Lead Full Stack Software Developer

Summary

Lead Forensics is a leading SAAS company with products in the B2B sales and marketing space. We’re seeking a lead level full stack software developer (10+ years experience) to add to the teams that build our customer facing products. You’ll be technically leading work; involved from initial design through into implementation, iterating quickly on our modern tech stack (NodeJS microservices, Vue, Redis, SQL Server and Snowflake) and deploying code to production (in AWS) on a regular basis as we respond rapidly to customer requirements. JavaScript and TypeScript (5+ years experience) fluency is a requirement for this particular position.

Key Responsibilities :

• Working with VP Engineering and Head of Architecture on initial scoping, system design and domain modelling
• Spiking areas of uncertainty in designs and building POCs as required
• Work with initiative managers to help break down work into deliverable Epics and Stories
• Turning user stories into code running in production as the lead developer and embedded architect in a development squad
• Ensuring the quality of what you and the team build
• Supporting the product that the team has built as it runs in production and resolving issues
• Contributing to the design, architecture and implementation decisions for the product

The ideal candidate will have :

• An understanding of how to apply a commercial mindset when designing and building systems.
• Experience developing with clean code, SOLID principals and design patterns.
• Experience across all areas of full stack development, ideally developing large scale SaaS platforms.
• Experience of system design and domain modelling.
• Experience of working in a mature CI/CD environment, continuously deploying stories every day.
• A strong general aptitude for programming and problem solving. You’ll need to pick up new tools and techniques quickly and use them to solve problems.
• Experience with automated testing and quality assurance.
• An understanding of how to build systems that perform well at scale.
• Enthusiasm for building secure systems and implementing security best practices.
• Enthusiasm for driving high standards in software development and working with like-minded people towards achieving ever higher levels of efficiency and performance.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• A technical/computer science degree or equivalent professional experience.

What we offer in return :

• Mainly remote working (hybrid working in our Cosham office is an option if preferred). Availability to come to the Cosham office for occasional f2f workshops is strongly desirable. There would be the requirement to visit the office once a month
• Be part of a fantastic company culture; we all display our Company DNA’s, foster a “One Team” and ‘Growth’ mentality.
• Give back to the wider community with volunteer days, fundraisers and charity events.

Architecture Node TypeScript Microservices

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