Full Stack Developer

Job description

We’re looking for a talented, self-driven Full Stack Developer to join our engineering team and help deliver current and upcoming work. You’ll develop and maintain scalable, secure and high-performance custom software applications using PHP, Laravel, Node.js, React and Expo. You’ll work with an experienced, friendly team that takes pride in its work. If you’d like to help build and run systems that businesses depend on, we’d love to hear from you. This is a remote role for applicants based in the UK or Europe.

Roles and responsibilities

The right person will achieve the following in this role:

• Drive consistent full-stack development methodologies across all teams
• Provide regular updates to the Engineering Director
• Ensure cross-functional teams follow established development frameworks
• Design efficient database schemas and optimise performance
• Design and maintain efficient API integrations between systems
• Enforce coding standards for maintainable, scalable code delivery
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive developer feedback
• Identify and address application performance bottlenecks
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders on development progress
• Attend daily stand-ups and maintain project tickets
• Conduct client demonstrations showcasing product features

Experience

The right person will have the following experience:

• 5+ years in PHP, Laravel, Node.js and React
• API integration experience including RESTful services
• Version control systems and collaborative development experience
• React Native experience would be beneficial

Knowledge, skills and abilities

The right person will be able to:

• Explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Respond positively to changing priorities
• Work under pressure in fast-paced environments
• Use strong verbal and written communication skills

Additional requirements

The right person will:

• Be available for occasional after-hours support when needed
• Travel for industry events, client and team meetings
• Have flexibility to adapt to changing business priorities

Benefits

We are offering the following benefits for this position:

• A friendly, supportive and family-friendly working environment
• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Remote-first working
• Health and medical support
• High-standard equipment
• Stakeholder pension

Full job role specification

The downloadable job role specification has additional detail on each of the points above. Please make sure you have read it before applying for the role.

Culture

We’re a family-orientated business and value a working environment that gives us time away from work. We typically work standard hours and don’t expect you to work weekends. We meet virtually every Monday at 9am to check in on how everyone is doing and what we’re working on.

We reward our team as often as we can and are friendly, fun and non-judgemental. There are no office politics, and our hierarchy is as flat as we can make it.

About Filter

Filter builds, connects and runs the software and systems behind our clients’ day-to-day operations, and stays accountable for them long after launch. Our clients include J D Wetherspoon, Medivet and Homeprotect, and our work ranges from apps used by millions of people to the integrations and cloud platforms behind them.