Software Developer

The Opportunity:

Are you passionate about software development and ready to accelerate your career growth?

Advanced Secure Technologies, an established rapidly growing technology company, is searching for a mid-level Software Developer to help drive and maintain our growth in the UK. You’ll enjoy numerous great perks in our onsite provision; working in a team we anticipate will double in the next 12-18 months.

Excelling in this role can open a career pathway that quickly leads to positions such as Senior, Lead, and Specialist.

About Us:

Advanced Secure Technologies is a well-established company, headquartered in Cardiff, Wales, UK, with new subsidiary operations in the US and EMEA. We specialise in market-leading security technologies that protect organisations from document fraud.

We’ve doubled as a team in the last two years to approx. 36 employees and are in the process growing our head count by 25% to keep up with our rapid growth. We focus on business development driven through long-term and excellent customer relations, working as solution consultants to our customers.

Our customers include institutes across all education sectors, Universities, Professional Bodies and Awarding Organisations. These range from UK based specialist organisations right up to large and globally renowned education institutions both in the UK and overseas; and we are rolling out ambitious plans to grow our business further worldwide.

You will have the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge Microsoft technologies, encompassing the full-stack in a containerized architecture environment. Using your extensive knowledge, skills, and experience, you'll be instrumental in applying software development best practices and principles; to design, develop, and continuously enhance our digital web-based product portfolio.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborative Development: Actively contribute to all stages of product lifecycle within a development team, focusing on solution design and feature development to deliver high-quality software.
• Team Engagement: Participate in team activities like stand-ups and planning sessions.
• Code Excellence: Develop clean, functional, and testable enterprise-level code and software solutions.
• Process Improvement: Work with team members to enhance processes, ensuring they align with business and customer needs.
• Knowledge Sharing: Coach and mentor team members, sharing expertise and guiding less experienced colleagues.
• Cross-Functional Support: Provide assistance across various teams, including Product, Support, and Infrastructure.
• Proactive Work Management: Independently manage workload, taking full ownership of solutions and issue resolution.

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential:

• .NET: A minimum of 2 years' experience in C#.NET; including more recent experience of .NET 7 or .NET Core.
• Best Practice: Knowledge of software development best practices and principles such as SOLID/DRY/Design Patterns.
• API: Developing and integrating to RESTful APIs.

Desirable:

• Formal Education: Degree in Computer Science or similar discipline preferred.
• Technical Expertise: Knowledge in .NET 8 / .NET Core, MVC / Blazor, Entity Framework Core, MS SQL.
• Testing Skills: Experience in TDD/Unit Testing/Integration Testing.
• Cloud Computing: Azure development knowledge or experience.
• Web Development: Proficiency in HTML/JavaScript/Query/CSS/WCAG/Accessibility.
• Operational Skills: Experience in CI/CD/DevOps, software architecture, and containerisation with Docker.

Your skills/attributes:

• Continuous Learning: A strong desire for continuous improvement and skill development, with a passion for web-based software development following best practice principles.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively within a team environment, contributing to team activities and knowledge sharing.
• Problem-Solving: Exceptional problem-solving abilities, methodical and consistent, with attention to detail.
• Professionalism and Communication: Mature professional attitude, capable of delivering and receiving constructive feedback. Effective at presenting and articulating proposals, estimates, and solutions.
• Initiative and Autonomy: Proven ability to work independently, manage projects, and take ownership of solutions and issue resolution.
• Industry Insight: Prior exposure to the EdTech/Finance sectors provides an advantage.

Location:

St Mellons, Cardiff, Wales. (Onsite and office based*, 5 days per week)

Our culture:

Our success is built on a foundation of our attitude, support and commitment to each other. As a member of the Advanced Secure Technologies team, we would expect a:

• Team player – you thrive in close collaboration with others.
• Fast learner – you love a challenge and don’t need to be told the same thing twice.
• Robust work ethic – you go the extra mile to find new ways to improve your output constantly.

What we’re offering:

• Exciting career growth prospects with a company on the rise.
• Competitive salary and performance-related bonus scheme
• Training and development time, with access to Pluralsight
• Access to the best development tools, such as Visual Studio with JetBrains ReSharper, JetBrains Rider and GitHub Co-pilot.
• An exciting, creative and innovative work environment
• Outstanding career and personal development opportunities
• Flexible start date with option for immediate commencement.
• Working from home on an ad hoc basis to support personal needs.

Benefits and rewards:

• Free onsite gym access.
• Free and secure onsite parking
• Essentials stocked kitchen.
• A gift on your birthday.
• Office events – annual Summer/Christmas parties
• Company pension scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free eye care.

*On Site Working:

We’re an onsite office-based company, borne from the team culture we embrace and the rapid growth which necessitates continual onboarding, training and mentoring of new team members.

We are upfront in not offering fully off site or fixed hybrid working for this reason, but we are a People First company and see the value and benefit from working from home on an ad hoc basis to support personal needs.

In support of our onsite working, we offer excellent facilities, parking and access to company car/cycle to work schemes.

Applications:

Join us at Advanced Secure Technologies and be a part of our dynamic team dedicated to shaping the future of secure document technologies. Help us protect organisations against document fraud and drive our UK growth.

If you're ready to advance your career, skills, and knowledge, apply today to express your enthusiasm for this role.

Please note that we are only able to accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Advanced Secure Technologies are an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Advanced Secure Technologies are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Advanced Secure Technologies may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.