Software Development & Test Engineer, Freedom Fibre
12 Month Contract
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UK fibre network provider
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UK fibre network provider
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
Our aim is for our people, our partners and our suppliers to work together with the common purpose; to make full fibre, high-speed broadband available to everyone, at a price that is affordable.
Role
Who you are
- Experience of distributed cloud systems, and specifically Amazon Web Services
- Experience of Python in a commercial development environment
- Experience of Full Stack and Java development is desirable
- Understanding of both relational NoSQL database technologies and their cloud versions
- Experience of creating and using secure APIs
- Troubleshooting performance issues with applications and APIs
- Experience of Terraform
- Experience of Test-Driven Development
- Experience developing test suites for software-based deliverables that include:
- Web based UI's
- REST or SOAP API's
- Business software processes (e.g. Database interaction)
- Experience of test automation application development
- Qualifications:
- In-service training in subjects related to the testing process, automated tooling and quality systems
- AWS (Amazon Web Services) Certification is desirable
- A positive and proactive attitude to problem solving
- Attention to detail
- A team player, willing to get involved and help others when needed, with a driven personality who asks questions and actively participates in discussions
- Someone who is a team player, they must be willing to get their sleeves rolled up from time to time, to take this business to one that is an industry leader
What the job involves
- The software development and test engineer is a key part of the technology team that operates the Freedom Fibre Wholesale Fibre platform
- The software development and test engineer both produces solution designs and code suitable to solve development requirements identified, whilst also providing guidance to their wider team
- Create software solutions for defined problems
- Work with the Architecture team and wider business to ensure that requirements are accurate
- Merging code into the CI/CD process
- Review code produced by team members
- Provide support for existing code deployments
- Support with resolving defects
- Prepare, execute & document tests of software-based delivery items
- Development of related automatic test suites and the platforms required to run these test suites
- Oversee some aspects of the release process, in particular, early life defect remediation, feature requests and ad-hoc support for user queries
- Reporting to: Technical Lead
- Our offices are open 07:00 through to 19:00 and we are happy to be flexible with working hours so you can enjoy a relatively stress-free commute or work from home to create the best possible work life balance that suits you and Freedom Fibre
Our take
Costs and rollout speed are two main issues with fibre network installations, especially in underserved parts of the UK. Freedom Fibre is a northwestern company that partners with internet service providers to install cost-effective networks across the UK. It positions itself as an altnet provider, working independently from wider broadband infrastructures, utilising fibre optics cables so that individuals and companies can run their own secure and speedy networks.
Freedom Fibre claims to be more than 40x faster and 5x more reliable than home broadband packages, and also develops fibre network solutions for enterprises, guaranteeing a 5-hour fix time on any errors or outages. It walks the walk, too, securing a partnership with major wholesale connectivity, voice, cloud and security provider Platform X Communications in 2025. This will see PXC use Freedom Fibre’s network for all of its solutions.
After a merger with VX Fibre in 2024, Freedom Fibre has established itself as a leader in the altnet fibre optics space. It is currently accelerating its fibre optics rollout across the UK.
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Company HQ
Irlam, UK
Leadership
Neil McArthur
(Founder & Adviser)Also Chairman at the Hamilton Davies Trust. Previously CEO of Fibrenation, Group Innovation Director at Talk Talk Technology and was a Managing Director at Carphone Warehouse.
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