Graduate Software Developer

Vtalentglobal ,
Uxbridge, Greater London

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Job Description

Closing Date: 2019-11-31 Salary: 28,000 - 35,000 per annum depending on skills, qualifications and experience. Salary progression subject to performance. Application Requirements: Please submit a CV and covering letter. Job Description Our Client is inviting applications for a Software Developer to join our team in Ware to take a central role in delivering a project to develop advanced analytics in combination with optimisation techniques for Vehicle Routing and joining a professional Agile software development team. This is a new and important role for Optrak, who are looking to enhance their logistics optimisation software to incorporate additional business intelligence functionality and insight into customer operations. You will engage with Optrak's customers, staff and other logistics experts to help build the right products for Optrak and its customers. Experience of working in a commercial environment and logistics, in particular, would be highly desirable. The role provides an excellent opportunity to learn new new idioms and techniques applicable to analytics - including streaming and potentially some machine learning. Candidate You should hold or be close to completion of an undergraduate (preferably a postgraduate) degree or equivalent in computer science, artificial intelligence, operational research or a related STEM discipline. Candidates without a computer science degree should have significant programming experience. The role will require you to program in Scala and Javascript, so experience in those languages would be strongly preferred. Training and guided self-learning programmes will be provided. In addition, knowledge and experience of the following would be valuable: Logistics, Operations Research, Mapping/GIS, OLAP/Analytics General business data modelling. We want people who will bring enthusiasm, creativity and analytical thinking to the job as well as being proactive, and a good communicator. You will be expected to make your own design decisions and be prepared to justify them during code reviews. Company Our Client is in Vehicle Routing and Scheduling software and related consultancy. The company works primarily in the Scala programming language using the latest functional programming tools and paradigms. Required Skills Scala and Javascript Logistics, Operations Research, Mapping/GIS, OLAP/Analytics General business data modelling. Employment Type: FULL_TIME