. You'll pair remotely with team members via video call. The team deploys into production multiple times a day and are empowered to deploy as soon as automated tests pass. Techniques such as pair-programming and test-driven development (TDD) are deeply embedded. We're strong advocates of TDD and would only consider you for a position if you have a strong passion for testing. We're not perfect and not afraid to say so and we're constantly striving to improve the way we work (utilising tools such as retrospectives, 1-2-1s and knowledge sharing). We have regular sessions sharing ideas, and discussing practices and technologies. You'll also get personal development time every month.
We follow lean principles, keeping stories small and value-driven. We operate iteratively, delivering features as we go, to ensure we are solving the right problem in the right way. You will also coordinate with the product team (e.g., for requirements gathering and slicing).
Remote Working
Whilst this is a remote-first role, the whole team meets in London multiple times throughout the year to work in person and socialise. This is typically once every two months; however, you must be able to accommodate it up to once a month and arrange and fund your own travel.
Main Job Duties
You're passionate about software development and understand that it involves a lot more than just writing code. You see it as your remit to understand our domain so we can all deliver as much value to the business as possible. To you, quality (both internal and external) matters. These are things we care about and make up a large part of our Tech Principles (https://github.com/7digital/tech-principles).
The team has full ownership and autonomy over the entire stack and software development lifecycle (SDLC):
- Working closely with the Product Team
- Project planning
- Architecture/infrastructure
- Development (TDD, pair-programming)
- Deployment
- Monitoring (no on-call)
Our tech stack includes:
- Node.js (JavaScript)
- .NET (C#) / Windows for older applications
- Linux
- Serverless (AWS Lambda, Batch, Fargate)
- Message Queues (AWS SQS)
- Relational SQL Databases (AWS RDS)
- NoSQL & Object Storage (AWS DocumentDB, S3)
- Containers (Docker, Docker Compose, ECS)
- Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform)
- Observability (DataDog)
- Scripting (Bash, Make)
- CI/CD (GitHub, GitHub Actions, Teamcity)
- CDN (Fastly, VCL)
Requirements
Do you have experience in UNIX?, * 5+ years commercial and relevant software engineering experience
- Iterative, lean development and continuous delivery
- Test-first mindset and will develop using TDD
- Keen to partake in pair-programming
- JavaScript experience in Node.js
- Some experience in at least one typed language
- Cloud-native system design and implementation
- Infrastructure as code
- Containerisation
- Building/maintaining a client-facing platform
- Some experience with Unix-based operating systems
- Experience with database technologies
- Team player and contributor
- Excellent communication skills
Desired Experience
- Anything from our tech stack
- Microservice architecture design and implementation
- All aspects of the software development lifecycle
- DataDog
- SQL/NoSQL
- Front-end development
Benefits & conditions
It's our compass and our passion. We champion creativity by putting artists, brands and fans first, balancing artistic integrity with bold commercial ambition.
Perform as One Band
United by purpose and trust. We aim high, knowing that collaboration, community, and doing it for the right reasons drives success for everyone.
Own Your Voice
We listen deeply and speak honestly. We value time, welcome diverse perspectives, and keep the rhythm of open, transparent communication alive.
Employment
Full time. What do you get in return? Inspiration, knowledge, career development, on top of our financial package. You'll also be working with an international bunch of remarkable musically-infused individuals.
