Principal Developer (Crafter)- London, Remote [70,000 – 100,000 GBP]

Islington, London
8th Light

Salary 70,000 – 100,000 GBP per year

Requirements:

– -Written production-quality code in 2+ programming languages
-Built high-quality, maintainable software collaboratively, incrementally, and pragmatically
-Built larger features or subsystems
-Used context-appropriate automated testing to inform software design choices and catch bugs
-Debugged and refactored pre-existing code to incrementally improve it
-Collaborated with teams using Git, MacOS/Linux, CI/CD
-Addressed architecture-level concerns like scalability, security, reliability, and performance
-Led projects or teams
-Brought together people from different functions and perspectives in forums that encourage idea sharing and problem solving
-Made thoughtful recommendations and set direction in the face of ambiguity
-Mentored and shared knowledge with colleagues
-Actively sought out and effectively given feedback
Communicated empathically with stakeholders and colleagues
Collaboratively led stakeholders to balance technical considerations with product needs

Responsibilities:

– As a lead technologist on projects, you ll work with a variety of clients, typically 1-2 in a year, and in a variety of languages over the course of your career with us. You ll lead more complicated projects, leading teams to do so. You ll work with colleagues who share your passion for creating software. You ll invest time developing your skills and sharing what you know with your colleagues. You ll be responsible for:

-Making immediate contributions to projects, rapidly building trust with clients
-Working pragmatically to balance technology choices while delivering high quality work within deadlines
-Leading architecture and software design discussions
-Generating new potential solutions to challenges (technical and non-technical) in partnership with team members and clients
-Leading or initiating formal feedback conversations with teams and clients via retros
-Clearly articulating and documenting outcomes and driving forward action items
-Ensuring your team has a healthy, prioritized, estimated backlog
-Managing high-level project roadmaps as the team lead for large engagements
-Maintaining relationships with client technical leaders
-Regular syncs with the client to provide status updates, and for identifying and evaluating risks and presenting potential solutions
-Serving as a manager or mentor to developers on your teams
-Identifying and resolving blockers to team progress
-Contributing to 8th Light by serving as a mentor to apprentices, leading or designing workshops internally or for clients, representing 8th Light in the tech community, or supporting our hiring processes

Technologies:

– Fullstack
– CI/CD
– TDD
– DevOps
– AWS
– iOS
– Ruby
– Rails
– Java
– JavaScript
– Web
– C#
– React
– Redux
– Swift
– Mobile
– Blockchain
– Python

More:

At 8th Light, we take a human-centered approach to software development, collaborating with the people writing the code as well as those using it. We embrace the need for adaptability in a constantly changing world. We are a team of polyglot generalists-thinkers and doers ready to take on most any challenge that we encounter.

An employee-owned software consultancy, we consider software development a craft. Our team of expert developers and designers hold the title of “Crafter” to reflect our dedication to quality, our emphasis on continual learning, and our belief that software is truly a craft-something that we take pride in, and value highly. We value colleagues who enjoy learning and teaching, which creates our collaborative organisation. You ll be mentored and supported, and you ll further your expertise as a technologist, a manager, or both.

We enjoy working with empathetic, passionate collaborators who value the work they do. If this approach to software development resonates with you, we’d love to talk.