IRIS Software Group

About the Company

IRIS Software Group is a leading global provider of mission critical software & services & one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies. We help organisations to make better business decisions by developing integrated software solutions to minimise admin, make business processes more efficient & give more time to do what’s valued.

We started 45 years ago with accountancy software & have evolved to be relied on by more than 100,000 customers across 135 countries in accountancy, education & business.

We invest heavily in development using the latest processes & technologies, driven by our Indian & Romanian Centres of Excellence to build the next generation of cloud-based accountancy, HR & education solutions.

Almost one million UK employees are managed by our HR solutions, & one in six UK employees are paid through IRIS payroll solutions.

We are the largest third-party online tax filer with the UK Government, & we are used by 54 of the top 100 US & 93 of the top 100 UK accountancy firms.

We also serve over 12,000 schools & academies, & almost four million UK families use our apps to connect to their child’s school.

Since 2023, we have been awarded Tech CEO of the Year 2023 (Elona Mortimer-Zhika) in the UK Tech Awards; Cloud Innovation of the Year 2023 by UK IT Industry Awards; Tech Employer of the Year (2023 & 2024) in the Thames Valley Tech Awards; Technical Innovation – National Supplier 2024 Award at the Onrec Awards. IRIS Education has been named Company of the Year at the UK National MAT Awards 2023, crowned Company of the Year (more than 12m) in the Bett Awards 2023 & awarded Best EdTech Product – School Management Solutions in the Global EdTech Awards 2024. Troncmasters By IRIS also won the Payroll Innovation Award in the Global Payroll Association Awards 2024.

We are proud of our Great Place to Work accolades, including Best Workplaces in Tech, Best Workplaces for Wellbeing and Best Workplaces for Women.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

IRIS Software Group

Job Title

Software Engineer ( 9 month Contract )

Job Description

Summary :
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineer to join our Education development team. As a successful candidate you will be working as part of the IRIS Engineering Education function specifically on our Financial portfolio.

This is a ‘hands-on’ technical role working within a team to deliver software features, product integrations via API, defect resolution and technical debt changes across desktop and Web products. You will be a part of a full-stack team that is accountable for all aspects of ongoing software development from the initial specification, through to developing, testing and launching. You will be responsible for the quality and on-time delivery of the software you create, liaising with other development, quality and technical staff to ensure that compliance, and other governance standards are met.
You will need to be highly motivated, have strong communication and problem-solving skills. A team player that can rise to the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment and learning mindset to acquire and apply new technical skills

Key Competencies :
Required Skills: -
Solid technical grounding in Microsoft stack, Azure and the following technologies:
C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, Entity Framework, WPF desktop applications, Blazor Microsoft SQL Server
Azure Devops
Apigee API Framework
Significant track record delivering industry level quality software code using agile methodologies.
Create and review designs to ensure that they are feasible and meet industry / IRIS standards
Peer review code and provide constructive feedback to ensure it meets coding, functional and non-functional standards
Strong analysis and problem solving skills used to troubleshoot and fix technical issues
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Create code level unit tests and documentation for software created
Ability to collaborate and work as part of the wider Engineering and QA teams

Responsibilities :
Delivery
Be cognizant of and working towards release schedules for releases including dates and stage gates for all major milestones.
Build strong working relationships to liaise with other IRIS teams for release purposes e.g. DevOps, Support, QA
Input to estimation process for requests coming from the business.
General
Hands on troubleshooting and problem-solving of software to including defect resolution and resolving production issues.
Ensure consistency and adherence to SDLC and governance processes.
Champion nonfunctional requirements, embracing DevOps and shift to left using CI/CD pipelines.
Ensure development tooling is being used consistently & effectively.
Contribute to continuous improvement efforts within the team and efficiency.
People
Contribute a learning mindset within the team
Supports team members and promotes healthy respectful communications

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

26-03-2025