Software Developer, Tax Technology & Transformation, Innovation Hive, London

The opportunity

EY Tax is a market leader, renowned for delivering sustainable growth and empowering our people to shape their own careers. Our diverse, collaborative team advises on high-profile transactions, combining technical expertise, innovation and a genuine focus on continuous development. Join us to work on challenging, multi-country projects in a supportive, dynamic environment where your impact truly matters.

It is our mission to transform the working lives of finance and tax professionals. We are responsible for the innovation and development of human-centric products within EY.  Our approach is to prototypes ideas, get feedback from our customers and scale the very best ideas. 

At the heart of our business, is our people. Good people, supported by good internal practice, are the building blocks for making the impossible possible. We are looking for a Software Developer who will help support us to build and release engaging, innovative applications to market quickly.

Your key responsibilities

• Be part of a multi-disciplinary team across multiple locations including nearshore and offshore.
• Implement technical solutions that are resilient, scalable and manageable.
• Coach and encourage colleagues through constant learning to improve their skills including junior developers and apprentices.
• Collaborate with other members of our product development teams (designers, business analysts, product owners, and quality assurance) to deliver amazing experiences for our customers.
• Develop your technical knowledge across front end and backend technologies to support delivering technical solutions to business problems.
• Develop ideas with business analysts to find a pragmatic approach to the rapid delivery of prototypes. 

You are:

• Empathetic - you take the time to understand what drives other team members, what motivates them and how to achieve mutual objectives
• Humble - you actively seek feedback and feel comfortable providing it to others. You are not overly influenced by organisational hierarchy
• Motivated – you are excited by what you do, and you bring an enthusiasm to your job
• Adaptable - you are comfortable re-evaluating your view when presented with contrasting facts and your opinions

Skills and attributes for success 

What we look for

As a software developer you should have some previous commercial development experience. We have a preferred technology stack, however we are not prescriptive about the technologies you have experience using, as long you as you are eager to use the best available technology for the project and open to working with new tools and approaches.

• A work attitude that is empathetic, humble, motivated and adaptable (see above)
• Experience building solutions that are resilient, scalable and manageable
• Experience working with Rest APIs
• Experience working with databases
• Experience with continuous integration and automated deployment
• Experience in Agile development environment and familiar with Agile ceremonies (e.g. stand-up, backlog refinement, sprint planning)
• Experience working with QA engineers and automated testing (e.g. TDD / BDD)
• Use of GIT or similar for code control and management

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Working knowledge of Angular
• Experience deploying web applications on large cloud-based services providers (e.g. AWS / Azure) and familiarity with the underlying architecture
• Understanding of NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MongoDB)
• Set up and use of virtual environments and sandboxes

What we offer you 

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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