Details:
- Salary: £33,000 - 36,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Rushden North Northamptonshire
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
The Role –Software Engineer – CI/CD & Quality
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our development team. This is a broad and rewarding role that combines hands-on application development with responsibility for the quality, and testing pipelines of our software suite. You will also play an active part in the operational readiness of our IoT hardware environment.
*This is position is 100% office based*
Key Responsibilities
Software Development
* Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications using Python, C#, Java, HTML, and CSS
* Collaborate with the Software Lead and engineering team throughout the full development lifecycle
* Participate in technical discussions and sprint planning.
* Working with SQL databases, reporting, and application functionality
IoT & Hardware
* Build, configure, and maintain IoT devices, ensuring reliable integration with the wider software suite
* Oversee preparation and deployment readiness of equipment, maintaining accurate inventory and asset records
Quality Assurance & CI/CD
* Work with the team to continuously improve CI/CD pipelines to support consistent, reliable deployments
* Design and maintain manual and automated test cases to ensure the suite meets requirements and is bug free.
* Monitor service uptime, conduct structured root cause analysis following incidents, and implement lasting fixes
* Collaborate with the Software Lead on triage and escalation of live issues.
Essential Experience/ Technical Skill Requirements
* Languages: Proficiency in Python, C#, and/or Java
* CI/CD: Practical CI/CD pipeline experience
* Databases: Working knowledge of SQL for querying and basic schema management
* OS: Comfortable working across Windows and Linux environments
Desirable Skills
* Docker and/or Kubernetes
* IoT systems experience
* Monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus)
Benefits
* Salary £33,000 - £36,000
* Life Assurance
* Health & Wellbeing Programme
* Health Shield Cash Plan
* Increased annual leave with length of service
The Company – Wykes Engineering Ltd
Based in Rushden, Northants, we are a leading edge engineering specialising in the manufacture of materials processing equipment and renewable technologies. As a highly innovative and progressive design and manufacturing company, we have our own in-house manufacturing department, renewable energy facilities and project work within renewable and food surplus industries.
Founded over 40 years ago, our engineering innovation has always been a fundamental part of our business. This has helped us to establish ourselves as a major player in our key areas of expertise, namely:
* Design and manufacture of equipment for the food bi-products and renewable technologies
* Processing bio-mass into energy
* Renewable energy production