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Our aim is to make the world a better place, one charge point at a time.

The role is responsible for the following:

• Design, build and document the data integration and storage functionality
• Creation and management of development tasks for medium to large projects
• Provision of clear communication of work via diagrams and plans to seniors
• Efficient use of AWS products and features in terms of delivery time and costs
• Security and compliance of the functionality within the AWS platform
• Platform stability, scalability, connectivity, and performance
• Consideration to cost implications of solution designs
• Work closely with solution architect and platform team to ensure that AWS best practices are followed
• Ensure efficient coding standards are defined and applied to all developments
• Improvements in development tools to support project work
• Any other duties as required

Outcome, Results and Key performance indicators:

• Documented solutions for all deliverables
• Provision of secure re-usable automation code
• Re-creatable (automated build and test) for all deliverables
• Successfully meeting the goals of the IT team

Key Relationships:

• Internal – All Developers, Lead QA Engineer, Platform Engineer, Senior Business Analyst, Solution Architect, Project Managers, CTO
• External – As Required

Knowledge and Skills:

• At least 7 years development experience
• Understanding of AWS best practices and architectures
• API build, scaling, and security within serverless and containerised AWS environments
• Understanding of a microservice architecture
• Development using node JS/ Typescript
• AWS CDK (for Ia C), Git Lab, ADO CI/CD pipeline
• Use of API gateway, ECS, Event Bridge, Lambda
• Understanding and use of Server Events and/or Websockets
• The deployment and scaling of SQL and No SQL databases
• OCPP & OCPI protocols desirable

Behaviours:

• Strong Collaborative Teamwork skills
• Self-motivated self-starter
• Driven and able to work to tight deadlines
• Flexible and creative
• Patient and personable
• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate ideas and solutions at all levels of the business
• Good attention to detail
• Analytical problem solving

Qualifications:

• AWS certified developer, desirable
• Bachelor’s degree, desirable

Contract:

• 6 Month initial contract
• Salary – up to £450 per day

Zest is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the values and ultimately societal benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Leeds, LS1 5DE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leeds, LS1 5DE