Lead Developer

About the role

We are looking for a lead developer to plan, manage, and deliver our various projects. You will oversee projects during their entire life-cycle, including estimation, technical planning, management of work, and ensuring deadlines are met. You will typically coordinate the work of 4-6 developers.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our long-term customer to ensure their success
• Manage the work of 4-6 developers across 2-3 projects
• Take full ownership of projects by defining requirements, leading technical planning and estimation, and breaking down requirements into implementable task definitions
• Manage, track, and report project progress internally and externally
• Ensure deadlines are met
• Take a leading role in code reviews and mentoring
• Ensure our high-quality code standards are met
• Hold well-being meetings with members of your team
• Take part in the development process

Requirements

• Deep understanding of NodeJS
• Deep understanding of how databases work (Postgres & MSSQL)
• Solid understanding of how to write effective SQL queries
• Solid knowledge of HTML and (S)CSS
• At least ~5 years of work experience in software development
• At least ~3 years of work experience with building APIs
• At least ~2 years of work experience with Angular 2+
• Experience with unit, integration, and e2e testing
• Ability to manage the work of other developers on a project
• Good communication skills in both Hungarian and English
• Experience in code reviews and mentoring
• Strive for perfection but can accept realities of a given situation
• Problem-solver attitude; everything is a challenge for you

Nice to have

• Completed a complex multi-year project before
• Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience with any other frontend frameworks beside Angular
• Sense of beauty for UI and basic UX
• Experience with Azure in any area (storage, serverless, VMs)
• Knowledge of Python or Java

Our way of working and tools

• We work agile and lean
• We use GitHub for version control
• Project management is via GitHub issues and milestones
• On the backend, we use NodeJS with NestJS or Express
• On the frontend, we develop with Angular & RxJS
• We use Jest for unit testing and Cypress for E2E testing
• We have CI/CD configured for each project via GitHub Actions
• Our smaller projects are hosted on Heroku
• Our larger projects are hosted on Azure