Posted date: Sun, 9th Nov
Location: United Kingdom
Senior Software Engineer - JavaScript , MixRadio,
Central Bristol
Central Bristol
Microsoft has always believed in the transformative power of technology. From the initial vision of placing a personal computer on every desktop and in every home, to putting mobile devices into a billion hands, we have connected and empowered generations. We want to make the lives of billions of people better in fundamental ways - that's what we do today, and that's what we'll do tomorrow.
Who we are
MixRadio is a truly global music service, operating in over 30 countries. We aim to deliver a personalised radio experience to mobile and web, learning each user’s taste and helping them enjoy and discover music. Our mobile-first web application (www.mixrad.io) streams music to the browser (IE8 , Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc.) from a catalogue of more than 30 million tracks that includes artists from all major labels and many local independents.
Our Bristol office accommodates a largely technical staff of over 200 employees, where roles include developers who build the JVM-based services that power the underlying platform, mobile client developers, system administrators, designers, musicologists, content editors and product specialists.
As part of Microsoft, you would bring passion, dedication and commitment to deliver to consumers the very best of what our technology can offer in mobility. Together with you we aim to deliver new levels of innovation in a family of devices and services that delight consumers with great end-to-end experiences at home, work and everywhere in between.
In Bristol we design, develop and support our Global Entertainment service which delivers digital Music across the wide range of Lumia devices as well as the web (www.mixrad.io)
What experience you need to have
Essential
? Working knowledge of HTTP
? JavaScript
? HTML and CSS
? PHP, or another server-side language
Beneficial
? JavaScript MV* frameworks
? Test-driven development (TDD)
? Linux (both as a production and as a development environment)
? Version control systems e.g. Git
? Continuous integration e.g. Jenkins
? Build tooling e.g. Grunt
? Browser-testing techniques e.g. CasperJS
? RESTful APIs and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
? Cloud-based deployments e.g. Azure / AWS
? Kanban / Scrum
How you will work in our teams
? Writing and designing code that is tested at a unit and functional level.
? Contributing to a small agile team; regularly pair-programming and participating in planning meetings and retrospectives.
? Working closely with designers and product owners to help define and improve the customer experience of our web application.
? Collaborating effectively with other teams and stakeholders.
? Taking responsibility of your software from creation to production. This includes writing automated tests, controlling the deployment to all environments including production, and monitoring the live site during office hours.
? Providing a clear technical vision and component architecture to the team.
? Mentoring and coaching other team members.
Where we are
Our office is in central Bristol, next to St Nick's market and just 15 minutes walk from Temple Meads train station.
Why join us?
? Friendly, collaborative, relaxed environment in a modern open plan office with social areas and games including table football, pool and Xbox consoles.
? Agile and continuously improving teams, practicing a mixture of Kanban and Scrum for 5 years.
? Innovation encouraged. Developers are given 10% time, we run company-wide hackfests and new technologies are often trialled and adopted.
? Opportunities for training and conferences.
? Free fruit daily and cakes on a Friday!
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| Job Title | Senior Software Engineer - Javascript |
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| Posted By | Nokia |
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| City or State | Bristol |
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