We’re looking for a back end dev to join the emble team.
We need someone who’ll be able to work closely with the rest of the team, continuing the development of emble by implementing new features, versions and architecture changes. We want someone who can help us further develop a solid foundation for the platform in order to support growth and scaling. You would be heavily involved with developing future iterations of the app (including versions for iOS and Android) as well as implementing user feature requests and updates.
Our ideal candidate:
You need to be proactive and independent, and your time management has to be excellent. We’re a small, close-knit team and it’s imperative the successful candidate for this role can fit in with our approach! We are looking for an individual who is a team player, implicitly trustworthy, highly experienced and up for the challenge. The successful candidate will be willing to play a big part in the early stages of a startup and thrive on the challenges this poses.
You would be expected to travel to Birmingham 2 to 3 days per week - for the remainder of the week you would work from home. We are a member of e4f incubator, which means we’d be spending time at Innovation Birmingham (based in Birmingham’s Science Park) where we meet with mentors, investors and fellow startups.
Must be skilled with:
- PHP (using Zend Framework)
- MySQL database & server management (Linux/Windows using IIS)
- Git versioning
- CSS3 (using LESS compiler)
- JS (using knockout.js)
- HTML5
Desirable skills:
- iOS and/or Android development
- Past experience migrating frameworks
- Past experience building an app from scratch
- Past experience scaling an app
This role is an excellent opportunity for the right person to get on board with a really interesting company. There are exciting paths ahead for our business and you’d play a key role as the company grows; there is a massive opportunity to grow and establish yourself quickly. Every day will throw up new challenges and you’ll be heavily involved with decision making at a priority level. We also are happy to discuss share incentives to further in include you within the business.
Please email me on ria@emble.io if you want to find out more or apply for this role.