closed vacancy Expert level Vue.js / PHP lead developer - remote

Role and Responsibilities

We are looking for an expert level programmer with strong fundamentals in computer science and problem-solving skills - ideally someone with a 1st class bachelors degree in Computer Science.

To join a team of senior level engineers, reporting to the CTO, collectively managing a team of approximately 30 developers working on enhancements to our core platform HUBX, a mature multi-tenant SaaS platform built in Vue.js and PHP Symfony. We are currently reviewing the go-forward technology stack.

The ideal candidate will be very familiar with a software development lifecycle that uses sophisticated GIT based branching models with continuous integration and deployment in AWS. Writing clean, elegant, scalable, robust, well-tested, bug-free code will be a passion in the person we are looking for and they should expect to show leadership to more junior team members through pairs programming and code review process.

This is a lead developer position running a team of approximately six distributed developers. Strong interpersonal skills are a must-have requirement for this role.

Starting with a 3-month probationary period, exceptional candidates will be offered a full-time role once this completes.

• Develop a sense of product ownership and share the responsibility for its strategic direction
• Provide architectural vision for the platform and help set the roadmap for its execution
• Continuously drive the development team to work efficiently to deliver new features to the platform
• Lead-from-the-front in all programming matters
• Keeping up to date with the latest developments in software engineering
• Suggesting new ideas for platform features
• Play a key part in deciding the future programming landscape and technology stack
• Strong participation in the agile project management process
• Collaborate closely with senior management, product owner, product designer, project management, business analysts, QA testers, test automation engineers and the DevOps team.
• Ability to liaise with key enterprise clients of the platform to ensure delivery expectations are fully managed.
• Provide strong leadership for a fully remote and distributed development team

General Skills

• Ability to work in a team with a desire to contribute and make an impact from day one
• Communicate complex ideas in a clear and concise manner
• Interest in financial investments and capital markets
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills
• Proactive and pragmatic

Essential Technical Skills / Experience

• Full-stack developer
• Highly proficient in JavaScript (TypeScript) and PHP
• Strong familiarity with Vue.js and PHP Symfony
• Flare for innovation and design
• Production "eye" for quality
• Full familiarity with AWS tech stack
• Relational Databases
• Strong grasp of software development fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, development methodologies)
• Systems integration and API development experience

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Other JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular)
• Front-end development (HTML, CSS, LESS, SASS)
• Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Python

Minimum Academic Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science (2:1)

The Ideal Candidate

• Practical approach, hands-on and a strong team player
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills
• Self-starter and resourceful
• Intelligent and with high energy levels