Senior Software Developer

Purpose:

This position is not just about the technical side but also about developing your leadership skills and capabilities. We’re looking for someone who wants to take a step up to lead and set priorities for a team. You’ll be working directly with the regional head and help set the technical direction for an entire region. 

If you’ve always felt like you wanted to do more than just follow orders, this might be the job for you. We’re at an amazing point in the company where we’re growing extremely quickly and there are more opportunities than we can handle. It’s a great (and sometimes scary) place to be.  If you want normal, boring, same old, this might not be for you.

Tech/platforms/environment:

Non-negotiables:

‍PHP, Laravel, AWS (ECS, RDS, S3), GitHub & GitHub Actions

Important:

‍Livewire, Lumen, unit & integration testing

Nice to haves:

‍Tailwind/Bootstrap, HubSpot, WordPress, Dusk

Other: 

‍Lambdas, SQS, Aurora, CMS frameworks, CI/CD, MySQL

Typical experience 

• At least five years relevant experience
• Relevant qualification / proven track record 

Reports to: 

Chief Technical Officer & Product Owner(s)

Working Hours (Mon-Fri): 

Working hours can be flexible:

• 7am to 4pm;
• 8am to 5pm; or
• 9am to 6pm.

Remuneration & Benefits:

• Monthly Salary will be market related.
• We have a hybrid model - 2 days a week in the office, the rest is up to you.
• Group disability insurance cover.
• You don’t have to ride a bike to work with us, but it helps.  If you're in the office you can join our lunchtime rides or organised rides on the weekends. 
• Other benefits: Study leave, Gin Fridays, company sponsored events, deep discounts on salvage bicycles, and birthday leave.

Who we are and what we’re like:

We’re one of the largest bicycle insurers worldwide and operate mainly in Australia, the US and the UK. We have offices in all of the aforementioned countries, but our main offices are in Stellenbosch and Woodstock:

• We trust people to do what they do best, no micromanagement
• Agile but not prescriptive, do what works and what makes sense
• Positive and passionate about what we do