Senior Software Consultant

ParentPay Group is Europe’s leading software product company and the UK’s largest education technology business. We are on a mission to bring next-generation innovation to positively impact on the lives of millions of parents, teachers, and students every day in over 49 countries. Our market leading products use cutting edge cloud-based technology to streamline school processes, including secure web and mobile apps that enable secure online payments for school items such as meals, trips, clubs and uniform, improve parental engagement, simplify meal management and - through our product SIMS - collect and manage a database of student information and core school operations. ParentPay Group’s new offices in Pune are a fantastic tech hub for those looking to boost their careers in software product development. Our bright team FastTrack their career with international exposure and ways of working based on agile development best practices from globally renowned technology consultancies. Key Responsibilities · Provide technical guidance to a Scrum team developing our Payments software products using agile methodologies · Design and build highly available, secure, and scalable services · Collaborate with other tech leads and architects to design world-class software solutions · Be an SME for various technical domains · Take ownership of the code base you work on · Mentoring team members to help build the best teams · Acquire a comprehensive domain knowledge of our products and business · Ensure code test coverage · You will be involved in projects from their inception through to delivery. Working with Agile tools, techniques, and best practices like the Three Amigos to improve our products, focusing on delivering high business value features first. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Development - Strong .Net development, C#, SQL, Web Development, Angular, Understanding Requirements, Performance Optimisation, Design Patterns, .Net, SDLC, Software Testing, CI/CD, Coaching, Documentation Communication - Effective communicator at all levels from team members to stakeholders and senior management. Able to give clear and concise instruction and ensure everyone is kept well-informed System Testing - Ensure code coverage from unit testing to automated E2E QA test Troubleshooting - Ability to quickly understand problems and how to resolve them Experience Minimum 5 years' experience building web applications and systems using the Microsoft .Net platform Including Angular web apps, Rest API, Services and SQL databases SDLC - Requirements Gathering, Software Design, Development and QA Testing, CI/CD pipelines Agile development environment using Scrum Proven ability to develop and deliver high quality software Experience of a high-throughput, high-availability, software systems with a large user base Ideally Experience working in a Product-led development environment Experience of product discovery methods Experience in the EdTech industry