Copperchase is pleased to announce a vacancy:

Software Developer – Cramlington (Office-Based)

Location: Cramlington, NE23 1LZ
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Negotiable (depending on experience)

About the Role
Copperchase is looking for a talented and motivated Software Developer to join our team based in our Cramlington office. This role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to innovative projects within a supportive and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities and Objectives

• Development of new high-quality software in C# following Copperchase published software development standards.
• Maintenance of software in C#, VB.NET and VB6 following Copperchase published software development standards.
• Writing and maintaining Copperchase software documentation.
• Management of the Copperchase Azure DevOps system used for the code repository and software change records.
• Releasing software to customers.
• Identifying and fixing software defects as described by Copperchase Engineers or Customers.
• Assisting the company identifying new software technologies and solutions appropriate to Copperchase products.
• Identify and undertake training to maintain and advance the current professional skill set.

Major Duties

• Development and maintenance of software in C#, VB.NET and VB6 following the Copperchase quality procedures for software development.
• Writing and editing software design, software development plans, and user manual documents.
• Ensuring software changes are documented and independently verified.
• Verification of software changes made by other members of the team.
• Managing the release of software to customers.
• Identifying and fixing software defects as described by Copperchase Engineers or Customers.
• To be aware of new developments and techniques in software and being capable of assessing their suitability for application to existing and new Copperchase developments.

Experience

Required

• Software development of front-end applications and back-end services in C# and VB6 using .NET (Core) with WinForms and ASP.NET.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server databases including database design and the creation of robust queries.

Desirable

• Data serialization techniques including XML, XSLT, XPath, and JSON.
• Regular Expressions.
• Development of Windows installer packages using Advanced Installer.
• Visual Basic 6.0.