Key Purpose
We are looking for a motivated backend developer with strong problem-solving skills to join our team. You will be part of a creative team responsible for all aspects of ongoing software development, from initial specification to developing, testing, and launching.
If you love finding creative solutions to challenging development problems, this is the job for you!
Duties and Responsibilities
- Participating in project breakdown and timeline generation.
- Ability to follow instructions and discuss project issues.
- Work within the team and collaborate well.
- Continuously identify better technologies to improve project outcomes.
- Continuously improve coding ability.
- Manage own time and meet deadlines.
- Deploy systems to production and monitor them.
Qualifications and Experience
- 5+ years of experience.
- HTML 5 & SASS/CSS3
- PHP & MYSQL
- API Development (Lumen/Laravel/GraphQL/ExpressJS)
- JavaScript, Typescript & jQuery
- Source Control (GIT, SVN etc)
- Great understanding of UX and SEO
- NodeJS, Rust & Go
- NoSQL database (MongoDB & CassandraDB)
- Angular 8+
- React & React Native
- iOS & Android native development (Swift and Kotlin)
- Intelligent querying techniques
- Great at visualizing problems and breaking them into smaller issues.
- Ability to work with PaaS/IaaS services.
- Clean coding methods.
- Ability to critically look at a design and identify challenging functionality.
- Good communication skills.
Brownie Points
- Project Management
- Ability to develop custom PHP modules, themes, and plugins for WordPress
- Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator
- Understanding of SEO
- Understanding of different CMS platforms such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and Umbraco
- You have an appreciation for testing and automation.
- Advantageous Competencies:
- LESS / SASS Experience
- Grunt / Gulp Experience
- Linux
- JSON
- SOAP/XML
- Ability to work on a Macintosh computer
- Demonstrates potential leadership qualities