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From supporting critical national infrastructure to enabling smarter decisions through location intelligence, our digital products and platforms are at the heart of what we do.\nOur Engineering teams play a vital role in designing, building and supporting the services that power our business and customer-facing products. Working in agile, multidisciplinary teams, you'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, architects and delivery specialists to deliver secure, resilient and high-quality software solutions.\nAbout the role\nWe're looking for a talented Engineer to join our growing technology community.\nIn this role, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining software components using modern engineering practices and iterative delivery methodologies. You'll contribute to the development of reliable, secure and scalable services while helping to drive engineering best practice across the team.\nYou'll work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver valuable outcomes for our customers, support the services you build in production, and share your expertise to help other engineers grow and succeed.\n\nIn this role, you will:\nDevelop and maintain software components and services within your area of expertise\nApply engineering best practices and design patterns to deliver high-quality solutions\nSupport continuous improvement and help optimise team delivery processes\nEnsure software is secure, resilient, well-tested and maintainable\nSupport and operate live services, identifying and resolving production issues\nCollaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver business and customer value\nContribute to code reviews, knowledge sharing and mentoring colleagues where appropriate\nPromote a culture of learning, innovation and continuous improvement\nWe aim to provide a realistic picture of the role, the challenges involved and the impact you can have.\nWhat we’re looking for\nWe’re looking for someone who can demonstrate the skills and experience needed for this role and who aligns with our principles.\nYou’ll bring:\nExperience building and maintaining software applications and services\nStrong understanding of software engineering principles and modern development practices\nExperience working within Agile delivery environments\nKnowledge of software testing, quality assurance and secure development practices\nStrong problem-solving and analytical skills\nExperience troubleshooting and resolving production issues\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills\nA proactive approach to learning new technologies and improving ways of working\nExperience working with cloud technologies and modern software platforms \nExperience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices \nExperience of Azure cloud technologies and Scala, Python, Databricks, DevOps tools\nNice to have:\nExperience mentoring or supporting the development of other engineers\nKnowledge of observability, monitoring and operational support practices\nExperience working with Geospatial Data and Geospatial platforms (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS, FME)\nThe rewards\nWe want you to love what you do and feel supported to do your best work.\nOur benefits include:\nCompetitive salary and pension (OS contribute up to 12.07%)\nPerformance-related bonus (where applicable)\n28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)\nEnhanced family leave, including paid partner leave\nHybrid and flexible working options\nLearning and development support, coaching and mentoring\nFree subscription to OS Maps and access to wellbeing support\nVolunteering leave and matched fundraising\nLocation & working pattern\nWe embrace a hybrid working model at OS, because we believe in flexibility and balance. You’ll be based at our fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire, where you'll spend 50% of your working week collaborating face-to-face with colleagues. It’s all about combining the best of both worlds connection and autonomy to help you thrive.\nSecurity & eligibility\nOS conducts pre-employment checks for anyone made an offer of employment, including identity, right to work, employment history and criminal record checks (via Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS)).\nSome of our roles may require additional security vetting. We will advise candidates during the recruitment process if additional vetting may be required for that specific role.\nThis role requires the right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, OS cannot provide visa sponsorship for this position.\nInclusion at OS\nResearch shows that people from underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. 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