Company:
Mercer
Description:
The Software Engineer is one of the primary engineering roles within a Squad, they are often Engineers that have worked on several products and have at least an intermediate level of experience in solution delivery principles. As a Software Engineer at Mercer, you will be responsible for the development, implementation, and support of performant, highly scalable software solutions. This is a hands-on role that requires the candidate to work collaboratively in a squad following a Scaled Agile development methodology. You must be a self-starter, delivery-focused, and possess a broad set of technology skills.
We will count on you to:
- Ensure that solution requirements are gathered accurately, understood, and that all stakeholders have transparency on impacts
- Hands-on; write code, peer review and test alongside your teams
- Follow engineering best practices and principles within your organisation
- Work closely with a Lead Software Engineer
- Follow good agile practices that are foundational to product delivery
- Be an active member of the MMC Technology community – contribute, collaborate, and learn
- Build strong relationships with members of your engineering squad
- Work with state-of-the-art technologies to solve genuine, real-world problems
- Troubleshoot and resolve software engineering issues
- Provide technical support to clients on existing problems
- Recommend and execute code improvements based on current solutions
What you need to have:
- For the Software Engineer role, we are looking for a candidate with proven experience of working on mulitple products
- The ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues in a cross-functional environment
- Proven track record of successfully delivering software solutions
- Some experience or knowledge of working with Agile at Scale, Lean and Continuous Delivery approaches such as Continuous Integration, Test-Driven Development and Infrastructure as Code
- Some experience with cloud native software architectures
- Proven experience in the remediation of SAST/DAST findings
- Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Strong Self-starter and active squad contributor
Technical Skills or Qualifications Required:
- Proficient in one or more of the following programming languages and frameworks with in-depth skills in at least one of the following: JavaScript, Typescript, C#
- Strong experience in one or more of the following frameworks Angular, NodeJS, Express.JS, .NET, Less(Sass)
- Experience with Unit Testing and Integration Testing is also essential
- Strong experience working with an ORM Framework including the use of TSQL and NOSQL
- databases such as MSSQL and Mongodb
- Some experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of SDLC processes and practices and experience with some or all of Confluence, JIRA, ADO, Github etc.
- Experience working with the MEAN or MERN stack
- The ability to apply Patterns and Practices to real world use cases
- Experience of Drupal or Camunda would be beneficial but not essential
Why join our team:
- We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders;
- We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues, clients, and communities;
- Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being;
- A yearly budget and the opportunity to build your flexible benefits package (up to 20% of your annual salary);
- 30+ days off (including legal days, birthday, public holiday replacements, and benefits options);
- Performance bonus scheme;
- Matching charity contributions, charity days off, and the Pay it Forward charity challenge;
- Core benefits: Pension, Life and Medical Insurance, Meal Vouchers, Travel Insurance.
Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.