Summary

Do you enjoy working on the sort of ground-breaking product that lifts the bar for an entire industry? Smart Communications has done it before, we’re doing it again and we’re looking for some top developers to help.

About Smart Communications

Smart Communications is a leading technology company focused on helping businesses engage in more meaningful customer conversations. Its Conversation Cloud™ platform uniquely delivers personalized, omnichannel conversations across the entire customer experience, empowering companies to succeed in today’s digital-focused, customer-driven world while also simplifying processes and operating more efficiently.

Smart Communications is headquartered in the UK and serves more than 650 customers from offices located across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Smart Communications’ Conversation Cloud platform includes the enterprise-scale customer communications management (CCM) power of SmartCOMMTM, forms transformation capabilities made possible by SmartIQTM and the trade documentation expertise of SmartDXTM. In 2021, the company acquired Assentis, a leading European software solutions provider specializing in customer communications management (CCM) with a focus on the financial services industry. To learn more, visit smartcommunications.com.

Who are you?

• You consider yourself a Developer, but your real skill is learning – you quickly and enthusiastically pick up new technologies, libraries, tools, techniques, and domains knowledge in order deliver the right solution.
• You have strong experience with Java and also experience using Chef (or similar) to automate maintenance of Java application environments, including updating Linux, Tomcat, etc.
• Other key technologies we work with include JavaScript, Python, AWS and Docker, so experience with any of those will be advantageous. We hope you’ll be working with us for years to come and we don’t know where the business requirements will take us, so you need to be prepared to get out of your comfort zone and learn new things.
• You know there’s a big difference between code that just-about-works versus “clean” code that’s well-structured and maintainable – and you want to deliver the latter. You love the confidence you get from a thorough test suite and build pipeline.
• You’re comfortable discussing requirements with the product management team, throwing your own ideas into the mix and constructively engaging to iterate on requirements and deliver the maximum value for the effort expended.
• You like working in an Agile development environment and take responsibility for getting things done as part of a team. You want to be the best you can be and embrace the chance to learn and adapt. You almost always get done what you say you will, and if you don’t you take the time to learn from the experience.

The responsibilities of the role include:

• Create and maintain high quality SmartCOMM product features
• Create and maintain appropriate automated tests alongside all product changes
• Maintain the components delivered within the SmartCOMM Appliance and Container Appliance
• Take shared responsibility for the output of their team
• Participate in the agile process including stand-ups, planning, demo’s and retrospectives

What we’re looking for:

Must have skills/experience:

• Java 11+ (we’re in the process of moving to Java 17)
• Spring Framework
• Java unit testing (we use JUnit 5)
• Linux Server, Tomcat, Chef
• Teamwork
• Fast learner

Advantageous skills/experience:

• AWS
• Cloud Formation
• Docker / Kubernetes
• Web security
• Agile / Scrum
• JavaScript
• Python
• Additional OOP experience (any language)
• Git / Bitbucket

We look for the following SMART values in everyone we hire at Smart Communications:

• Speak Openly - We are positive, creative, helpful, kind and we have fun. We listen and provide constructive feedback. Through meaningful conversations we encourage each other to be the best that we can be. We’re not complainers we’re problem solvers.
• Make a Difference - We focus on the things that matter and prioritize the things that have the greatest impact. We celebrate success and hold ourselves accountable for our choices. We don’t sit on the sidelines.
• Agile & Flexible - We are focused on evolving, improving and growing. We think differently and challenge the status quo with open minds. We ask ‘why?’ so that we can help remove complexity. We don’t allow hurdles to get in our way.
• Results-Focused - We get stuff done by being efficient, working at pace and paying attention to detail. We focus on finding solutions and fixing things. We don’t believe in being busy for the sake of being busy, we focus on productivity.
• Teamwork - We are stronger and better together. We collaborate, trust and support each other to deliver results for our company and our customers. We don’t want anyone to feel disengaged, we’re in this together!

What’s the deal?

We will provide you with the tools, equipment and support to give you the best possible chance of success and over-achieving your goals. Salary will depend on your experience and will be highly competitive.

In addition to a friendly and fun working environment, we provide a range of other benefits, including extensive health insurance, income protection, life assurance, subsidised gym membership, leisure travel insurance, pension contribution and a Cycle2Work scheme, as well as 25 days’ holiday allowance.

Located in Covent Garden, our offices are comfortable, flexible, and are always stocked with free beverages and fresh fruit. This role is fully remote.

So, if we interest you, please let us know by applying for this position and tell us all about yourself.

Please note: we only consider applicants with current legal right to work in the countries in which our positions are based. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status or gender identity.

To learn more about Smart Communications visit:

https://www.smartcommunications.com/