Full-stack engineer

We're looking for a full-stack engineer to work with us on our open source platform. If you're interested in Laravel, VueJS, Typescript, API design, high quality code or scaling products, we might just have the job for you!

About the role

We are Ayup (pronounced ‘ey·up’), a “tech for good” digital platform provider from Yorkshire working across the UK. Since we started out in 2014, we’ve used good design, smart thinking and clever tech to help fix health and social problems.

We are looking to hire an experienced full-stack engineer to work on our GovTech open-source platform, Ayup Connect, a co-designed directory of services connecting people to services, information and their local communities.

You will be able to demonstrate that you are proficient in Laravel, PHP, MySQL, Vue.js and Typescript. This is a key hire for the company, but one where you’ll have the opportunity to help us shape our product and development offering, as the company grows.

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What you’ll get up to

On a day to day basis, you could be:

Developing new product features or improvements using PHP, Laravel and VueJS to our core API and webapp
Collaborating with colleagues to design, implement, and test new features and enhancements
Writing clean, efficient, and secure code that adheres to industry standards and best practices
Deploying instances of our product to new clients on AWS
Troubleshooting and debug software defects and performance issues
Supporting existing clients and deployments
Contributing to discussions internally and externally to help architect solutions
Documenting technical knowledge, processes and decisions
Staying updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and frameworks relevant to PHP and Laravel development
Being an ambassador for the product and company at developer networking events, meet-ups or conferences

Requirements

Essential

You will:

Be skilled in PHP, Laravel and VueJS/Nuxt and have an appreciation of the Laravel ecosystem amongst Vue, Tailwind and others
Have a testing approach at the heart of your development process
Have previous experience of developing APIs or have a strong understanding of API design and concepts
Be able to properly document your work, both within the codebase and through creation of any associated technical documentation
Have strong OOP Skills and strong understanding of design patterns
Have a working knowledge of GIT version control
Be highly attentive with a very keen eye for detail
Have a strong analytical and problem-solving with the mental acuity to solve end-to-end problems
Have the ability to work independently and meet project deadlines
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts in a simple manner

Desirable

You may have experience with:

Redis
CI/CD pipelines
AWS / Cloudformation
Typescript
ElasticSearch / OpenSearch
Experience working on Central/Local Government projects e.g. Government Digital Service methodology/approaches

Benefits

Starting salary

Competitive salary

Company pension

Up to 8% pension contribution

Health cash plan

Covering dental, glasses, therapies and more

Hybrid working

Hybrid working with a central Leeds office, 30 seconds from the train station

Holiday

25 days’ holiday, plus UK public holidays increasing by one day/year

Training and events

Yearly budget for training, events and conferences - so you can explore and learn

Team socials

Regular team socials and lunches

Volunteer days

Paid days off to volunteer for your chosen cause

Interested in the role?

If you're interested in the role then either drop us an email with a link to your LinkedIn, personal Github/website or CV - or schedule a video chat with Mike for an informal chat.

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