RealityMine has been a pioneer in delivering data-driven insights to the media and market research industries for over a decade.
Our ViA platform provides unique and actionable data solutions to top brands and partners worldwide, empowering them to make informed, strategic decisions.
We are looking for Software Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in Data team, ensuring the main function is developing, maintaining and improving the end-to-end data pipeline at RealityMine .
The Role: Located in Stretford, Trafford Park and comprises of Hybrid working.
We are looking for a candidate to join the engineering team to work on VPN systems for the purpose of online activity monitoring and analysis.
These are used to provide our customers with insights into the online behaviour of opted-in market research participants.
User experience is the key to success and these systems must perform well.
Software Engineers in the Server Capture Team develop, improve, and maintain these systems and the software they run, with the support of the Platform & Services Engineering Manager, the Server Capture technical lead and other colleagues.
The data capture systems are made up of a combination of open source and bespoke software running on the Linux platform.
There is heavy use of automation such as Puppet and Terraform to deliver these capabilities.
RealityMine employs modern development practices in our workflow, using Git alongside CI/CD, unit testing and open-source coding standards.
There are lots of opportunities to work in other areas or technologies and expand your knowledge.
This role would suit someone who is keen to research their own problems, obtaining deep understanding of public specifications (e.g.
from RFC documents), thinking outside the box to work around hard constraints and diving deep into software to make modifications.
Key Responsibilities: Understanding requirements and acceptance criteria Interpreting software development specifications and design documents Writing application code and tests that conform to standards Feeding into the design process on recommended architecture Working alongside engineering, testing, user experience and other roles · Adhering to company policies and procedures with respect to security, quality, and health and safety.
Preferred: Key skills for the candidate are: · Strong networking knowledge including low level protocol knowledge such as HTTP, TCP, IPSEC · Linux networking/kernel tuning The ability to solve problems and find out or source information · C/C++, PHP or Python Good communication skills Desirable to have: · Python or other scripting languages · Experience with VPS and Dedicated server hosting companies worldwide · Experience in diagnosing network performance issues · HTTP Proxy systems Benefits Work in a market leading technology company that helps research and marketing professionals achieve unique insights into the mobile and digital lives of consumers.
At RealityMine we do everything we can to support our people so that they can be themselves and realise their potential.
We love people who are hungry for learning and achievement!
· 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays · Purchase/sale of up to 5 leave days pa – after 2 years' service · Life insurance · Workplace pension with employer contribution · Performance based bonus scheme · Informal dress code · Cycle to work scheme · Branded company merchandise · New company laptop · One to one learning and development coaching sessions · Support and budget available for training programmes · 'Giving back' to charities Manchester Office · A dynamic and friendly office in Trafford Park, with free parking and secure bike shed · Variety of working environments - standing desks, soft seating, desks · Seasonal office events · RealityHive social events · Free breakfast, fruit, tea, coffee, juice, snacks, etc · Manchester office - daily visit from local restaurant 'Green Fork' for lunch and snack purchase · Vending machines · On site showers Hybrid Working · Work from home and in the office · Working from home equipment provided I.e.
desk, screen and chair · RealityMine Colleague £100 pa to spend on additional working from home items · Office days- lunch provided for team meetings, collaborations and business needs · Flexibility offered on start and end times depending on personal circumstance · Regular virtual meetings (team and company) – via telephone and video · Birthday and seasonal gifts sent to your home · Monthly fun competitions with prizes · Virtual quizzes and daily celebrations If you're a Software Engineer- Server Capture professional excited to work on impactful projects and shape the future of data insights, we'd love to hear from you.
Please email your CV with the heading 'Software Engineer- Server Capture' to ******