Leeds based Full Stack Web Developer

Position: Full Stack Web Developer

Location: Leeds

Salary: £40000 – £50000 per annum

Job type: Permanent

Demonstrable experience in a modern web stack such as Laravel, Rails, Phoenix or NodeJS (anything with MVC)

We’re looking for someone who strives to build well-engineered web solutions using modern tools and frameworks.

You’ll be working within a team of native mobile developers and full stack web developers.

As a dedicated Web Developer role, you’ll be architecting and developing complex web solutions and API’s

You’ll be working on mostly new projects and features, but also expected to help out on some recent legacy projects.

We work primarily in Elixir, Ruby on Rails, ReactJS. Any of these would be a bonus, but above all you should feel comfortable learning these (we can help with this)

You’ll be creating both responsive front end and back end solutions

We accept that we’re not perfect, so you’ll be expected to help us raise the bar when it comes to engineering practices. This means supporting the team in embracing CI, TDD, BDD and clean coding

You’ll be giving and receiving regular code reviews for all code you write.

We’re a 12 man team, so you’ll have great influence in how we work and how things are done, with a direct line to the Managing Director who has a software engineering background

Skills we need:

Demonstrable experience in a modern web stack such as Laravel, Rails, Phoenix or NodeJS (anything with MVC)

Experience with TDD or BDD, and a test first approach

Knowledge of HTTP standards, API best practices, REST, web security and authentication, basics of building scalable solutions

Understanding of software engineering basics such as coupling, cohesion, design patterns and data structures

Good knowledge of SQL, including complex queries

Experience using CI such as Travis or Jenkins for automated build, test and deployment

An appreciation of UX and UI, it’s very important to the products we build

Comfortable joining developer meetings, daily stand-ups and regular planning meetings

Our relaxed environment requires self-motivation and a desire to deliver continuously. Because you estimate your own work, it’s a bonus if you are confident at guesstimating work and keeping the team up to date on where you’re at

Non-negotiable skills:

Demonstrable experience in a modern web stack such as Laravel, Rails, Phoenix or NodeJS (anything with MVC)

Experience with TDD or BDD, and a test first approach

Knowledge of HTTP standards, API best practices, REST, web security and authentication, basics of building scalable solutions

Good knowledge of SQL, including complex queries

Experience using CI such as Travis or Jenkins for automated build, test and deployment

An appreciation of UX and UI, it’s very important to the products we build