The Senior Full-Stack Software Developer will build features for high-volume systems, lead project design, and mentor junior developers while collaborating across teams.
Senior Full-Stack Software Developer, UK – Job Description
Reports To: Development Manager, UK
Location: Hybrid (2 days in the office) London, England
About the Job:
We’re looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Developer to build high-impact features powering high-volume systems in the live-event space. This role offers a unique opportunity to join early in our European expansion and help localize our product for new markets. The ideal candidate is deeply user-focused, thinks holistically about edge cases and real-world scenarios, and knows how to prioritize what delivers the greatest impact.
Our Tech Stack:
- Front End: React Native, React, JavaScript
- Backend: Ruby, Rails, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, CouchDb
- Cloud Platform: AWS
- Tools: GitHub, Sidekiq
What We’re Looking For:
- Seasoned full-stack developer with 5+ years of experience
- Solid knowledge of React, including Hooks, state management, and Redux
- Excellent JavaScript fundamentals
- Strong experience with React Native
- Experience with backend services and asynchronous job processing
- Experience with native layers on mobile devices
- Proven ability to quickly understand requirements and deliver clean, well-structured code within reasonable timelines
- Strategic thinker, capable of anticipating what is coming next to minimize the potential of unnecessary re-work
- A collaborative team player with a strong track record of delivering on commitments and turning vision into reality
Nice to Have:
- Swift/Kotlin and Rails experience
- Familiarity with GraphQL
- Experience with front-end testing frameworks
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the technical design for projects of moderate complexity
- Collaborate with product, design and QA to deliver robust, scalable user experience projects
- Architect services and systems using accepted design patterns that allow for iterative, autonomous development and future scaling
- Anticipate future use cases and make design decisions that minimize the cost of future changes
- Proactively identify technical debt before it becomes a long-term problem while balancing the effort/reward of corrective action
- Be considered the expert trouble-shooter within your domain of expertise: lead investigations within area of specialization while maintaining a strong sense of product impact
- Actively identify opportunities and risks across products and teams, mentor junior developers, and drive best practices
Top Skills
AWS
Couchdb
Git
GraphQL
JavaScript
Postgres
Ruby on Rails
React
React Native
Redis
Ruby
Sidekiq
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