Software Development Specialist

3 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Motability Operations Full time
About The Role

The Software Engineering team at Motability Operations is seeking an experienced software developer to join a product team that works closely with the business in delivering and maintaining software for our internal and external customers.

This is an agile delivery environment with momentum from recent successes, and lots of exciting new projects in the pipeline. Key aspects of working in an agile team at Motability Operations include:

  • Delivering working software
  • Blending user feedback and best practice to evolve what we deliver
  • Continuously inspecting and adapting how we deliver software
  • Utilizing great testing principles, TDD & automation
  • A "build to run mindset", ensuring the software / systems we build are easy to support and operate
  • Improving life for other engineers so the next person will find things a little bit easier
  • The team is greater than the sum of its parts

About You

We are looking for a software developer to join this growing team. For this role, we would like someone passionate about the craft of software delivery to help build great software for our business.

Minimum Criteria

You will have commercial Java experience along with one or more technology listed below (or a relevant equivalent). We are looking for applicants who have an aptitude & demonstrable passion for building great software, a willingness to learn and embrace new things, and want to be a part of a supportive and empathetic cross-functional delivery team.

If you have experience in any of the following areas, please get in touch:

  • Spring Boot microservices
  • React and Node.js frontends, and web application development
  • Database technologies e.g. PostgreSQL
  • Messaging technologies e.g. ActiveMQ or Kafka
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
  • Cloud platforms, e.g. AWS, and Kubernetes platforms e.g. OpenShift
About The Company

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 630,000 customers and their families across the UK.

We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers.

We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day:

  • We find solutions
  • We drive change
  • We care

As a Motability Operations team member, the benefits you can expect are:

  • Competitive reward package including an annual discretionary bonus
  • 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)
  • 28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell days
  • 1 day for volunteering
  • Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
  • Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary to give you a peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial help
  • Funded health screening for over 50s
  • Voluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, health and cancer screenings for you and your partner, discounted gym memberships and season ticket loans
  • Employee Discount Scheme with an app to save on the go
  • Free access to healthcare apps such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP and volunteering app on Hand for all employees
  • Generous family leave policies

We believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they're rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first-rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.



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