Senior Software Engineer

Title:
 Senior Software Engineer Type:
 Full-Time, Permanent Location:
 Scotland, base location Edinburgh Closing Date:
 February 2025 A competitive salary depending on experience, plus benefits.
To apply, a Covering Letter, outlining the most relevant experience to this role and why you are the right candidate, is a must, in addition to your CV, that should not exceed two A4 pages.
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The closing date for applications for this vacancy is Friday, 28 February 2025 at 5 pm, however we may close earlier depending on response rates.
As such we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.At Agrecalc, we welcome all no matter your background.
We encourage the right candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or race.Application Deadline:
28th February 2025Company profile Agrecalc is the market-leading farm carbon calculator - a software solution that makes farm greenhouse gas emissions visible, helping actors across the food supply chain take confident and cost-effective steps towards a net-zero future.
Using Agrecalc enables benchmarking and monitoring of farm GHG emissions.
We support the global agricultural transition to a low-carbon future, aiming to foster worldwide sustainability by decreasing carbon footprint, and importantly, helping to increase production efficiency.
We seek a Senior Software Engineer to make a substantial contribution to the commercial success of Agrecalc, driving the development of our core platform, by supporting our ambition, commercial and customer needs, and making sure that we are the number one carbon foot printing tool of choice, not just here in the UK but globally.
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Role overview As Agrecalc becomes more complex in terms of its offering, and moves from commercial validation to high growth stage, Agrecalc needs a Senior Software Engineer to join the development team.
The Senior Software Engineer will design and develop the Agrecalc Cloud application in line with the identified strategic plan and scientific advancements.
The role will report to the Head of Technical & Delivery and interact with a variety of internal team members and external technical contractors.
The purpose of the role is to implement new features and continuously update the existing product, driving to the ongoing growth and positioning of the Agrecalc platform into the market.
This involves supporting the Head of Technical & Delivery and the wider team scoping, technical product development and subsequently implementing solutions driven by challenges brought to Agrecalc by its customers and the evolving marketplace.
Duties Product development and delivery:
Design, develop, and maintain back-end applications using C# .Net Core (for Azure) Developing and deploying Azure) API services.
Maintaining the Agrecalc Azure cloud platform.
Providing technical support to customer facing team.
Providing technical support to customers using public API Collaborate with the Head of Technical & Delivery, the wider team and sometimes customers to create robust, scalable, and secure applications.
Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards.
Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve software defects and issues.
Maintaining security standards in code.
Keeping up to date with industry trends and developments.
It is essential that you are a good communicator as there will be an expectation for you to directly interact with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, from Scientists to Commercial parties.
Skills and experience Key requirements You will:
Have experience developing complex technical applications for cloud, using technologies such as SQL, .Net, C# (experience with React would be a bonus).
Have knowledge of cloud-based SQL databases (hands-on experience preferred).
Be skilled in the use of Microsoft environments and development tools.
Proven experience in implementing cloud-based RESTful APIs and web services.
Have hands on experience of unit, integration and end-to-end testing with demonstrated troubleshooting abilities.
Experience working in an Agile environment (SCRUM) Proficient in version control systems, preferably Git.
Proficient in change control systems, preferably Jira.
Strong skills in
• nix systems (e.g., Ubuntu) and knowledge of Windows server builds and PowerShell.
Experience in delivering or supporting the creation of customer facing documentation.
You will also have wider experience in:
Gathering requirements from initial high level feature descriptions.
Supporting the creation of product roadmaps by providing technical input on complexity and technologies required.
Communicating designs and application workflows to support the preparation of customer information  Education / Qualifications Degree Level (or equivalent) in related subject (cloud and web software development) or equivalent experience.
Qualities Strong agility mindset to enable and support others; initiative to recognise opportunities and projects.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Entrepreneurial spirit and team player.
Curious mindset and a willingness to learn, ask questions and contribute your ideas.
The opportunity This is an exciting time to join Agrecalc and work with us on our mission to feed the world sustainably by improving on farm efficiency and reducing emissions.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer for our office in Edinburgh on a full-time permanent basis.
We can offer candidates an attractive benefit offering including:
A competitive salary depending on experience.
An attractive holiday allowance that goes beyond the statutory minimum.
Company pension scheme.
A hybrid work pattern with opportunity for remote work 2/3 days per week.
You can also find the description of this job in the Vacancies section on Agrecalc website:
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