Software Engineer

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Bristol
1 year ago
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  • JOB TITLE:Software Engineer
  • LOCATION: Bristol, near Temple Meads (BS2 0RA) - This is an office-based position with one day a week working from home
  • CONTRACT: Permanent - Full time (Mon-Fri)
  • SALARY: £Competitive + Bonus up to 5% annual salary


THE COMPANY

Over the past 30 years L&T has become a global player in the medical simulation education market. It has ambitious plans for further growth in the next 5 years across the globe, through investment and new product development.


Multi award winning and still privately owned, the £30M business has grown from a tabletop start up, to a multinational business with its head office and manufacturing in Bristol, along with sales offices in the USA, Australia and Sweden.


The vision of the business remains as it always has: to design and manufacture medical task trainers which through deliberate clinical practice help improve patient outcomes.


People are at the heart of L&T, they comprise the expertise, contribute to and deliver the vision, in this fascinating and growing market sector.Over the past 30 years L&T has become a global player in the medical simulation education market. It has ambitious plans for further growth in the next 5 years across the globe, through investment and new product development.


Multi award winning and still privately owned, the £30M business has grown from a tabletop start up, to a multinational business with its head office and manufacturing in Bristol, along with sales offices in the USA, Australia and Sweden.


The vision of the business remains as it always has: to design and manufacture medical task trainers which through deliberate clinical practice help improve patient outcomes.


People are at the heart of L&T, they comprise the expertise, contribute to, and deliver the vision, in this fascinating and growing market sector.


THE JOB

The aim of the role is to design and build user interfaces and apps to meet the functional requirements of Limbs & Things training products.


This role requires broad engineering skills for the design and integration of software, management and process of customer data and application of machine learning to use user information.

A pragmatic engineer with an open mind, aptitude for problem-solving and as comfortable with design and documentation as building and testing code is needed.


Familiarity with a variety of operating systems and platforms, a strong analytical mindset and a keen eye for detail are important.


MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Understand product requirements and determine how they translate into integrated software and application features.
  • Write high quality source code to program complete applications within deadlines.
  • Design and help with the creation of wireframes to meet application and product requirements.
  • Evaluate existing applications to reprogram, update and add new features.
  • Responsible for managing and maintaining customer information within AWS, ensuring data integrity, security, and accessibility.
  • Utilize machine learning techniques to analyse and leverage customer information for enhanced decision-making and personalized services.
  • Troubleshoot and debug applications, software and integrated systems.
  • Conduct functional and non-functional testing, and document accordingly.
  • Develop technical documents and handbooks to accurately represent application design and code as part of the product record.


REQUIREMENTS

  • 2 years of Experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
  • Proficiency in computer vision technologies, including OpenCV and YOLO.
  • Familiarity with image processing techniques and object detection models.
  • Comfortable to work on full-stack applications
  • Experience with Node.js for backend development.
  • Proficient with React for building interactive web applications.
  • React Native experience is a plus for mobile development.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, CloudFront, RDS).
  • Strong understanding of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL).
  • Ability to design, optimize, and maintain database schemas.
  • Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
  • Experience with optimizing application performance for both backend and frontend.
  • Ability to create intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces.
  • Familiarity with design principles and frameworks for responsive web and mobile applications.
  • Proficient in Git for version control and collaborative development.
  • Ability to create and maintain comprehensive software documentation, including API references and design specifications.


THE PACKAGE

In return we offer a competitive salary and a performance-related bonus based on personal objectives that pays up to 5% of your salary annually, study support and the chance to progress in a rapidly growing company.


Other benefits include a salary sacrifice pension scheme where the company matches your contribution up to 5% plus Employer NI savings - currently 15.05% of your contribution (this also applies to voluntary contributions), a non-contributory healthcare cash plan including access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), life insurance paying 4x your salary, access to a virtual GP, 25 days holiday and a cycle to work scheme.


If this sounds like an exciting opportunity and you feel you have got what it takes, please send your CV with a covering letter telling us why you consider yourself suitable for the role, to the HR Manager, Limbs & Things.

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