SpareRoom Hiring for Foundation Software Developer Job at Manchester, England Full Time

Foundation Software Developer – Core Team (Backend)

Salary: £25,000 to £35,000

Job Type: Permanent/Full Time

Job Location: Manchester/Hybrid

SpareRoom at a glance:

SpareRoom was launched in 2004. Since then we’ve helped over 10.5 million people in the UK and US find homes to share and great people to share them with. We believe living with the right people beats living alone, so our mission is a simple one – to create happier flatshares.

We’re a modern family business, owned only by our founder and directors. That means we’re able to put our users at the heart of everything we do and we love working with humble people who bring positive energy and like to get stuff done.

The role:

You’ll be part of a team who work hard but have fun along the way. We’re renowned for bringing a positive energy to what we do, putting our customer first, getting things done and above all, being humble in our approach.

We are looking for a foundation developer to join us to increase the delivery capacity of our core team. Our core platform is written mostly in Perl (with small projects in GoLang) and supports both an API for apps (iOS and Android) and a web front end. The successful applicant will receive guidance and mentoring from our experienced developers.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Work with developers to implement and test new site features and create admin tools
• To develop and extend our RESTful next-generation APIs
• Work closely with our marketing team to provide support and continuously develop & improve our in-house email sending system
• Use MySQL database to gather data and create custom and reusable reports for internal use
• Liase with customer services to diagnose and solve issues with the site and internal systems, prioritising based on customer impact
• Maintain a high test coverage and write technical documentation for your code
• Work with Git version-control system and Linux shell
• Work with the latest CI systems like Jenkins & Github workflows
• Review other developers’ code using GitHub pull requests, we see this as a great opportunity to learn

How we like to work:

• Simple, easy to read code
• Small iterative releases where developers release their own code
• Continuous testing environment
• Test Driven Development
• Collaboration over isolation
• Short lived, self-organised, project teams
• Pair coding in order to share & improve skills and code quality

You should apply if you:

• Are a passionate software developer looking to progress your career in a fully digital ecommerce business
• Have a thirst for learning new skills, modern technologies and the latest methodologies
• Are interested in learning to develop using Perl (it’s not necessary to know before you start, but it helps)
• Have an interest in working across all areas of the system including performance and security

Other benefits

• Casual dress code
• Health & Wellbeing contributions
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Season travel loan
• Private healthcare plans Paid leave for volunteering – one day’s paid leave per year
• Workplace pension
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Social fund

If you’re interested in this position, please ensure that a cover letter (outlining why you feel you’d be suitable for the role) as well as a CV is included when applying.

The job listing will be closed as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Manchester, M4 6AG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (preferred)