Agile Web Developer

Agile Web Developer

Taunton, Somerset

3 months

£350 - £387 per day

Capita travel and events are looking for a contract Agile Web Developer to work in Taunton, Somerset on a contract basis, the successful candidate will be expected to undertake the analysis, design, coding and testing of Capita's Travel and events systems.

To undertake the analysis, design, coding and testing of Capita's Travel and Events systems.

This role will be part of an Agile software development team developing a new suite of booking tools for the Travel and Events business. Experience of developing within a fully Agile team is an essential part of this role.

Key Activities and Responsibilities

- Undertakes the analysis, design, coding and testing of software products/projects as directed by the Head of Software Development/Scrum Master/Architects
- To work proactively as an empowered developer within an Agile development team in the delivery of new products and services to enhance the Travel and Events systems
- Maintain and supports existing software as directed by the Head of Software Development if necessary.
- Exercises best efforts and known best practice to ensure that the software performs accurately, efficiently and reliably.
- Employs known patterns and best practice to ensure software is maintainable, reusable and logically structured.
- Exercises best efforts and known best practice to ensure that software is documented and annotated appropriately to enable the understanding and support by other software developers.
- Takes an active interest in technology.
- Makes recommendations regarding the systems and software, both voluntarily and as requested.
- Any other areas of responsibility as appropriate to meet the needs of the business.

Key Performance Indicators

- Productivity - completing development projects in line with agreed timelines.
- Empowerment - providing input into the Agile development process.
- Quality - ensuring that software output is reliable, scalable and highly usable.
- Accuracy - ensuring that software change exactly meets client requirement (both internal and external)
- Logical approach - ensuring that the approach to problem solving is logical, and results in expedient resolution.

Technical Competencies

- Agile development
- Behaviour driven development using tool such as specflow
- USE of HTML 5, CSS3, Foundation and Angular JS
- CMS Experience in Episerver/Site Core or similar technologies
- Web testing standards/OWASP experience
- Accessibility - Experience in WCAG and AA Accessibility
- MVC Framework
- C#
- Requirements Analysis - Questioning, listening to, and understanding a customer in order to extract their exact requirements
- Solution Design - Taking requirements and designing a solution that meets those needs; to include selection of technology, tools, patterns/practices, maintainability, reliability, performance etc
- Problem Solving - Ability to apply logical thinking in order to quickly and accurately derive the root cause of a technical issue

Essential Qualification/Experience

- Experience in an Agile team-based software development role, developing and supporting enterprise applications
- Experience of working with Agile concepts - stories/empowerment etc.

Desired Qualifications/Experience

Experience of new/emergent Microsoft development technologies

Capita Resourcing welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Capita Resourcing is a trading name of Capita Resourcing Ltd. Services offered are those of an Employment Agency and Employment Business. Applicants will be required to register with us.