Junior Software Engineer

The Company

Gentrack provides leading utilities across the world with innovative cleantech solutions. The global pace of change is accelerating, and utilities need to rebuild for a more sustainable future. Working with some of the world’s biggest energy and water companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, we are helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. We are driven by our passion to create positive impact. That is why utilities rely on us to drive innovation, deliver great customer experiences, and secure profits. Together, we are renewing utilities.

**Our Values and Culture**

Colleagues at Gentrack are one big team, working together to drive efficiency in two of the planet’s most precious resources, energy, and water. We are passionate people who want to drive change through technology and believe in making a difference. Our values drive decisions and how we interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. Our core values are:

- Respect for the planet
- Respect for our customers and
- Respect for each other

Gentrackers are a group of smart thinkers and dedicated doers. We are a diverse team who love our work and the people we work with and who collaborate and inspire each other to deliver creative solutions that make our customers successful. We are a team that shares knowledge, asks questions, raises the bar, and are expert advisers. At Gentrack we care about doing honest business that is good for not just customers but families, communities, and ultimately the planet. Gentrackers continuously look for a better way and drive quality into everything they do.

This is a truly exciting time to join Gentrack with a clear growth strategy and a world class leadership team working to fulfil Gentrack’s global aspirations by having the most talented people, an inspiring culture, and a technology first, people centric business. The Opportunity

As a **Junior Software Engineer**, you will be expected to support the development of quality Gentrack products by actively contributing and collaborating with team members and other developers across teams. Operating within best coding practice is essential to this role, as is a team mind-set.

Your success will be reflected by:

- Ability to take on mainstream tasks within the scrum team and to proactively acquire the product and technical knowledge necessary to deliver your contributions.
- Active participation in all aspects of Agile software development. Including:

- Punctual and reliable attendance at all team meetings including daily stand ups.
- Clear communication of what you have done since the last stand up and what you are planning today.
- Clear communication to your team about any obstacles or blockers.
- Regular input/contribution is provided at task planning sessions.
- Task planning activities fit well to the actual work required to complete a story; i.e. individual activity is in line with the task board.
- Active involvement in grooming of the backlog.
- Emphasis on the importance of team play, made evident by interactions with team members and the wider company with positive relationships as a result.
- Being part of the operational team that supports the software you have built running in the cloud
- The successful delivery of software from your team to customers
- Feedback on the quality and quantity of your technical outputs from your team, technical reviewers, Leads and Managers.
- Support initiatives run by the GSTF and demonstrate our company values by providing a clear commitment to environmental and social responsibility.
- Contribute through identifying/proposing local sustainable practices and ideas in accordance with our Sustainability Charter.
- Utilise our sustainability app by taking part in challenges and improving behaviours to be more sustainable.

**The Specifics**
- Developing and maintaining software as part of a self-organising, multi-disciplined scrum team
- Testing and creating automated tests for software
- Documenting code and product features
- Participating in planning, stand-ups, estimation, retrospectives and backlog grooming as appropriate.
- Invest in personal training and development to maintain and advance your performance overtime.
- Being part of the operational team that supports the software you have built running in the cloud
- Guide and Mentor other scrum team members
- Assist and support Product Developments Services by effectively handing assigned service requests and defects for customers both internal and external.
- To abide to the Compliance Policies and Procedures of the Company.
- Take reasonable care of your own and other people’s Health & Safety in the workplace.
- Report all incidents and hazards in your work or in your work environment that may be putting your or anyone else’s Health & Safety at risk promptly.
- In addition to this you are required to carry out any other duties as reasonably requested by your direct line