Junior/Mid Fullstack Software Developer

The Portfolio Collective; Greater London; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technology startup in Greater London is seeking a Fullstack Junior/Mid Software Developer to maintain and enhance their online community platform. This full-time role offers flexible working hours and a salary between £24k-£28k. A passion for building a community of portfolio professionals and experience in PHP and JavaScript are essential. Join a fast-growing team and gain insights into startup development.

Benefits

Stock options

Flexible working hours

Free lifetime access to the community

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of work experience.
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages and frameworks as needed.
• Experience in using WordPress and contributing to development projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver new functionalities to the platform and improve existing ones.
• Help pivot to modern technologies like Symfony and ElasticSearch.
• Collaborate with a team of designers, content writers, and marketers.

Skills

PHP

JavaScript

Problem-solving mindset

Detail-oriented

Relational databases

Fluent English

Education

Computer Science Degree

Tools

WordPress

React.js

AWS

Job description

Summary

We are looking for a Fullstack Junior/Mid Software Developer to join us to help maintain and develop our online community platform, which is focused on helping professionals build and maintain their portfolio careers.

Who are we?

The Portfolio Collective (TPC) was set up by Ben Legg (former COO of Google Europe) in July of 2020 with our COO Fiona Chorlton-Voong and CTO Jesus Iniesta. We could see that in the near future half of all professionals globally will be portfolio professionals, and that they will need support in launching and sustaining successful portfolio careers. You can learn more in our recent Future of Careers article.

We are now a team of 12 (and growing!) who are passionate about shaping the future of work. In our first two years we have scaled rapidly, with key achievements including:

• Attracted over 200,000 unique visitors to our website
• Conducted 300+ events
• Built a professional networking platform with over 7,200 high-calibre members
• We have raised nearly £1 million to date, having recently closed a successful crowdfunding campaign. Get to know what we offer by joining and exploring our community.

What we are building and how you can help

TPC is a London-based (remote working) fast-growing start-up focused on building the worlds largest community of portfolio professionals, helping them to learn, collaborate and win work. Working closely with our experienced Tech Team Leader Krzysztof Janiszewski, you will:

• Deliver new functionalities to the platform and improve existing ones
• Help us to pivot to modern technologies (e.g. Symfony, ElasticSearch)
• Find and integrate third party solutions as needed
• Collaborate with a team of talented designers, content writers and marketers to maximise the value we provide to our members and clients across multiple verticals
• Learn about technology, startups and the future of work
• Develop a great professional network as you engage with members of our community

Some of the technologies we use are: ACF, bbPress, BuddyPress, Elementor, AWS, Kubernetes, LearnDash, Laravel Blade, MemberPress, Sage, Youzer, Yoast and WordPress.

The first phase of our startup project required the implementation of quick IT solutions, among which we chose WordPress as the basis for our platform.

The second phase of the project, which has a much longer time horizon, will consist in building a more scalable and modern technological platform. It is for the second phase that we need a larger team that, step by step, using modern tools (e.g.Symfony, ElasticSearch, Redis, React) will reimplement the existing parts of the system and create completely new elements.

More about you

You have completed an computer science degree and have:

• 2-3 years of work experience
• Detail-oriented and problem-solving mindset
• Experience* in PHP and JavaScript
• Experience* in relational databases
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages and frameworks as needed
• Ability to communicate in English fluently

You might also have

• Experience* using WordPress
• Experience in React.js
• Contributed to the development of WordPress plugins
• Contributed to open source projects
• Ability and interest to investigate and integrate third party solutions as needed
• Interest in learning about AWS ecosystem

* Experience can also refer to extracurricular activities, not necessarily in a professional context.

What can we offer you?

The role will be full-time, with flexible working hours and remote working. Compensation will include a salary of £24k-£28k (gross) per annum depending on experience, as well as stock options.

Alongside your salary and a role with the room to evolve, we offer free lifetime access to the community we are building and the opportunity to work alongside a world class team with decades of experience in startups and unicorn building.

Between us we have built millions of dollars in value at the startups we have been involved with to date, and this is an unprecedented opportunity to get an inside look at building the next big thing from the ground up.