Software Engineer – HYBRID

Job Overview

Ready to be part of a digital transformation that directly impacts thousands of lives? At Transport for Greater Manchester, we’re on a mission to reimagine our city’s transport system, and we need passionate engineers to make it happen. If you thrive on tackling complex challenges, bringing user-focused designs to life, and building end-to-end solutions that make a real difference, this is your chance to create technology that keeps Greater Manchester moving and growing.

Your RoleAs a Software Engineer at Transport for Greater Manchester, you’ll play a hands-on role in designing, developing, and maintaining full-stack solutions that keep our city moving. With end-to-end ownership of the software delivery cycle, your work will have a direct impact on how people navigate Greater Manchester. Working closely with a skilled engineering team, you’ll contribute to projects from inception to deployment, focusing on reliability, scalability, and an exceptional user experience.For more details see Job profile

Who are we?Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is at the forefront of delivering a future-proof transport strategy for Greater Manchester. This is a pivotal time for us; with the region at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse and empowered by devolution, we are shaping the UK’s largest regional economy outside London. Our vision is for world-class connectivity that drives sustainable economic growth and ensures access to opportunities for all. To achieve this, we’re building a fully integrated, high-capacity transport network that serves over 6 million journeys a day, becoming a digital transport operator to keep the region moving and thriving.

Our dynamic, collaborative team makes TfGM an exciting place to work, with ample opportunities to deliver innovative products and services while advancing your own career. We foster a culture of learning, sharing, and continuous improvement, encouraging better ways of meeting user needs through technology and data. With a dress-down environment and an emphasis on teamwork, TfGM offers a rewarding space to make a real impact.

The breadth of what we do is wide and varied, and we are innovating fast!

What you’ll bringWhat you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.You will be able to demonstrate the skills and experience in the following key areas:ReactJS, Typescript, HMTL, CSSGit source code managementCloud native development (AWS Lambda skills are an advantage)CI/CD pipeline development with GitHub ActionsExperience with DynamoDB, MySQL and REDISComfortable working in an Agile development environment.

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