Lead Senior Developer

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This company is looking for a passionate individual to join their business to be their first technical hire in Birmingham, UK. You will have responsibility and autonomy over their technical architecture and decision making as well as doing the hands-on development. A blend of equity and salary will vary based on the candidates experience.

The Platform:

Where current networks connect you with friends and professionals, the platform connects you with those who share similar interests who you can learn from. The platform aims to be a truly collaborative social network; where communities help each other progress, by sharing and building knowledge in their topics of interest.

Desired Attributes

You are a good cultural fit if you:

- Have a passion for positive social impact, preferably around democratising learning but not essential

- Love to problem solve and create solutions that drive strong retention and traction

- Excited and enthusiastic to work in a very scalable company

- Love to build on existing knowledge and skill set

- Continuously willing to learn and implement industry best practices and trends

- Are comfortable working in an Agile development environment using continuous integration.

- Happy to support recruitment initiatives, manage and direct other developers

- Care about producing and shipping high-quality code.

- Want to be a key figure in a team and take on responsibility

Responsibilities/Skills

You'll stand out if you have great experience in most, if not all, of the below:

- Developing and maintaining single-page web applications to a high standard

- Building iOS & Android Applications

- Git

- HTML, CSS and Java

- PHP 7

- VueJS or similar frameworks

- AWS and continuous deployment

- Focus on data privacy and security

- UX Experience

- Work closely with product owners to solve and implement technical solutions to user problems

- Driven by strict timelines and objectives

Other Info:

- Very competitive salary and share options dependent on experience

- An awesome office space/networking opportunities at the Midland's Top Innovation Campus

- Will consider alternative coding languages

- Remote working/Office Days and Location to be discussed with candidate