At our Hitchin office.

Salary:	circa £30,000
Job type:	Permanent - 37.5 hours per week
Closing Date:	12th November 2011

We currently have an opening for a C# Software Developer in our Payroll and HR software business.

Reporting to the Development Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for development of components/modules for our business management applications as well as contributing to central development of the core products.

There is a large existing codebase which is mainly written in C and C++; the role will include converting and improving upon this and, to a lesser extent, investigating issues within the legacy applications.

Technical input to specifications will also be required. This may sometimes require communicating directly with a client.

The position is full-time (37.5 hours per week), based at our Hitchin Office. Some flexibility in start and finish times will be available after the initial probation period. Our normal office hours are 09:00 to 17:30.

The salary offered will be circa £30,000 depending upon skills and experience.

Skills Required

• Strong C# knowledge (Particularly based on .NET Versions 2.0 to 3.5)
• 2+ years experience using C# day-to-day
• Understanding of Winforms
• Application design experience
• Previous experience in producing and maintaining a codebase
• Good SQL knowledge
• Understanding of Client - Server architecture and awareness of implications/limitations.
• Understanding of modular design and code re-use.
• Obvious desire to better own knowledge and ability to identify weaknesses in both own and company skill set.
• Ability to learn new technologies and adapt quickly if the business environment changes
• Understanding of security issues (E.g. SQL Injection and data interception)
• Strong documentation skills
• Adherence to company coding and documentation styles.
• Only applicants eligible to work in the UK should apply.

While no particular level of education is specified, the candidate must have excellent spoken and written English, and be able to demonstrate a very good ability in logical mathematics.

Desirable Skills

• Basic ADO.NET
• Advanced SQL knowledge (especially Microsoft SQL Server)
• C++
• Experience with source control systems (particularly Subversion)

Other useful Skills

• ASP.NET
• HTML and related technologies
• Knowledge of Foreign Languages

Please send your CV, together with a covering letter, to Simon Thompson at:

recruit@hrsystems.net

or by post to:

Simon Thompson
Software for People Limited
The Maltings
Bridge Street
Hitchin
Herts
SG5 2DE

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