Full Stack Senior Developer

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Detail information about job Full Stack Senior Developer. Terms and conditions vacancy

Leafcutter is a digital innovation agency with a focus on unique, tailored solutions for each client. We’re a close-knit and agile team that loves producing beautiful, well-designed and meaningful digital experiences that work in the real world. Our vision is to create a world where all ideas can be brought to life. We believe in making a difference, working smarter before harder, that simple is beautiful and that we can make it happen.

Moving into the new financial year, we are looking for a senior developer to join the team who is going to be a key part of our growth well into the future. We’re looking for a team player that wants to develop core components and lead development teams to deliver great outcomes. We value quick-thinking and a determined, focused attitude – someone who likes learning quickly and applies a smarter before harder approach. We work with a range of clients that need our skills, from nonprofits to enterprise and solve problems with technology, not the other way around.

Ultimately, we want a team member that believes in our team’s vision, to take ownership in that vision and to be an integral part of our team on the journey. We’re interested in a long-term relationship, and want to have someone on board who wants to build great things with us.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

Reporting Lines:

You will report to the Head of Production and will work alongside technical and creative team members.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead projects on a technical level from concept through to delivery and deployment.

• Translating project requirements into blocks of tasks for you to work on.

• Maintenance of the backlog of tasks & review of the developers' progress.

• Requirements analysis and technical design of the software solutions in collaboration with the development team.

• Software quality assurance (audits, code reviews, testing, etc).

• Quick turnaround with changes and feedback items.

• Write scalable, maintainable, and reusable code as and when the business deems it necessary.

• Keep up to date with the latest technologies.

• Build plugins and reusable code components which can be migrated into different WordPress instances.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

• You have 3+ years as a Laravel and or React Developer.

• You will be enthusiastic about opportunities to improve and adapt your skills as our business needs require.

• You know what frameworks or technology to leverage for a project & why you would use them.

• You have the ability to answer questions and help solve problems other developers encounter.

• You are comfortable with writing complex MySQL/MariaDB queries.

• You are comfortable with using a Linux command line.

• You follow code standards to develop quality & maintainable code.

• The ability to perform accurately, effectively and methodically under pressure.

KEY SKILLS

• Object-Oriented Programming

• An Advanced Knowledge of

  • PHP (Laravel 4 & 5)

  • React

  • Javascript

  • Relational Databases (MySQL & MariaDB)

  • HTML5/CSS3

  • Bootstrap/Foundation CSS frameworks

• Experience working within a WordPress environment

• The ability to drew the best out of team members

• Web Servers (Apache, NGINX)

• Thorough understanding of HTTP request/response cycle, and SDLC development principles

• Experience writing technical requirement documents and using version control (GIT)

• API integration experience (Facebook, Twitter, Paypal etc.)

SOME PREFERRED ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.)

• Javascript Frameworks (jQuery, Vue, AngularJS, etc.)

• System Administration

• Magento

• Shopify

• Managing & Mentoring Developers

BENEFITS

• Work with a dynamic group of entrepreneurial and high achieving professionals

• Opportunity to build your own team

• Work with great clients

• Paid in Australian Dollars

• Work for an International company with head office in Sydney, Australia

Continual learning, innovation and agility are at the core of who we are and how we deliver industry-leading results to our clients. Joining our expanding entrepreneurial company at this exciting stage means that growth and opportunity are limitless.

We are very driven and passionate about what we do; we're also pretty laid back and make sure we're having a good time while doing it.

To Apply

If you are interested in the above position and you think you have what it takes for this exciting role please send your CV along with your salary expectations to the following email address [email protected]

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be responded to.