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Lead Back-end developer

Posted 05.12.2018
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Swoop are seeking to appoint Lead Back-end role reporting to the Head of Technology to work as an integral figure within the team. 

You’ll need to have excellent technical skills, with an appetite to learn and a commitment to making a difference to our users. You’ll join an agile development team based in Cornwall, working with offices based in North America.


Responsibilities: 


• Developing the software, planning sprints and managing the sprint lifecycle 

• Activity managing a Kanban board, ensuring client SLA’s are met 

• Supporting the app support team 

• Developing products and services with a focus on adding value to our customers 

• Working as part of cross-functional agile team 

• Writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach 

• Working with other developers to improve processes and code quality 

• Leading and helping to plan development on our projects and products 

• Having an understanding of all our systems, and sharing this with others on the team


Skills: 


• Demonstrable experience of working as a professional web developer 

• Empathy, a pragmatic attitude, and the ability to see the bigger picture 

• Excellent knowledge of Node JS, JavaScript ES6+, noSQL databases debugging and refactoring 

• Experience working with cloud app and data environments 

• Experience writing unit tests and/or integration tests and test-driven development 

• Experience of working in an agile team focussed on continuous delivery 

• Experience using Docker containerisation and Git version-control 

• Leadership and team management


Benefits 


• 25 days' leave, plus public holidays 

• Contributory Pension Scheme 

• Life assurance cover 

• Free Fruit in the office 

• Share Options

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Posted 05.12.2018