Software Developer at PlotBox

We pride ourselves on delivering world class solutions to our clients and rely on our autonomous and cross-functional Development team to utilise a modern technology stack to build our PlotBox platform, an industry leading solution comprising of Web, Mobile and Native applications. 

Working on the Development team, you will have a varied job, delivering product enhancements in a fast-paced, agile environment. You will be given responsibility to design and deliver core modules and features of the system. You get to contribute and make a real difference. 

To support recent growth and new business, we are now looking for developers to join our existing sprint teams to boost our ability to deliver exciting new greenfield technology development.  Sprint rotations will ensure you also have the opportunity to deliver against the product roadmap and respond to live fix issues and change requests. 

PlotBox are committed to personal development and time for training, you will join an established and experienced agile software development team who are committed to exploring and utilising modern and in-demand tools and technologies. You will have the opportunity to work alongside technology/industry experts continuously developing your own skills whilst gaining hands-on experience in a fascinating industry that makes a real difference to how our customers operate, making our jobs meaningful and rewarding. 

Responsibilities 

You will be responsible for delivering pre-agreed activities within each sprint which will involve:

• Designing, coding, building, testing and maintenance of software systems
• Producing and executing unit tests
• Identifying and fixing incidents in software
• Independently solving problems
• Following change control processes and procedures
• Providing trusted work package estimates

Who we think will be a great fit

ESSENTIAL:   

To be successful in this role you will have solid experience building modern applications using new technologies.  You will be coding in PHP and Javascript but if these development languages are new to you, there is an opportunity to cross train into this. 

You will have:

• At least 3 years’ experience in a software development role designing, building and testing modern web or mobile applications 
• Experience building, maintaining and consuming APIs
• Experience of debugging and working with live/production environments
• A keen appetite to learn new skills and technologies 

DESIRABLE:  

It’s not a deal breaker, but ideally you will have some experience of:

• Deploying and managing web applications on cloud platforms
• Deployment to Azure or AWS 
• Continuous integration and continuous delivery techniques
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members 
• Contributing to open source, attending hackathons

Company Summary

PlotBox is the leading software solution provider for the bereavement industry, facilitating crematoria and cemetery clients all around the world. We are very clear on our mission; to take away some of the pain for families dealing with death and those who serve them. Enabling our clients with world class software allows them to turn their attention to successfully supporting grieving families. 

We are a high growth scale up of almost 60 people headquartered in NI and spread out across the globe, collaborating on a journey to make PlotBox the solution of choice for every death care facility, globally.  We live and breathe our core values – Tenacity, Teamwork and Trust.

We have a passion for tech and innovation, actively exploiting new and cutting-edge tools and technologies to enhance our product and skillset. We actively promote from within and our dynamic scale up culture ensures proactivity and initiative is rewarded with excellent career opportunities, progression and mobility.

How would our team describe life in PlotBox? When asked to describe our company, they use words such as fun, respect, care, team spirit, family feel, trust, happy, listen, sense of accomplishment, flexibility, development.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join our talented team. We recently made it into the top 10 UK Best Workplaces™ 2021 and could not be happier. Our staff have told us loud and clear that they love working for PlotBox; from the relaxed working environment to feeling truly valued in their roles. In addition, our purpose driven mission and the sense of pride in doing what we do - to ultimately lessen people’s pain at the most difficult time of their lives - means a lot to our team.

Benefits Offered by PlotBox

Our headquarters are ideally placed in the beautiful and scenic countryside location around Ballymena along with other office locations in the USA and Australia.  We are constantly increasing our list of benefits which currently include:

• Investment in employee growth, development and certification courses.
• Regular wellbeing initiatives and health cash plans
• Safe and supportive culture; we foster continuous improvement in all aspects of work
• Career mobility and progression
• Regular travel opportunities
• Flexible working hours
• Pension
• Working from home options (and not just during the pandemic!)
• Active social and charity committee - lots of social events throughout the year
• Office perks: fridge and larder fully stocked with unlimited drinks and snacks
• Free Parking