Senior Software Developer

Your primary role will be to drive and grow our in-house software expertise. Working with a small software team in India and the UK, you will be responsible in understanding the requirements from various internal teams and taking ownership of software development, including backend database development and any front-end applications that will be developed in the future. Implementing AGILE methodologies, you will be responsible for delivering iterative results through regular sprints.

The software team manages a range of systems for the company, ranging from our client-facing applications to content delivery portals. You will be involved in all the projects and will contribute to developing, maintaining, and improving our systems. You will also be expected to keep on top of the latest developments in the software world and constantly check if we can make use of the latest technologies to deliver an even better user experience to both our internal and external clients. This role will suit someone who has extremely good technical skills but who is also ambitious to play a more strategic role in a growing company and build a strong team. The role may also require occasional travel to our UK headquarters and other offices around the world.

Essentials:

• Solid development skills and track-record of successful project delivery
• PHP and frameworks
• Database design and development
• SQL
• Open-source SQL databases, e.g. MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL
• HTML
• CSS, Sass and frameworks
• JavaScript: ES5, ES6, Ajax, libraries, and frameworks like VueJs, ReactJs.
• Front-end tooling
• Accessibility and progressive enhancement
• Git and/or other version control systems
• Project management
• Excellent communication, leadership, and motivation skills
• Willing to take on new technical projects.
• Attention to detail.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Agile development experience or certification
• .Net Framework
• Data visualisation and tools
• js
• NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB
• Continuous integration and deployment
• Big data and analytics
• Web security and development practices
• Data scraping and parsing.
• Aptitude for statistical analysis