Principal Backend Web / Elixir Developer

Location: one site visit every 5 weeks to Bristol or Cardiff.

We are seeking a Principal Backend Web Developer to take on an influential technical role in the development of our clients web delivered products which form a key element of its portfolio of products and services.

This is a greenfield project.

• You will be accountable for designing and developing highly stable, secure, scalable and extensible platforms that enables the Web delivered products to evolve at pace.
• You will report to the Head of Web & App Development and will form a key part of the team which defines the strategy for the product development in terms of technical approach and technology selection.
• You will possess backend development capability, however full stack experience would be beneficial or at least a strong appreciation of the challenges of frontend development.
• You will be deeply excited and interested in evolving technologies and driven by how to apply these to solve complex challenges as the platform and business rapidly grow.

Responsibilities:

As a Principal Backend Web Developer you will embrace best-practice software development processes.

You will work with the Product Management team, following Agile working practices, to deliver high performing Web delivered products and services.

Requirements:

• Technical Depth & Breadth: Previous experience with global cloud-hosted internet platforms solutions, with strong understanding in technology ranging from infrastructure and operations to data architectures.
• Experience of modern web technologies, with rapid deploy, automated scaling, and high volume, high availability distributed systems. In depth experience of engineering delivery at scale with a demonstrable track record of outstanding results.
• Experience with Elixir
• Experience Phoenix Framework and Phoenix Liveview
• Have at least 5 years’ development experience with at least 3 years in an Agile environment.

We cannot provide sponsorship.

If interested in this role, please send me your latest CV.