Software Developer

Software Developer

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (hybrid working)

The role:

We are looking for a talented Software Developer to join our growing digital team within Steam Thermal Solutions (STS). Reporting to the Development Lead, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining secure, high-performance software solutions, with a strong focus on cloud-based and data-driven applications.

You’ll be working on innovative telemetry and data-processing systems, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and reliable software that supports business and customer needs.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain secure, scalable software applications
• Deliver high-quality code within agreed sprint timelines
• Build and optimise data-processing applications for performance and reliability
• Design and integrate APIs (e.g. RESTful services)
• Support the development of cloud-based solutions, particularly within Azure
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and refine requirements for new features and enhancements
• Contribute to agile/scrum ceremonies and support continuous improvement
• Ensure software solutions meet security and compliance standards
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to support successful project delivery

Your experience:

• Proven experience as a full stack developer, ideally with strong Python expertise
• Experience developing cloud-based software (IoT experience desirable)
• Strong background in API integration and development
• Experience working with SQL Server and strong SQL skills
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure for cloud deployments

Your skills:

• Proficiency in: Python, C#, TypeScript, SQL, HTML5, CSS3
• Experience working with data formats such as JSON, XML, and CSV
• Understanding of API development, integration, and optimisation
• Knowledge of database interaction and secure data handling
• Experience with Azure Cosmos DB or Azure Data Explorer (desirable)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Adaptable, with a flexible and innovative mindset

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.