Senior Developer (Europe, Contract)

This is a full time opportunity on a 3 Month FTC basis for those based in Europe 

The Opportunity

At NearForm we build digital products that provide users with fantastic digital experiences and allow enterprises to go to market faster, improve customer experience, while transforming their workflows and advancing our clients’ digital agendas. With a recent significant investment into the business, NearForm is poised to scale its impact to more enterprises. 

Are you the right person to fuel this growth and add to a wonderfully collaborative culture?  

We are looking for Senior Developers who can help our enterprise clients translate their requirements into functional and appealing interactive applications. The ideal candidate will be outcome driven, and have a drive to deliver the best quality output for our clients within specific timeframes. 

The Role

At NearForm we modernise enterprises with open, creative software, evolving businesses for the modern world. Our teams of experts are helping our clients build cloud-native solutions using industry-leading design, technology and modern practices for software development.

We hire Developers right across the stack, so no matter where your sweet spot sits - be that Front End, Back end or Full Stack - we have opportunities for you. If you have a keen interest in working in a Front End of Back End focused role you will need to demonstrate strong qualities in that specific area.

As a Senior Developer at NearForm your main task will be designing & building applications using JavaScript. However as you’ll likely work on a variety of projects your responsibilities may also include:

• Supporting component design, development and maintenance and taking responsibility for personal technical quality standards within the project team.
• Assisting with defining structured practices, especially in source code management, building and deployment.
• Designing and implementing data storage solutions.
• Optimising performance in applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Getting feedback from users and clients, and building solutions for them. 
• Assisting with the analysis of client requirements.
• Working with and supporting Technical Leaders in project execution and timely delivery.
• Collaborating with client teams.

Requirements

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proficient in English
• Significant experience delivering at a Senior Developer level.
• Practical experience of delivering in an agile environment.
• Practical experience and knowledge of developing real-world solutions.
• Deep knowledge of the JavaScript language
• Deep understanding of JavaScript frameworks, must include React, Node.js (or both)
• Deep understanding of versioning control tools - Git.
• Testing experience and familiarity with testing tools at all levels, unit, integration and end to end testing.
• Practical and real world experience working with databases.
• Experience with automation, CI and CD.
• Experience building software collaboratively using pull requests and code reviews

Front End

• Understanding of layout aesthetics, responsive design and mobile web development.

Back End or Full Stack

• Deep understanding of SQL Databases for Back End of Full Stack roles (PostgreSQL is preferred).

Optional Experience

• Typescript
• Experience using GraphQL in a production environment
• Good understanding of security and performance considerations.
• Understanding of architectural and design patterns.
• General familiarity with a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools.
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills.

Please get in touch to discuss remuneration.

Recruitment/Application process

1. A TalentCall with someone from the Talent team (30 mins approx.) to introduce to you NearForm and the role, and to make sure your experience is relevant for the position and to discuss life as a NearFormer
2. An assessment with a member of the hiring team (1 hr approx.), this session is carried out using a screen share. You will be given a challenge and asked to provide a working solution to a specified problem.
3. A video call with one of our Hiring Managers (45 mins approx.) which allows us to gain a better insight into what interests you, your technical background, and give you an overview of the work we do at NearForm.

Although we are widely dispersed, NearFormers are a tightly-knit team. We trust one another and care about our colleagues. We all get together in person at our annual company retreat, of course when we’re not faced with a global pandemic! Building on our open-source origins, we promote the sharing of thoughts, knowledge and ideas.

NearForm is committed to shaping a better world in all that we do. Our global team is built based on respect, inclusivity, diversity and excellence.