Why Greencore?

We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.  

We supply all the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.  

In FY22 we manufactured 795m sandwiches and other food to go products, 127m chilled prepared meals, and 249m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles and condiments. We carry out more than 10,600 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 21 world-class manufacturing units across 16 locations in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.7bn in FY22 and employ approximately 14,000 people.  

We work hard to ensure that Greencore is a great place to work and our people truly are at the core. We’re committed to ensuring all our colleagues have development plans and strive to provide inspiring leadership – in fact, in the past year we’ve seen an 11% increase in the number of colleagues who would recommend Greencore as a place to work. Join us and be part of our great team.  

Software Developer @Greencore

As part of their commitment to high quality in all aspects of operations, we are looking to grow our software development team with the addition of Software Developer.  

The existing development team is currently small but is set to grow as we bring existing commitments in-house, take on the delivery of internal application development and support colleagues on their journey to getting the most from data and automation. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Your role will be to craft high quality code while keeping in mind user journey design and experience. You’ll apply high coding standards to ensure everything we produce delivers on Greencore’s requirements
• The role will be entirely hands-on but will involve a degree of liaison with other teams within Greencore to provide testing, security and architectural frameworks
• You will also partake in some bug fixing and maintenance of our existing software estate. There will also be a level of user issue investigation, triaged and supported by our service desk teams

What you'll need:

We’re keen to bring someone into the team that reflects our culture of high standards in professional solution delivery. We’ve detailed below what this looks like to us but we’d encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel as though you tick every box, or if you bring additional skills. You will need demonstrable experience, either through portfolio or interview of the following: 

• Professional experience of working with JavaScript, Typescript and Node, and with front-end frameworks such as React, Vue, Angular or similar

• Experience or demonstrable understanding of API calls

• Experience or demonstrable understanding of the importance of in-app user experience

• Good understanding of CSS (bootstrap, tailwind or similar beneficial)

• An awareness of C# and the .NET framework

• An understanding of efficient database CRUD operations

• Experience or awareness of development within an enterprise culture

• A willingness to learn new approaches to resolving problems

• Experience or demonstrable understanding of software testing benefits and approaches

• Experience of collaborating with others, including day to day use of git repository

• An awareness of new technology trends and an interest in exploring their benefits

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits

• Holidays

• Pension up to 8% matched

• Company share save scheme

• Greencore Qualifications

• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform  

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.