1. Job title: Developer
Reports to: DevelopmentTeam Leader
Location: Cheltenham/Warwick/London
IRESS is a principal global supplier of share market and wealth management systems producing innovative,
sophisticated solutions.
Open channels of communication keep us focused and informed across the entire business. We strive for
excellence in our relationships with clients and industry bodies alike. We are client-driven, responsive and
promote a culture that supports working with our customers and the industry to face challenges and keep
pace with industry developments.
Accountabilities & Deliverables
 Contribute to the design and development of software components within an agreed timeframe and
defined quality standard
 Resolve issues, defects and queries raised at any phase of development or production in a timely
and professional manner
 Conduct quality reviews of own deliverables and deliverables from peers and junior members of the
development community
 Provide estimates on technical development tasks
 Report progress regularly, escalating matters as appropriate
 Mentor and coach more junior members of staff
 Support the client
 Build knowledge of IRESS development processes, protocols, methods and tools
 Build knowledge of the clients’ technical environment
 Build knowledge of the clients’ business in relation to IRESS products
 Build knowledge of IRESS products
 Build relevant product market knowledge
Relationships
 You are a problem-solver with good people and communication skills, able to work with people from
a range of roles, both internal and external.
 You have good listening and interpreting skills, with the ability to remain objective
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2.  You have good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels in a robust but
diplomatic manner
 You have good influencing skills.
Core Skills, Knowledge and Attributes
 You have good interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
 You are an analytical thinker, with a logical approach to solutions and problem solving
 You are able to work well under pressure and manage own time appropriately
 You are able to work well on an individual basis and within a team
 You are able to seek appropriate support from developer community / supporting peers
 You are self-motivated, proactive with a positive attitude
 You are flexible in your approach and mind-set.
 Build understanding of regulation requirements relating to relevant products.
Key Competencies
 Educated to technical degree level or equivalent experience
 Commercial experience of a project through the life cycle of development and into production
 Commercial experience of developing applications in a .NET environment
 Mentoring of Junior and graduate members of a development team
 Knowledge and commercial experience of developing within an object-oriented development
environment and/or service-oriented architectures
 Knowledge of source control, release management, testing and task management, working within a
team environment (including application life cycle management)
 Working towards (or already possess) professional certification such as Microsoft Certified Solution
Developer or similar
 Commercial experience of C#, ASP.NET (MVC and/or Web Forms)
 Commercial experience of WCF, Web Services and XML
 Experience of Web technologies such as JQuery, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
 Experience of SQL Server (2008 or later) or other RDBMS
 Experience of Stored Procedures, T-SQL.