Salary: 1/annum competitive
Category: IT
Job Type: Permanent
Job Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Posted on: 05/03/2010

Senior Software Developer



Senior Software Developer



Our client is one of the largest global providers, helping build innovative mechanical solutions, technology applications, and services for all phases of oil and gas developments.



They operate in over 100 countries and employ more than 40,000 people worldwide.



They are seeking a Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer to join the existing Edinburgh based group dedicated to the development of software for the upstream oil industry.



The group is responsible for developing oil / gas

production optimisation and forecasting software applications.



The jobholder will be responsible for development and design for the i-DO software product. i-DO is a real time production optimization solution which automates engineering workflows and integrates engineering applications with real time operational data.



KEY ACTIVITIES



• Maintaining and developing the i-DO software architecture

• Analysing software requirements and developing software design

• Design, develop and maintain i-DO software

• Collaborate with Petroleum Engineers to support i-DO product development

• Support i-DO software deployment projects including customer site visits

• Participate in analysis of customer systems and requirements.

• Full involvement with Technical writing of i-do Specifications and detailing of Client Interfaces

• Mentoring / helping junior members of the team with analysis / design and timescale

estimation

• Participate / Take a lead in code reviews / unit / integration / system testing



QUALIFICATIONS



• Essential:

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a scientific or mathematical discipline.



EXPERIENCE/COMPETENCE/SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE



Essential:



• Experience developing commercial software products.

• Microsot .NET experience using C#

• Experience developing web applications using ASP.NET with C#

• Experience using ADO.NET

• Oracle database design and PL/SQL development and/or SQL Server database design and TSQL

development



Preferred:

• Experience developing technical/engineering applications

• C++ and COM development using ATL

• VBA/VSTO

• XML

• Windows Forms

• Web Services

• HTML and Javascript



PERSONAL QUALITIES



Required for position:

• Excellent communication and organisational skills

• Must be flexible and a self starter

• Ability to work both collaboratively as well as with little supervision

• Ability to work in an inter-disciplinary team

• Willingness and ability to learn new technology

• Willingness to work on customer sites around the world

• Must be flexible and adaptable to business change and varying workloads

Future development: The candidate will be expected to follow a development path to:

• Gain more knowledge about the company's other products and solutions

• Play a lead role in developing new software for the oil and gas industry including real

time systems, using the latest software development tools

Job Reference: 113417042
Contact Details: EasySoft Applications