The vacancy

Job Purpose

To work as part of a team developing new, and maintaining existing, cross-platform (web, iOS, Android) applications, services and interfaces covering the entirety of functions required for the College to continue and improve all its current and future members’ services.

To support all other team members whenever and wherever possible in any and all other aspects of Digital service and / or project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Write clean, testable code to replace legacy applications or deliver new functionality in line with the RCVS’s strategic requirements.
• Support the organisation’s existing application base.
• Work with stakeholders to write feature specifications for new functionality
• Mentoring less experienced members of the team through pair programming and code reviews.
• Use knowledge of a range of programming languages and frameworks to provide solutions across the entire portfolio of RCVS software, whether back-end or front-end.
• Support the College’s AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Provide technical support for RCVS Knowledge; assist in securing, patching, backing up, and replacing their legacy websites and applications; assist in implementing shared platforms or functionality when appropriate while respecting the charity’s separate nature.
• Implement well-documented APIs to enable exchange of information in standardised formats, including with third parties where appropriate.
• Create and curate intuitive, comprehensive, integrated and secure capability covering the full breadth of all services and functions, internally and externally, for use by both internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure all development occurs in-line with industry best practice, particularly in regard to; source control, versioning, performance, efficiency, security, and documentation of all development work.
• Maintain a close eye on the latest state of application development best-practice, including new languages, technologies and frameworks, and act as a champion for new / improved approaches within the College.
• Champion a strong, modern approach to software development at the RCVS, with use of standard, open-source technologies and protocols wherever possible.
• Provide guidance, design, implementation and management of automated workflow type approaches.
• Support colleagues in managing, organising and documenting user groups focusing on new and existing applications.
• Gather user requirements and assist in aligning these with the organisation’s strategic goals.
• Ensure strong UAT / manual / automated testing (as appropriate) of any and all present and future systems.
• Maintain careful and clear records of all user needs and requested features so as to enable efficient delivery of improvements across the organisation’s complete application portfolio.