Torchbox - Senior Full Stack Engineer - 12 month FTC

Full Stack Developer is needed in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Client: Torchbox

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

Contract: Contractor, Contractor

Job Description

Senior Full Stack Engineer - This role is initially on a 12 month Fixed-term contract, with the aim of it becoming a permanent role.

A bit about Torchbox: We’re the digital marketing specialists for many of the biggest charities in the UK; we build digital products for international NGOs, governments and universities; and we created Wagtail CMS, used by Google, NASA, the NHS and thousands more. Our diverse team of over 110 people is mostly UK-based but with a significant presence in Manila as well as a network of people around the world. We are on a mission to set a new standard for a purpose-led business. Torchbox is 100% employee-owned - everyone is a co-owner from day one and we are building an amazing, progressive ownership and learning culture.

If you are excited about this mission, it’s a great time to join.

Requirements

A successful Senior Full Stack Engineer will have the following technical skills:

Essential:

• Demonstrable expertise in Python and Django web development
• Experience with Relational Database Systems (especially PostgreSQL), Docker/ Containerised deployments, RESTful APIs (e.g DRF), Gitlab/GitHub, CI and Testing
• An understanding of the following technologies: Heroku, Azure, AWS, GCP, Elasticsearch, GraphQL
• Front end programming skills using Javascript based frameworks e.g. React/NextJS, Vue/NuxtJS

Desirable:

• Familiarity or expertise with Wagtail
• Expertise in NLP, Large Language Models or other AI technologies
• Expertise in data warehousing and data pipelines
• Experience with Node.js /Express
• Front end styling skills using Tailwind and BEM
• Knowledge or expertise in accessibility testing and best practice

The successful candidate will also:

• Use machine learning and AI tools to augment efficiency and knowledge
• Have experience as a technical lead on projects
• Be able to confidently demonstrate aspects of project management (e.g agile development methodologies and backlog refinement)
• Be confident in communicating with internal teams and clients to elicit clearly defined requirements and convert these into robust technical architecture
• Produce high-quality technical specifications, documentation and be skilled at estimating the time required to build
• Confidently contribute to testing strategies
• Be experienced in producing high-quality code to budget, whilst demonstrating commercial awareness
• Contribute technically towards pitches and proposals
• Have experience with nurturing a team by supporting colleagues (through mentoring, coaching, line managing, and reviewing and improving code)
• Remain up to date with technologies in the software field and share that knowledge

Additional Information

Remuneration package: £47,884 - £75,281 per annum. This comprises of a tax-free co-owner bonus of £3,600 which is prorated and paid quarterly.

Your application process will consist of three stages:

1. An initial interview to discuss your skills and experience, with a technical element
2. A takeaway technical assignment
3. A final stage interview with the Head of Engineering and team members