Software Development Consultant & Junior Software Developer

Seth Brundle

The company I work for is looking for two people to fill the roles outlined below:


Software Development Consultant
The role will include involvement in the full software development cycle for customers.
Responsibilities:
* Complete application design, code, unit test and integration test tasks to departmental standards within the necessary timescales
* Write and analyze code and develop system documentation
* Successful implementation of software as per scope and project plan
* Working on multiple projects at a time
* Providing resource estimate and work schedules for tasks allocated
* Advise Project Manager on task progress
* Work independently at customer sites
* Attend customer meetings with Project Manager
* Working as a consultant and customer advisor as well as a technical engineer and developer
* Delivering customer support where applicable
* Internal systems support where applicable
Experience:
* Overall 3-5 years development experience
* Microsoft Professional Standard
* 2+ years experience in Microsoft Office Products
* 2+ years Web Development experience
* 1+ years .Net experience
* Knowledge of a Product Development Lifecycle
* Experience of relational databases, SQL Server and Oracle
* Experience of working in a team environment to strict agreed timescales.
* Experience of business analysis and software design
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: 35- 45,000 Euro + Benefits.

and

Junior Software Developer
Responsibilities will include the completion of coding and testing tasks to contribute to the development of products and eventually move into working on the whole Software Development Life Cycle.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
* Complete application code, unit test and integration test tasks to departmental standards within the necessary timescales
* Participate in code and documentation reviews
* Advise Team Lead on task progress
* Continually seek to improve upon existing products and procedures
* Organise work priorities and time management effectively
* Successfully complete other tasks as required
Job Related Requirements:
* 1 years experience developing Windows Applications would be beneficial
* 2+ years experience in Microsoft Office Products
* Experience of a Product Development Lifecycle would be beneficial
* Experience of working in a team environment would be beneficial
Education / Training / Specialist Knowledge:
* Computer Science Degree or equivalent
* Post Graduate Degree is desirable
Skills / Behavioral competencies:
* Good communications skills
* Good organisational skills
* Positive, enthusiastic, energetic and self-motivated
* Ability to work as a team member or alone
* Ability to represent the company while working on a client site
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: 25- 30,000 Euro + Benefits.

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Its a good company to work for and is located in Stillorgan.
PM me for further details.

easyontheeye

kbannon wrote:

Overall 3-5 years development experience
Salary: 35- 45,000 Euro + Benefits.

Is that salary even average in Software development for that experience? sure i started on close to 35k with no experience, if this is as good as it gets im disapointed!

leeroybrown

easyontheeye wrote:

Is that salary even average in Software development for that experience? sure i started on close to 35k with no experience, if this is as good as it gets im disapointed!

You started on a lot more than most people do.

pwd

Any benefits? Company car for the consultant?

edit - missed detail in original post

imeatingchips

easyontheeye wrote:

Is that salary even average in Software development for that experience? sure i started on close to 35k with no experience, if this is as good as it gets im disapointed!

No, I'd say that's below average for a position like that - should be about 50-55 I'd say.

BostonB

Does it really matter? Either you're interested in the job, or you're not. One minute people here are complaining there's only IT support jobs, no future in IT blah blah. Heres a couple development roles with a salary scale more or less consistent with the salary surveys, and you're complaining about the money. :rolleyes: Jobs like these are what you need to do for a couple of years and then move on up the ladder to the better IT jobs.

dazberry

imeatingchips wrote:

No, I'd say that's below average for a position like that - should be about 50-55 I'd say.

In fairness the 3-5 year 35-45K mark seems to be a thing across the IT industry.

Completely unrelated to the above job - as someone with more than 3-5 years experience and earning more than 35-45K its something I've run into quite a bit in the last few years - for example:

On a separate note, I presume, looking forward, that at a minimum you would not want to drop salary, even for a role you found more interesting?

D.

easyontheeye

is it fair to say that salaries in development are coming down slowly??

BostonB

easyontheeye wrote:

is it fair to say that salaries in development are coming down slowly??

No just increasing slower than everything else. http://www.finfacts.com/Private/isl/grads.htm IMO theres less jobs IT jobs around in general. Despite what you hear from Colleges and agencies.

imeatingchips

BostonB wrote:

Does it really matter? Either you're interested in the job, or you're not.

I've no interest in the job. If I was, I'd have PM'd him like he requested. I was talking to easyontheeye who asked about whether the money was good or not.

BostonB wrote:

Heres a couple development roles with a salary scale more or less consistent with the salary surveys

Not to put too fine a point on it, BostonB, but which is it:

a) more
b) less

GoneShootin

Here's a tip to certain respondants.

Quit bitching. I agree that the starting salary range for 3-5 years experience is too low, but that's the task for the interviewee to negotiate, not us.

Good luck kbannon. I'll forward this onto a mate of mine, he might be interested - and you'd be lucky to get him!

Seth Brundle

thanks GS

BostonB

imeatingchips wrote:

I've no interest in the job. If I was, I'd have PM'd him like he requested. I was talking to easyontheeye who asked about whether the money was good or not.

And I was talking to those people who complain theres no development jobs out there. But I guess if they expect after 3yrs to start on 60k I can understand why they are struggling to get into development and stay on support.

imeatingchips wrote:

Not to put too fine a point on it, BostonB, but which is it:

a) more
b) less

In the surveys I've seen this ones somewhere in the middle. So both more and less.

imeatingchips

BostonB wrote:

...I guess if they expect after 3yrs to start on 60k...

It's 35-45k for 3-5 years experience so someone with 5 years of the right experience would get 45k.

Who said that people with the minimimum experience req'd (3 years) were looking to get the max salary (45k), plus another 15k on top of that?

kbannon, apologies, for spouting shyite on your thread. I just replied to easyontheeye who asked was that an average salary... I reckoned for 5 years exp it should be about 50-55. However, as you mentioned, there are other benefits and if it's a young company there could be a lot of scope to do well if the company does well, etc. If I knew anyone, I'd pass on the details. G Luck.

Seth Brundle

Just because you have 5 years experience does not mean that you are worth 25 never mind 45K!
Anyhow, the company isn't young - its well established and has a client list comprising of loads of high profile companys.
As I said, its a good place to work.