Senior Software Developer

Please note:
Our technical teams require Security Clearance, therefore you must of been a resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years to apply for this role.

• Share Options (EMI) scheme
• 25 days annual leave, plus flexible bank holidays and the opportunity to buy additional days
• Pension scheme - opt in salary sacrifice scheme
• Life Insurance (3x annual salary)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and workplace wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible working hours and location
• Flexible benefits, such as:
  Cycle to Work, volunteer days/ opportunities and charity events
• Enhanced parental leave packages and enhanced sick pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Engagement and celebration activities– anniversaries, birthdays, team building, company-wide events

• Reporting to:
  Technical Lead
• Key stakeholders:
  Product Team, Support Team, Platform Team
• Organisational Framework Level: 2

At Clue, we’re on a mission to transform investigations through intelligent technology. As a Senior Software Developer, you’ll be an integral part of our agile development team, contributing to the delivery of secure, scalable, and innovative software solutions.

We’re embracing the power of AI to enhance our products and workflows, and we’re looking for developers who share our curiosity and drive for innovation. We're not just experimenting with AI, we’re embedding it into how we build, think, and evolve. You’ll actively harness tools like Git Hub Copilot to push boundaries and accelerate development.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative,
fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is passionate about leveraging AI to complement their existing technical skill set
. You’ll work closely with product, QA, and support teams to continuously improve our software delivery process and help shape the future of our platform.

• Be an active member of a Clue agile team, attending and contributing to all agile ceremonies.
• Regularly review progress and feedback your status.
• Work with other product, development and QA team members.
• Architect pragmatic technical solutions that meet business requirements, align with Clue’s technology strategy, and follow the KISS principle - keeping complexity to a minimum while ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Provide accurate effort estimations for work based upon the requirements provided.
• Design and develop clean code that follows our development standards and ensure code has good test coverage. Consider Non-Functional Requirements (e.g. performance).
• Provide mentoring to the agile team. Carry out code reviews on code written by team members and identify training opportunities.
• Take ownership of problems and see them through to a successful solution.

• Become an active member of the scrum team and contribute to the successful
• delivery of the sprint goal
• Work in an open, collaborative way with all other team members, personally contribute to our agile ceremonies
• Write code that is maintainable, testable, and secure. Mentor other team members to do the same.
• As required, work with other members of the business and third-parties as required to assist in the enhancement and delivery of the product.

Our ideal candidate would have experience in the following areas:

• Excellent knowledge of web client-side frontend frameworks and technologies, including HTML, CSS, jQuery and Knockout, along with modern SPA frameworks such as Angular, React or Vue.js.
• Applied knowledge of up-to-date development practices, such as the application of design patterns and the effective use of AI tooling, preferably Git Hub Copilot, to enhance development velocity.
• Excellent experience of designing, building and hosting Azure solutions, using both Azure App Services, Azure Container Apps, Azure Service Bus and other associated Azure resources
• Excellent experience with SQL Server, with an understanding of how to diagnose and optimise the performance of queries.
• Experience with the implementation of Elasticsearch.
• Experience of mentoring other members of a software development team on a one-to-one basis
• An understanding and proficiency in…