Due to continued growth, Fishbone are looking to strengthen our established software development and data analytics team to support the delivery of existing and new projects.

Fishbone has a bespoke data analytics platform known as the Fishbone Information Services Hub (FISH) that provides our customers with a variety of different applications to ingest, host, analyse and display information about the performance of transportation assets and systems.

We are looking to expand the team with experienced software engineers/full stack developers to deliver effective user interfaces and back-end data management.

The role will provide you with the opportunity to work in a small and agile team, with the ability to design solutions from the ground up, with the freedom to develop applications using your preferred methods.

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

As a Software Engineer, you'll need to:

* analyse user requirements

* write and test code, refining and rewriting it as necessary and communicate with any programmers involved in projects

* research, design and write new software programs (e.g. business applications, support the development of analytics engines etc.)

* develop existing programs by analysing and identifying areas for modification and peer review other team member’s work

* integrate existing software products and get incompatible platforms to work together

* create technical specifications

* write operational documentation with technical authors

* maintain systems by monitoring and correcting software defects

* work closely with other staff, such as project managers, other developers, data analysts and sales and marketing professionals to interpret and implement their requirements

* consult clients and colleagues concerning the maintenance and performance of software systems, with a view to writing or modifying current operating systems

* investigate new technologies

* continually update technical knowledge and skills by attending in-house and external courses, reading manuals and accessing new applications.

* Manage cyber security requirements for applications and ensure that the company remains compliant to legislative requirements

Qualifications required

* A software engineering or computer science/engineering degree is preferred but demonstration of relevant equivalent experience will also be considered.

Technical expertise and skills required/desirable

* Fluent in Python, Java/Javascript and C++.

* Proven experience of web app development and front-end design.

* Conversant in cloud computing techniques and database management such as MySQL, NoSQ, Redis, Kafka etc.

* Strong DevOps focus and experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies as above.

* API development experience using scripting languages such as Perl, Shell etc.

* Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision.

* Analytics experience in Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence techniques preferable but not essential