Associate Application Developer

Job Description

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in your local office 2/3 days a week. 

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be. 

Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally. 

What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people! 

Joining us as an Associate Application Developer

You’ll receive a competitive salary, a performance related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

You will work within a development squad, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver valuable features for business systems in a DevOps-driven, agile Kanban environment. This role is ideal for a junior developer eager to expand their knowledge and gain hands-on experience.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing: 

• Write efficient and readable PHP or Python code
• Ensure code is correctly unit tested
• Help refine business requirements into items of work
• Learning technologies used within squad and department

What you’ll bring to the role 

You’ll bring experience with PHP or Python, along with an IT-related degree or equivalent. Additionally, you will have:

• Strong ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Quick learning skills to absorb new ideas and concepts
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly and concisely

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way. 
What you can expect from us 

We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!