JavaScript Job: Graduate Software Developer

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omni-channel retailer in the sports, fashion, and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Graduate Software Developer will be required to work as an integral part of the IT Development team. The candidate will help to develop and support of our internal applications, ERP and instore systems.

The Graduate Developer will need to be comfortable working in a busy, dynamic, fast-paced, flexible organisation and as such will need to thrive in such a situation. Within the development environment priorities will change rapidly and the developer will be required to change projects seamlessly without prior notice.

They will work with likeminded, confident, friendly and pro-active people.

Reporting to the Development Lead, the graduate software developer will be working in a fast moving and delivery focused environment. The candidate will receive training and gain experience working with some of our primary development technologies:

• COBOL
• Java, JavaScript, REACT
• C++
• Oracle SQL and PL/SQL
• Google cloud platform
• Apache Camel, Kafka

Your training will also include, but not be limited to:

• Linux
• Agile methodology
• Version control
• Testing
• Soft skills (e.g. Communication)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, test and deploy applications
• Analysis of technical requirements and writing technical documentation
• Solution analysis and design, creating task breakdown and planning.
• Ensuring that all development adheres to defined coding standards/guidelines
• Monitoring the application support queue, and responding to assigned support requests
• Reporting progress to the Development Lead and/or mentor

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE NEEDED

Essential:

• Graduate with a relevant Degree
• Analytical and detailed approach to problem solving
• Keen to learn new technologies
• Self-motivated with ability to prioritise, organise and manage own workload with minimal supervision
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment

Preferable:

• COBOL development experience
• Java or React development experience
• Realtime data streaming technologies
• Basic SQL knowledge
• Database design experience

BENEFITS

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation
• Pension Scheme
• Flexible Working Hours
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work

NEXT STEPS

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.