Junior Software Engineer We’re looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow. Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them. What does Access offer you? We offer a flexible, hybrid working environment where you can balance work and life while maintaining a strong office team-based culture. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We’ll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career. You will start with 25 days annual leave that increases with your seniority in the company, a private healthcare and life insurance. We pride ourselves on being an organisation that gives back so you’ll also have one charity day allocated to support a cause that matters to you. There are plenty of other perks. Apply to find out more. About you: You are a self-motivated, technically minded individual, with a passion for software development and a keen sense of pride in the work you do. You are a team player who thrives on close collaboration with your colleagues and takes shared ownership of the development pipeline along with the team.You are focused on delivering high-quality solutions to given times lines and are comfortable working in an agile scrum environment. You are constantly seeking to improve both your skills and enjoy working in a fast-paced dynamic company. You will be expected to contribute ideas and opinions to planning and refinement sessions. Key accountabilities and responsibilities: Design, develop and iteratively release quality driven software solutions following Agile methodologies to meet agreed requirements and acceptance criteria using a range of languages and technologies . Write clean, self-documenting code that is well structured, well-named and easy to read . Ensuring development standards are established, known, and followed within an agile team. Actively contribute to requirement discussions and analysis, whilst taking responsibility for understanding the scope, risk, and complexity of changes , and where appropriate, provide feedback to the requirements and acceptance criteria . Analyse, identify and fix the root cause of defects throughout the various layers of an application . Identify, compartmentalise, and execute refactoring where commercially/technically necessary , with a focus on maintainability . Actively promote a quality focussed approach within the team, showing ownership for quality activities and collaboration with the QA team. Prepared to test own work and that of others to ensure quality. Technical Requirements: Confident in the ability to write and unit-test new code using C#, ASP.NET Web API, .NET Core, MSSQL, implement REST and SOAP services. Knowledge of UI design and development using React, Bootstrap, Typescript, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery. Solid principles, dependency injection, entity framework Basic understanding of OOP principles, design patterns Nice to have: Knowledge of Continuous Integration & Deployment. Knowledge of OWASP security principles and accessibility standards like WCAG. Knowledge of Postman and frameworks like MVC, etc What are we all about? The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software to small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific. It helps more than 100,000 customers across commercial and non-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Our products and solutions go beyond providing technology, we connect the right people with the right data, at the right time, through Access Workspace. At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. If you're excited about this role, (even if your previous experience doesn't align perfectly), you might just be the perfect fit for us! We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity. Why not join our vibrant team where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you? Let's make a difference together. Love Work. Love Life. Be You.