Why Greencore?

We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.

We supply all the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.

In FY22 we manufactured 795m sandwiches and other food to go products, 127m chilled prepared meals, and 249m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles and condiments. We carry out more than 10,600 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 21 world-class manufacturing units across 16 locations in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.7bn in FY22 and employ approximately 14,000 people.

We work hard to ensure that Greencore is a great place to work and our people truly are at the core. We're committed to ensuring all our colleagues have development plans and strive to provide inspiring leadership - in fact, in the past year we've seen an 11% increase in the number of colleagues who would recommend Greencore as a place to work. Join us and be part of our great team.

Senior Software Developer @Greencore

As part of their commitment to high quality in all aspects of operations, we are looking to grow our software development team with the addition of Senior Software Engineer. This is a new role that will add capacity as well as building on our expertise in key areas.

The existing development team is currently small but is set to grow as we bring existing commitments in-house in order to: (a) take on the delivery of internal application development, and (b) to support colleagues on their journey to get the most out of data and automation.

What you'll be doing:

Craft high quality code as well as to assist others in the development team to do likewise
Lead on bringing coding standards, approaches and patterns into play to ensure everything we produce is supportable, secure and delivers on Greencore's requirements
Demonstrate strong stakeholder management and communication skills; guide and support internal stakeholders with other teams within Greencore to provide testing, security and architectural frameworks. It will be your responsibility to deliver against these stakeholder requirements within the frameworks provided
Perform bug fixing and maintenance of our existing software estate. There will also be a level of user issue investigation, triaged and supported by our service desk teams

What you'll need:

We're keen to bring someone into the team that reflects our culture of high standards in professional solution delivery. We've detailed below what this looks like to us but we'd encourage you to apply even if you don't feel as though you tick every box, or if you bring additional skills. Demonstrable experience, either through portfolio or interview of the following:

Professional experience (5 years plus) of working with JavaScript, Typescript and Node
A good understanding of C# and the .NET framework
Professional experience of a front-end frameworks such as React, Vue or similar
Demonstrate excellent understanding of database structures (SQL and NoSQL) as well as ACID principles
An in-depth understanding and experience of API calls, including adhering to best practices
An awareness and appreciation of micro server architecture
Knowledge and experience of working with design patterns (eg MVC, Structural, Behavioural)
Be approachable to team colleagues who have questions or need advice
Experience or awareness of development within an enterprise culture
Good knowledge of Microsoft tooling including Azure portal, MSSQL and MS DevOps
A willingness to learn new approaches to resolving problems
Strong experience in implementing processes for software testing
Expert in using git repositories and deployment pipelines
Champion good coding practices such as DRY, SOLID and Single Responsibility
An awareness of new technology trends and an interest in exploring their benefits

Desirable:

Awareness of Agile methodologies, associated roles and ceremonies
Be able to engage with non-technical stakeholders and effectively relay complex concepts
Experience with QA and testing process tools (for instance Playwright or SonarQube)
Working knowledge of Kubernetes

What you'll get in return:

Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Pension up to 8% matched
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.