Junior Back-End Developer

The Benchmarking Network are looking for a Junior Back-End Developer to join our growing, friendly team of front and back-end developers. You will have the opportunity to work on a new software product from the outset, developing in JavaScript and Python, to help our healthcare clients understand their data to improve the outcomes of their patients, as well as maintaining and improving our existing software suite. You will liaise with our product designers and project managers to understand the needs of our clients, and work with the team to translate those requirements into new product features that delight our users. Assist in designing, developing, maintaining, and deploying new and existing APIs and applications using JavaScript or Python. Write concise and efficient SQL queries. Collaborate with The Benchmarking Network project teams and other Development Hub members to ensure functionalities meet user requirements. Support testing strategies and follow development processes to

maintain product robustness and quality. Contribute to coding standards and best practices. Analyse, debug, resolve performance and functional issues, recommend modifications, or suggest other remedial actions. Create documentation and prepare training materials for users and colleagues. Identify opportunities for innovation, improved productivity, efficiency, and quality within the technical team and across the company. Communicate effectively and establish strong working relationships with colleagues from the Development Hub and across the organisation. Essential Skills A programming-based qualification such as a university degree or bootcamp certification. Strong track record of problem-solving ability. Strong track record of meeting project deadlines. Experience in software development using Python, JavaScript, Golang or similar. Evidence of excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Experience and desire to work in a team. Use of version control repositories (i.e., Git).
Highly motivated and curious about our members, the work we do, how we can improve, how we can ensure maximum impact to benefit members and the delivery of healthcare services. Eager to participate in and contribute to a learning environment and to your own professional development. Detail oriented with excellent organisational skills. Highly professional in your internal and external communications. Committed to working with the highest level of integrity. Committed to the ongoing development of a strong and positive team culture. Genuinely interested and enthusiastic about developing and delivering quality improvement activities for our stakeholders. Desirable Skills Excellent IT skills including fluency with all Microsoft packages, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Knowledge of software engineering principles. Experience of testing strategies and principles. Experience building APIs or complex systems. Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment. About Company Our vision
and values are about making a difference to people's lives through supporting the NHS in continually improving the way it delivers healthcare to patients. The Benchmarking Network specialises in health and social care benchmarking, data and intelligence, utilising our extensive experience across all sectors of the health system to support our clients to deliver on the NHS Long Term Plan. We are the official research support team to the NHS Benchmarking Network and support 300+ healthcare organisations across the UK in meeting the challenges and opportunities of the NHS Long Term Plan. In addition, we facilitate two national audits - the National Audit for Care at the End of Life (NACEL) and the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Audit (CVDPREVENT) - and use our unique and comprehensive data sets, especially in the area of mental health, to support strategic decision-making and allocation of resources across the UK healthcare system. The Benchmarking Network aims