Software Developer - Content Delivery

Oxford Economics, a leading economic forecasting and consulting firm, is hiring for a Software Developer on our Content Delivery team. As a Software Developer, you will work in a growing in-house team developing Oxford Economics’ online software services and product lines. You will join an established team of customer-focused individuals who are passionate about solving complex problems at scale.

This role will be focused on supporting advanced integrations to a subscription-based content platform used by our clients across the world. You will work with your team to break down problems, explore technical approaches, and develop and deploy solutions in a way that continuously delivers value to our customers. Our teams collectively own and maintain their own software and are responsible for ensuring high-quality outputs, working in an agile way and focused on continuous improvement.

You will work in tandem with our Economists, Analysts and Business Development teams to develop state-of-the-art product and service features driven by client needs. You should love to create great software, love learning, and be passionate about your role and profession as a software developer. An active appreciation for the role economics plays in the world and how technology can contribute to our evolving client value propositions will be key to your success.

Working with the software development team to build resilient cloud-native serverless architecture to integrate systems for thousands of users Develop new capabilities around online publishing of content including high-volume timely email notifications to a growing global subscription base Actively participate in continuous improvement of the team’s processes by proactively sharing knowledge, demonstrating success and day-to-day mentoring of others Work and succeed in a fast-paced and agile development environment to drive tasks to completion while ensuring code is robust and easy to maintain Apply quality assurance practices such as peer design/code reviews to measure and improve software development quality, timeliness and efficiency In addition to improving and innovating products, all team members share the load of maintaining, managing, operating and supporting the existing technology portfolio Key Working Relationships Internal: Development Team / Product Team Economists / Business Development IT Support / Infrastructure Architects External: Cloud providers Software vendors Required 2-3 years of commercial software development experience across the product lifecycle Comfortable predominantly working with Node.

js, React and TypeScript (JavaScript) Familiar with JS/TS testing frameworks e.g. Mocha, Chai, Jest, Cucumber Strong problem-solving skills; ability to monitor, troubleshoot and debug technical issues An active interest and understanding of idiomatic and pattern-oriented, modern software design, programming principles and development best practices Strong communication skills and user/business/customer-facing qualities Desired University degree qualification, preferably STEM-related or equivalent experience Azure DevOps pipelines, or equivalent Continuous Integration experience Azure functions, Azure service bus and message-based microservices Understanding of modern software development practices including Scrum Experience with Microsoft stack including .

NET Core and C# Domain experience / demonstrable interest in economics-related fields Oxford Economics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Benefits

Here are some of the benefits we offer in the UK to ensure you feel valued, supported, and thrive at work:

• Private Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Program
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Hybrid/Flexible Working
• Team Gatherings and Connection Boost!