JavaScript Job: NodeJS Developer

NodeJS Developer

Candidate must be based in the UK. No sponsorship available.

Our Tech stack comprises of NodeJS and JavaScript. As an AWS Partner, we work closely with their Solutions Architects to help us create, innovate and deliver cutting-edge functionality.

We work with many organisations in the public and private sector. Our clients range from National Archives to financial institutions to broadcast media. We provide high traffic web interfaces, faceted full text search, big data indexing and analytics in the cloud and multi-platform archiving capability. Our clients use our services for compliance or risk management, brand protection and maintenance of historic records.

The role:

We are looking for a talented software engineer to join our Engineering team. You will already have experience building and maintaining large cloud based applications and will work as part of a close-knit team with our highly skilled engineers. We’re looking for someone with great attention to detail, who’s dedicated and takes real pride in running robust platforms delivering products used by millions of people every day.

We offer a flexible and remote working culture and will consider applicants that want to work fully remote from anywhere in the UK. We also have an office in Manchester to accommodate those who prefer to work onsite / hybrid.

‍What you'll do:

Reporting to the VP, Engineering the role will:

• Work with product to decompose complex requirements into deliverable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring to a team of developers alongside other senior members of the team.
• Promote best practices among the team to improve quality and efficiency of feature delivery.
• Work with the team to ensure that projects are completed on time, communicating progress with stakeholders.
• Help to address production support issues, minimising data loss and customer impact.

What you need to have:

• Strong technical skills, with a number of years of commercial experience in the
• relevant language (NodeJS, Vanilla JavaScript).
• Experience taking a lead on technical projects, being the person that engineers
• look to for support and guidance.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• An ability to review and constructively feedback, helping others to learn.
• A strong grasp of software quality and how to ensure development practices
• lead to high-quality outcomes.

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‍What you need to be:

• A team player with proven experience working as part of an open, collaborative team.
• Comfortable sharing architectural vision and helping teams to understand the architecture of software solutions.
• Innovative and creative in your approach to software development.
• A person who is not afraid to tackle difficult situations and provides constructive
• feedback to help others improve.
• Innovative and able to prototype potential solutions, exploring cloud native technologies where appropriate.

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What is also desirable:

• A team player with proven experience working as part of an open, collaborative team.

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‍Professional Development

Professional development is an area that is very important to us. We understand that access to training and education in the workplace improves prospects for promotion and can help open up future career paths. We take the time to work with each member of the team and help them to take control of their personal development. This ranges from helping them feel confident when taking on new challenges, to working with them to plan their goals for the future.

Learning is supported to help our team members grow their skills, and we encourage sharing knowledge through a number of guilds, allowing for collaborative learning.

‍What we offer:

• Competitive salary.
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays and your birthday off.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• MacBook Pro and relevant Apple Accessories.
• Annual pay reviews.
• Monthly Company Activities.
• A fantastic culture!

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £50,000.00-£70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee mentoring programme
• Flexitime
• Life insurance
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• NodeJS: 2 years (required)
• Front end JavaScript: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Remote