- Developing and implementing solutions for the Customer product.
As part of a Scrum Squad, Senior Software Engineers are accountable for:
• Delivery:
o Reviewing, refining, estimating, and prioritising functional requirements in close collaboration with the Scrum Squad leading to high quality committed deliverables.
o Accommodating non-functional outcomes e.g. scale, security, deployment, and operability considerations
o Proposing options and communicating information to support effective decision making whilst taking ownership of project outcomes
o Implementing requirements utilising clean and performant code that adheres to relevant design patterns and standards
o Engaging in design and review processes as both an author and a reviewer
o Performing verification and validation to ensure product backlog items are complete before handover to colleagues
o Reviewing, debugging and where relevant refactoring code associated with product backlog items
o Troubleshooting customer raised production issues
o Ensuring relevant documentation is produced and accessible
o Ensuring, in collaboration with Scrum Squad, that ‘Definition of Done’ is achieved for all items e.g. appropriate Unit Testing is in place for feature.
• Teamwork & Collaboration
o Ensuring a focus on quality outcomes through close collaboration with squad members.
o Executing relevant tasks both within and beyond the Senior Software Engineer role to support successful delivery of project outcomes e.g. supporting any squad member to close out delivery
o Actively engaging in all quarterly release planning and preparation activities
o Actively engaging in all Scrum Ceremonies
o Effectively communicating within the Scrum Squad and beyond into other teams relevant development options/decisions and associated activities
o Offering relevant technical guidance within Scrum Squad
o Engaging in mentoring activities both as a mentor and mentee

• Technology
o Actively engage in assessing and understanding current industry methodologies, techniques and emerging technologies.
o Implement defined technology adopted by product/squad and in some scenarios recommend technology for adoption
o Recommend technical hygiene activities including technical debt resolution and supportability improvements.
o NOTE: Specific technology skills are detailed below under ‘Skills, Knowledge and Experience’

Core Competencies
• Collaboration – Actively collaborates within own team and beyond if situation requires.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making – Gathers, verifies, and assesses all appropriate and available information to gain an accurate understanding of situations. Considers a range of possible options, evaluating evidence and seeking advice where appropriate and ultimately making well considered, clear, timely and justifiable decisions (or recommendations)
• Communication – Effective communication skills suitable for liaising with colleagues within the Scrum Squad and beyond to broader project team, R&D Management Team and other stakeholders both on a one to one and one to many bases. Demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, with colleagues including producing/reviewing technical documentation, preparing, organising and delivering presentations using appropriate tools and techniques, and taking a leading role in meetings and discussions.
• Planning and Organising – Effective at collaboratively determining a course of action by breaking it down into smaller steps and by planning and resourcing each of these, making allowance for potential problems.
• Building Relationships – Able to develop effective relationships with customers. Able to respond appropriately to feedback.
• Influencing skills – Ability to influence within the scrum squad. Act in a professional manner and exhibit the required behaviour that should provide an example to other employees.