Software Engineer

Who We Are:

At Inchcape Shipping Services, our vision is to create a connected world where customers can trade successfully and make informed decisions in every port, everywhere. We achieve this by combining our worldwide infrastructure with local expertise, through our global network of more than 250 proprietary offices and a team of over 3,000 dedicated professionals. Our diverse customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container, and bulk commodity sectors, as well as naval, government, and intergovernmental organisations.

Job Purpose:

To analyze business requirements and design, develop, test, and deliver high quality software systems exceeding business expectations. Seeing through requirements from conception to finished product.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review and understand business requirements prioritized by product management team
• Review and understand enterprise & solution architectures, design server-side architecture, design implementation of new features end-to-end considering both functional & non-functional requirements and the entire tech stack backend, database, middleware, AWS, and DevOps.
• Effectively contribute to product backlog grooming sessions and provide realistic work break down and effort estimations to build features and applications.
• Develop high quality, secure and maintainable applications by demonstrating growth mindset, fully implementing Agile & DevOps development principles
• Carryout unit testing and automated test scripts (when required) with familiarity of leading testing tools and frameworks to achieve highest possible test coverage
• Coordinate with testing team for efficient integration testing of the developed modules with a clear mandate to follow shift-left testing principles to contain defects at the source
• Develop SoP for technical and business users to ensure a smooth transition from software development to production operations
• Coordinate with production support team for efficient monitoring, issue analysis, and resolution with a clear mandate to enhance end user experience
• Participate in code review and improve the code with current market's best practices
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal system performance and user experience.
• Practice DevOps with automation first mindset, with excellent understanding of branching strategies, best coding and testing practices, build management, CI/CD pipeline management, telemetry and observability requirements to enhance production support experience
• Conduct lessons learned session with team member and spread the knowledge
• Work with data scientists and analytics/BI team to improve data quality of product
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.

Knowledge:

• C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core, Web API, Entity Framework
• Relational databases such as Postgres SQL, SQL Server or Oracle
• Message brokers such as RabbitMQ or similar technologies (e.g., ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka)
• Front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and experience with Reactor similar frameworks are a plus.
• AWS or other cloud-based platform development using for ex: EC2, Lambda, S3, Simple Queue Service[1]SQS, SNS etc.
• Scripting languages preferably PowerShell
• Unit testing tools & frameworks like NUnit and Mock
• Containerization and deployment: Docker, K8s
• Agile product management tools like Jira, Confluence, etc.
• DevOps tools like Sonar Cloud, Team City/Jenkins
• Git proficiency
• Professional degree with Computer Science / Engineering

Experience:

• 3+ years of full stack software engineering experience covering backend, middleware, database
• AWS or other cloud-based platform development experience
• Experience in Agile Development and DevOps tools
• Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering principles is an added advantage

You Will Receive:

A diverse range of benefits, depending on your geographical location. At this instance, you will enjoy:

• A place to grow your career - we'll help you set big goals and exceed them.
• Competitive salary package and performance-based bonus scheme.
• Premium medical health insurance coverage.
• Work with talented, committed, and supportive teammates.
• Value Award celebration events.

Why Inchcape Shipping Services?

We believe in building a diverse and high-performing workforce that works together to provide our customers with the exceptional service they deserve. To reach the highest standards, we depend on our people, their welfare, training, and expertise. We realise the value of our staff and know that your unique experiences, skills, and passions will help you to build a rich and rewarding career in our dynamic industry.

Our values are at the centre of everything we do, and the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and fully adopt these:

Global Perspective
- we connect the world and see the bigger picture.

The Power of People
- we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships.

Progress
- we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry.

Inchcape is an Equal Opportunities Employer - equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. Working in a diverse society, we recognise that our customers, colleagues, and contractors are central to our success.

Additional Information:

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work documentation depending upon your geographical location.

To protect the interests of all parties, Inchcape will not accept unsolicited or speculative resumes from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any fees associated with them.