Design, code, test, and maintain full-stack web and mobile software solutions. Build front-end user interfaces and backend business logic, develop RESTful APIs, manage databases, write and optimize SQL, use version control, testing frameworks, CI/CD and cloud deployments, participate in code reviews, and collaborate in Agile teams.
ParentPay Group is Europe’s leading software product company and the UK’s largest education technology business. We are on a mission to bring next-generation innovation to positively impact on the lives of millions of parents, teachers, and students every day in over 49 countries.
Our market leading products use cutting edge cloud-based technology to streamline school processes, including secure web and mobile apps that enable secure online payments for school items such as meals, trips, clubs and uniform, improve parental engagement, simplify meal management and - through our product SIMS - collect and manage a database of student information and core school operations.
ParentPay Group’s new offices in Pune are a fantastic tech hub for those looking to boost their careers in software product development.
Our bright team FastTrack their career with international exposure and ways of working based on agile development best practices from globally renowned technology consultancies.
Key Responsibilities
Software Development: design, code, test, and debug software solutions in accordance with project specifications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
Coding and Documentation: write clean, efficient, and well-documented code. Maintain comprehensive documentation for code and software features.
Front end web development: ability to design, create and evolve user-facing applications to be scalable, maintainable, secure, aesthetic and usable within the constraints imposed by the browser using a combination of languages, design skills, and client-side scripts and frameworks.
Backend development: ability to write, maintain and design the business logic of a software application, the data or services requested are available as well as create and maintain the core databases, data and application program interfaces (APIs) to other backend processes.
Database Management: knowledge of database systems (e.g. SQL Server, Oracle). Competence in writing and optimizing SQL queries.
Version Control: proficient in using the Git version control systems.
Testing and Debugging: experience with testing frameworks (e.g. XUnit) and debugging tools.
DevOps: basic understanding of DevOps practices, continuous integration, and deployment.
Cloud Computing: familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Collaboration: work closely with team members to understand project requirements and collaborate on project goals. Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards.
Adaptability: stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends. Adapt to new tools, languages, and methodologies as required by projects.
Quality Assurance: implement coding standards to ensure high-quality, bug-free code.
Development Principles: implement industry standard development principles and frameworks for achieving quality, speed and maintainability. This includes the practices, techniques and tools that support those principles, and an understanding of when things may or may not be applicable in a situation or context.
Giving and Receiving Feedback: solicit and engage with feedback on a continuous basis. Having timely, actionable and meaningful conversations about quality and performance for the purpose of improving effectiveness.
Emotional Intelligence: recognizes, understands and manages their own emotions and recognizes, understands, shares and influences the emotions of others. Collaboration: works jointly with others to co-create and achieve a common goal. This includes learning, practising and experimenting with tools, techniques and frameworks that foster collaborative working environments.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
· Communication skills (both written and verbal) demonstrated at all levels of the organization
· Software development skills (.NET Framework, .NET Core, C#, VB.Net, React, MVC, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Xamarin, Java / XCode)
·Cloud computing, particularly Microsoft Azure, with experience of deploying and managing applications in the cloud
·RESTful API development
·Testing framework knowledge (XUnit, Moq) and test driven development experience
·Experience of source code control and release management (CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps)
·Knowledge of API testing (Postman).
·Database management, extensive query skills and ORM (Entity Framework) experience
Agile development methodologies: Kanban, Scrum, XP, Lean.
About
At ParentPay Group, we believe that when schools run well, students thrive. That’s why we’ve spent decades building the operating system that supports well‑run schools – a seamless layer of tools, insights, and support that makes school life simpler for teachers, leaders, caterers, parents, and students alike.From cashless payments and parent engagement to catering management, library systems, and MIS platforms, we connect the everyday parts of education through simple, secure, and connected tools. What began as a way to make school payments easier has grown into Europe’s leading EdTech group – trusted by over 20,000 schools and 9 million users across the UK and Europe.Every day, our platforms process millions of payments, messages, and data points, quietly working in the background so schools can shine out front. Together, we’re helping schools save time, cut costs, and create more time for learning.ParentPay Group is more than a collection of brands. We are a group of people dedicated to supporting well‑run schools and giving time back to teachers, parents, caterers, admin staff – and most importantly, to students.
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