Senior Software Engineer

As our Senior Software Engineer, you’ll help shape Riverford’s digital future.

We are seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our team on a fixed term (6 months initially) as a key contributor to the development of innovative customer-facing and back-office software solutions. With a diverse range of projects, from bespoke applications to third-party integrations (including ERP integrations), you’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate your expertise in software excellence and your ability to deliver outstanding results.

If you're passionate about software excellence and want to be part of an ethical business, we’d love to hear from you!

Hours - The role is a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We encourage flexitime and hybrid working. This role can be remote with a requirement to be on-site when needed, or based at our HQ at Wash Farm, Devon.

Your Responsibilities…

• Collaborating with business stakeholders and third-parties, including product managers, solution architects, SMEs, and key function owners, to tackle high-value business problems head-on.
• Crafting innovative solutions that perfectly align with user and stakeholder requirements, by leveraging your creative problem-solving skills.
• Building cutting-edge solutions with your expert knowledge of Clojure and potentially other technologies.
• Focusing on exciting areas such as e-commerce APIs, delivery and logistics, CMS, payment processing, and third-party vendor integrations, to make a real impact on our platform's capabilities.

Skills and Experience…

• Clojure experience; other JVM languages are also desirable. Most of our current development is done in Clojure.
• Expert understanding of the JVM, its library ecosystem and tooling.
• Experience of COTS ERP bespoke API integrations.
• Strong understanding of SQL Databases. At Riverford we use MySQL and SQL Server.
• Computer science fundamentals, data structures, time, and space complexity.
• Architecture fundamentals: able to reduce complexity, understand concurrency, and understand distribution.
• Automated testing experience. We automate integration, acceptance, and unit tests. We use selenium to test our UIs.
• Version control experience, we use git.
• AWS experience is highly desirable. We host on AWS and leverage many of its services. Familiarity in writing tooling against AWS APIs is desirable.
• Capable of solving problems and communicating them to both technical and non-technical people.
• Good amount of experience in commercial software development, working with teams, full stack development and integrating disparate systems.
• You have a history of delivering architectural decisions on the projects you have worked on and will be comfortable describing the real business value behind those decisions.

Work with us at Riverford, and join a thriving employee-owned business

• Be part of a supportive, down-to-earth and solutions driven tech team
• Beyond the Veg Box - At Riverford, our passion for organic vegetables is unmatched. We’re not just about delivering veg boxes; we're dedicated to sustainable farming and community building. As a part of our team, you become a co-owner, sharing in our successes and contributing to a mission that goes beyond profit. We aim to make Riverford a fulfilling place to work, where our co-owners feel valued.
• Our HQ at Wash Farm in Devon is a beautiful place, surrounded by good people, good food, and plenty of fresh air. As a co-owner, you’ll benefit from 33 days holiday (pro rata, including bank holidays), an ethical & generous company pension scheme, and an annual profit share, where 10% of all profits are split equally among co-owners. We also offer heavily discounted organic breakfasts and lunches, free organic fruit and veg to take home and free parking when on site.
• Grow with Riverford - Take the next step in your personal and professional journey with training tailored to help you grow and achieve your goals.

Application Process: We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert early, so we encourage you to apply soon