About the Role
Hitachi Rail is developing software to transform the future of rail, creating innovative digital solutions for monitoring critical railway infrastructure, supporting advanced inspection technologies, and enabling data-driven decision making. This role offers the opportunity to work on diverse projects using modern technologies and contribute to products that solve real-world engineering challenges.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain software applications, web solutions and databases.
- Build scalable, high-quality front-end and back-end solutions.
- Collaborate with colleagues across software, engineering and product teams.
- Contribute to code reviews, testing, validation and continuous improvement activities.
- Support the delivery of robust, maintainable and customer-focused software products.
- Explore new technologies and approaches that improve products and ways of working.
Requirements
- Experience in modern software development.
- Strong foundations in object-oriented programming, web development and database technologies.
- Experience with C#, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL and cloud platforms such as Azure is valuable.
- Enjoys tackling challenging technical problems.
- Thrives in a collaborative team environment.
- Takes pride in delivering high-quality software.
- Is curious, adaptable and eager to learn new technologies.
- Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
Skills
- C#
- React
- TypeScript
- SQL
- Azure
- Object-oriented programming
- Web development
- Database technologies
Location
- Derby
- York
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full time
Experience Level
- Industry experience
Education Level
- Degree in Computer Science or related discipline is welcome
- Hands-on industry experience
Salary/Compensations
- Between £40,000 - £50,000 DOE
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Potential opportunity for annual performance related bonus
- 25 days holiday
- Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
- Private medical insurance
- Personal Accident insurance
- Group Income Protection
- Group Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Additional perks for flexible plan
About the Company
- A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy.
- Operations in every corner of the world.
- Work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology.
- Multi-cultural strength of our global organisation.
- Sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view.
- It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
