Senior Full-Stack Developer

Zing Cover; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading embedded insurance provider in the UK seeks a technically skilled leader to oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex software projects. Candidates should possess expertise in Laravel, PHP, and AWS, with a proven track record in engineering leadership. The role includes managing DevOps practices and enhancing development processes, offering substantial benefits such as 25 days leave and learning budgets.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday per year

Buy and sell holiday scheme

Employee perks and discounts

Travel to work scheme

Annual learning budget

Wellbeing rewards after service

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Laravel, PHP, Vue.js, and MySQL.
• Experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Proven ability to lead and grow engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical delivery of complex projects.
• Lead in areas of automated testing to support CI pipelines.
• Manage DevOps.

Skills

Laravel

PHP

Vue.js

MySQL

AWS cloud infrastructure

DevOps Management

Technical leadership

Tools

Docker

Job description

Who We Are

• Zing Cover is the leading embedded insurer for the luxury goods industry. Zing revolutionises the world of insurance by providing specialist, invite-only insurance protection for the customers of its luxury goods partners increasing consumer confidence in the purchase and ownership of luxury goods
• We currently have offices in London and Cardiff with plans for expansion into several new markets in the coming months

Who You Are

• Proficiency with Laravel, PHP, Vue.js, and MySQL
• Experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure, including App Runner, ECS, RDS, EventBridge
• Experience managing DevOps
• Proven ability to lead and grow engineering teams, shape technical strategy, and influence cross-functional collaboration
• You are a natural leader with a passion for challenging the norm
• You want to wear multiple hats and be involved in all aspects of the business beyond the tech
• You care deeply about security, reliability, and cost efficiency
• You are results-driven and have experience delivering high-quality software

What You ll Do

• Own end-to-end technical delivery of complex projects and features
• Lead by example in areas of automated unit, integration, and acceptance tests to support the continuous integration pipelines
• Manage DevOps
• Deliver a mix of backend and fronted functionality
• Supporting backend and frontend engineers to resolve bugs and implement best practices
• Continuously refine development processes within the team
• Work closely with developers, product designer, and Head of Product

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Typescript
• Experience building automated test suites
• Familiarity with Docker for containerization
• Experience with AI/ML
• Experience building WooCommerce plugins and/or Shopify apps
• Experience with Native Mobile App development for Android and iOS

Benefits

• 25 days paid holiday per year, plus your birthday and bank holidays
• Buy and sell holiday scheme to purchase up to 10 extra days or sell up to 5 unused days of holiday
• A range of employee perks and discounts
• Travel to work scheme for public transport and bicycles
• Annual learning budget
• Annual wellbeing rewards for each continuous year of service including additional annual leave days and paid sabbaticals