Overview:
This is a really great opportunity to join a support and development team of circa 10 members as a Developer. You will provide expertise, addressing areas of known weakness and concern in addition to troubleshooting and incident and problem resolution. Our team are dedicated to providing excellent client service and are always looking to expand on our ability to improve service provided to our clients ( internally and externally) and future proofing through the innovative use of new tools and technology .
You will work on primarily our PRISM Oracle system - a key system for our business but this will bring you into working across a number of services and other interfacing Applications and systems within our Corporate Markets area of the business, bringing with it variety, knowledge building and collaboration with multi-skilled teams. You will be required to build relationships with these other teams and your own team, who are spread across the UK as well as with colleagues in our Mumbai offices.
The team meet regularly on weekly calls to discuss the week gone by and ahead looking at priorities and achievements but also attend daily stand-ups, knowledge sharing sessions and providing ad hoc support in general.
You will have the opportunity to assist in the design, build and unit test code for the Corporate Markets systems as part of the Projects team as directed by the Architecture & Solutions Delivery Teams through the leadership of the Systems Delivery Manager.
This role is based from our Leeds City Centre office, which is a few minutes walk from the train station and on several bus routes. This role does allow for working from home, however you will need to be in the office at least one day a week.
What you’ll be doing:
• Delivering code that provides new functionality, remediates problems or issues
• Finding, articulating and designing out the relevant weaknesses and legacy wherever possible, in addition to being proactive in highlighting what is possible to the leadership team to gain support to remedy
• Production of documentation (e.g. design, specifications) in all contacted systems is also a must, either through the introduction of new code (via Release Note and technical documentation) or through the analysis of code during bug fixes, incidents and problem resolves
• Working with the Development Team lead and Systems Delivery Manager to design, build and test code
• Ensuring the resolution of issues, incidents and problems within systems due to code, design or data issues
• Working to ensure code is of good quality without significant rework being required and without introducing performance or security issues into live services
What we’re looking for:
• A team player
• Demonstrable working knowledge and understanding of Oracle, .NET and C#
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with a variety of colleagues at all levels across the globe
• Experience of writing unit tests & working with tooling such as, but not limited to, ADO for controlling of work allocation and progress
• A good understanding and experience of the full software development lifecycle, with demonstrable support experience of legacy systems and platforms
• Flexible and pro-active with the drive and desire to deliver results and make a difference
• Technical and commercial awareness, a fast learner with the ability to adapt to changing priorities
• An understanding of the challenges of legacy v’s modern and a willingness to address the former
• Object-oriented programming skills and an understanding of SDLC principles would be advantageous but not essential
About Link Group / Corporate Markets:
A global, digitally enabled business connecting millions of people with their assets – safely, securely and responsibly.
From equities, pension and superannuation to investments, property and other financial assets, we partner with a diversified portfolio of global clients to provide robust, efficient and scalable services, purpose-built solutions and modern technology platforms that deliver world class outcomes and experiences.
Our Corporate Markets division provides clients with a comprehensive corporate markets offering that connects issuers to their stakeholders. Our uniquely integrated range of corporate markets capabilities includes shareholder management and analytics, stakeholder engagement, share and unit registry (transfer agency), custody, fund administration, and employee share plans. We also offer company secretarial support, as well as various specialist offerings such as all types of insolvency solutions and class action services. We operate in twelve countries throughout Australasia, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, United Kingdom and Europe.
Our teams combine a wealth of industry experience with a rigorous focus on client management to deliver a premium service underpinned by market leading technology platforms.
What’s in it for you?
• A competitive basic salary plus benefits.
• 23 days’ holiday to start, (rising to 25) plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
• Company matched pension scheme, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay…and plenty more.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
• There could be the possibility of flexible working options
• You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Link Group. You’ll be joining a network of 7,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that.
What we hope you’ll do next:
If you are interested in this role but feel you may not meet 100% of the criteria but feel you'd be a good match, we'd love you to choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Candidates must have the relevant work rights to be considered for an opportunity at Link Group. Successful applicants will be required to complete background screening prior to commencement of employment.
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