IRIS Software Group is a leading business software and services provider, one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies. We help organisations to make better business decisions by developing integrated software solutions to minimise admin, make business processes more efficient and give more time to do what’s valued.

We started 45 years ago as an accounting software company, and have evolved to be relied on by more than 100,000 customers across 135 countries across a range of business industries. We're also trusted by more than 50 of the Top 100 CPA firms in North America to manage core business operations. Visit irisglobal.com for more information.

We invest heavily in development using the latest processes and technologies, driven by our Indian & Romanian Centres of Excellence to build the next generation of cloud based accounting software, cloud HCM and cloud education solutions.

Almost one million UK employees are managed by our HR software and services, and one in six UK employees are paid through IRIS payroll solutions.

We are the largest third-party online tax filer with the UK Government, and we are used by 54 of the top 100 US and 93 of the top 100 UK accountancy firms.

We also serve over 12,000 schools and academies, and almost four million UK families use our apps to connect to their child’s school.

In 2024, we won the Payroll Innovation Award at the 2024 Global Payroll Association Awards. We were also awarded Best EdTech product: School Management Solutions in the 2024 Global EdTech Awards and won the Technical Innovation - National Supplier Award at the OnRec Awards 2024. We were also recognised in the Infinigate UK Cloud Awards for EDGE Partner of the Year and Microsoft Security Partner of the Year.

We are proud of our Great Place to Work accolades, including Best Workplaces in Tech, Best Workplaces for Wellbeing and Best Workplaces for Women.

Purpose :

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior software engineer to join our Education development team. As a successful candidate you will be working as part of the IRIS Engineering function specifically on our HR & Compliance portfolio.

This is a ‘hands-on’ technical role working with a team to deliver features, product integrations, defect resolution and technical debt changes across web and cloud products. You will be a part of a full-stack team that is accountable for all aspects of ongoing software development from the initial specification, through to developing, testing and launching. You will be responsible for the quality and on-time delivery of the software you create, liaising with other development, quality and technical staff to ensure that compliance, and other governance standards are met.

You will need to be highly motivated, have strong communication and problem-solving skills. A team player that can rise to the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment and prepared to learn and apply new technical skills.

This is a great opportunity for you to join a growing and investing product and customer centric business, with opportunity for you to share and grow your skillset.

Responsibilities :

Delivery

Be cognizant of and working towards release schedules for releases including dates and stage gates for all major milestones.
Build strong working relationships to liaise with other IRIS teams for release purposes e.g. DevOps, Support, QA
Input to estimation process for requests coming from the business.

General

Hands on troubleshooting and problem-solving of software to including defect resolution and resolving production issues.
Ensure consistency and adherence to SDLC and governance processes across team reporting to you.
Champion nonfunctional requirements, embracing DevOps and shift to left using CI/CD pipelines.
Ensure development tooling is being used consistently & effectively.
Contribute to continuous improvement efforts within the team and efficiency.

People

Contribute a learning mindset within the team
Supports team members and promotes healthy respectful communications

Required Skills

Required Skills: -

Solid technical grounding in Microsoft stack, Azure and the following technologies: C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, Entity Framework, LINQ, C++ 14, WinForms, Microsoft SQL Server
Experience implementing development tooling for Microsoft stack (AZURE, JIRA, GIT)
Significant track record of delivering quality software using agile methodologies.
Manage technical projects from inception to in-life maintenance and support
Strong analysis and problem-solving skills used to troubleshoot and fix technical issues
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to utilize strong technical skills to develop and coach others
Create documentation for software created
Ability to collaborate and work as part of the wider Engineering and QA teams
A learning mindset with ability to adapt to new industry trends.

Desired Skills: -