Responsibilities of the technical lead:

Translate client objectives into technical specifications

Work the project management team to smooth running development tasks

‘Hands on’ development for both front and backend tasks

Champion our internal development processes

Work with senior management to develop the skills and happiness of your team

What we need from you:

A leader wants to take responsibility for a team and their output

Good business acumen

Good communicator that is happy to be involved in client meetings

HTML5

CSS including Preprocessors such as Sass and Less

Javascript and jQuery, knowledge of React and/or AngularJS highly desirable

Knowledge of version control systems such as git, Mercurial

Can reproduce designs to a pixel perfect standard

Exceptional attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines

We like knowledge or experience of:

Configuring and using frontend technologies such as Webpack, Babel and gulp

JavaScript (including the latest ECMAScript standards, jQuery, React, Vue)

PHP (WordPress, Laravel, Statamic, SilverStripe, PrestaShop, Symfony, Magento)

Docker (Rancher would be a bonus)

Using git

Relational databases (MySQL/MariaDB, Microsoft SQL)

System administration for Linux-based servers (Red Hat/CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu)

Problem solving in development and production environments

Bonus points for:

Go and C# knowledge

Experience with Elasticsearch

Experience with tracing and profiling (Zipkin, Kafka, xdebug)

Experience with analytics and monitoring (Grafana, Kibana)

Knowledge of key-value databases (Redis, LevelDB, RocksDB)

Knowledge of document databases (Couchbase)

Knowledge of microservices and RPC (protobufs/gRPC, Apache Thrift)

Experience with system administration for Windows-based servers

What we can offer you:

A great remuneration package with equity options

The autonomy to shape a development team as you see fit

Flexible holiday allowance. A minimum of 28 days (including bank holidays), with additional days available on request depending on project commitments

Additional time off at Christmas when office is closed (this depends on which day Christmas falls)

Flexitime: We believe your job should fit around your life

Optional two days per week work from home

Open-plan dog-friendly office including starter pack of 1 office dog

Annual training budget: We’ll help you develop professionally

Nice clients (honestly!)

A great team of designers, developers and other marketers to work with and learn from

A little bit more about us:

ApplinSkinner are a team based in Seymour House, Norwich and we specialise in helping businesses grow and evolve by taking advantage of digital technologies. It is our belief that to do a good job in 2018, that designers, developers and marketers all need to work together to build the best possible end product.

Apart from our Norwich base, we have a roster of clients from all over the world from Seattle to Brisbane and every year we’re actively involved in supporting local charities with either fund-raising or pro-bono work.

Day to day, we’re guided by a strong ethos around transparency and honesty; both internally with each other and importantly, our clients. This is central to our long-term vision and we find it makes life a lot less stressful!

If this sounds like you, please send a covering email and CV to [email protected]