full stack engineer Brighton, England
Job description
Joining Zivio
We’re looking for talented developers to join our product team at Zivio.
This is a rare opportunity to join a small, profitable and growing business that is achieving great things whilst supporting a healthy work-life balance.
Zivio is a market leading Procuretech SaaS platform that enables large organisations to create smart supplier ecosystems so they can make sure they’re working with the best suppliers at the best rates and improving the sustainability, diversity, innovation and resilience of their supply chain. Whether they are buying consulting services from Big Four accounting firms, engaging a construction company to renovate a school or working with a specialist micro-business supplier, Zivio transforms how they manage their spend in this multi-trillion-dollar market, which spans both the private and public sectors globally.
We do this by providing a single platform that covers the end-to-end project lifecycle with class leading features every step of the way and we are proud to process millions of pounds worth of transactions every month.
Our team consists of friendly, highly motivated go-getters, based in and around Brighton, UK who thrive on using their initiative to get things done and deliver great results. We offer flexible hours, remote working within the the South East of the UK, exciting scope for development/career progression and a friendly work environment. If you love solving exciting technical challenges and would like to work in a fast-growing software business then read on…
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for a Full Stack Developer who will be responsible for working on our award-winning Rails application. You’ll be spending most of your time coding and working in close liaison with our CTO to design and develop new features for our clients and support our existing client needs.
We operate in a highly agile environment with multiple product releases each week so this position gives you the chance to hit the ground running and start making an impact from day one. You will also have the opportunity to build on your skills by learning about and working with the many languages and technologies we use.
We're a start-up so life is always busy and never boring, and we need someone with drive and initiative to provide a meaningful contribution to the team as we scale up our business and continue to develop the product for our customers in the UK and overseas.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate to deliver solutions from design to release
- Work directly with the co-founders, proactively contributing to designs with feedback and ideas for improvement
- Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
- Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
- Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
- Help improve our processes and tooling to increase code quality, organization and automation
- Help us deliver outstanding customer support
Tech Stack
- Ruby on Rails 6
- JavaScript
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- Terraform
- AWS
- Elasticsearch
- ChatGPT
Requirements
- 2+ years experience with Ruby on Rails, working on production code.
- Good understanding of the syntax of Ruby and its nuances
- Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
- Happy to work remotely as part of a small team
- Happy to travel to Brighton once a month for a team gathering
- Communicates clearly, in a friendly way
- Knack for writing clean, readable code
- Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Based in the UK
Beneficial, but not must-haves
- Experience with AWS services, particularly S3 & ECS
- Experience with Git and continuous integration tools
- Experience with Heroku
Benefits
- Competitive salary – we calculate a competitive salary that represents the typical salary for your role, experience, and location. This is typically in the range of £40k-£55k
- 35 days holiday a year inclusive of bank holidays, with an extra day for each year of service
- Family friendly work environment – both of our founders have young children and work from home so we understand the challenges and what helps
- £750 annual Learning and Development budget
- Latest MacBook Pro to make sure you’re coding with the best kit
- Helping you go green - Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice and Cycle to Work schemes
- Flexible personal benefit scheme allowing you to choose the benefits that suit you
We are working hard to create a diverse, inclusive and super-friendly team, because we know that different experiences, perspectives and backgrounds make for a better workplace. Zivio is an equal opportunities employer and doesn’t discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other protected characteristic. All applications are very much welcome! If you need any adjustments to support you with your application, just let us know.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £40,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- What's your proudest achievement, and why?
- What’s your favourite non-fiction book, and why?
Experience:
- Ruby on Rails: 2 years (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Brighton
Application deadline: 01/07/2023
