Senior Flutter Engineer

Summary

Join the Touch team, a part of AJ Bell, and be a key player in developing a next-generation investment platform. We're building a mobile-first investment app to revolutionize how consumers access financial advice and manage investments. You will engage in the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to production support. Collaboration and communication are crucial as you work within a distributed team. Continuous improvement and automation are central to our approach. The role requires strong programming skills, understanding of software design patterns, and experience in building scalable and secure code. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Excellent programming and problem solving skills
• Understanding of relevant software design patterns and paradigms, such as OOAD, DDD, MVC, microservices, containers/orchestration or event-driven architecture
• Experience in creating performant, scalable, secure and well tested code
• You take ownership of tasks and problems, clearing roadblocks and pulling in other people to help when needed

Responsibilities

• Engage in the full software development lifecycle: requirements gathering with stakeholders, working as a team to build and test features, managing deployment and supporting the service in production
• Work as part of a distributed team made up of self-motivated and collaborative individuals
• Iteratively make improvements to a new product while aligning to our mutually agreed design and architectural principles
• Always looking for ways we can improve our product, processes and practices
• Automated testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment
• Working outside of your specialism when needed

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with Investment or Pensions platforms

Benefits

• Starting salary of £70,000 - £80,000 (Depending on experience)
• Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• Health Cash Plan – provided by SimplyHealth
• Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
• Free gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay+ pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
• Ongoing technical training
• Professional qualification support
• Talent development programmes
• Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
• Casual dress code
• Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
• Hybrid working: At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the Bristol office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues