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Lead Developer


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  • Xtremepush
  • London
  • 1 week ago

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Lead Developer with a strong background in building scalable PHP-based applications to join our team. This role involves leading one of our development teams that focuses on advancing the Xtremepush engagement platform. Our primary technologies include PHP, MySQL, Vue.js, and AWS.

The ideal candidate is a proactive and motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a strong aptitude for tackling complex technical challenges. Your expertise in performance optimisation and scalable solutions will be crucial in driving our projects forward.

If you’re passionate about leading dynamic teams and pushing the boundaries of technology, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a hybrid role. #LI-hybrid

Please note that Xtremepush will not be accepting applications from recruiters or recruitment agencies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as a team lead, managing the backlog and workload of the team, scoping requirements, peer review of code, providing feedback to the rest of the team.
  • Work closely with the product team to understand the vision and translate the vision into engineering product requirements that can be executed.
  • Support the team as a line manager, carrying out 1-1s, setting objectives, and ensuring career development via mentoring and coaching.
  • Represent the team in management and stakeholder meetings. Ensure best practices are kept, and suggest improvements to our development processes where you see gaps.
  • Investigate, test, and resolve technical problems,  working closely with other engineers to deliver core product functionality.

Your Experience and Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in a software development role using PHP
  • 2+ years of leadership/management experience, with a history of hiring and developing strong engineers.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical solutions simply to others
  • Knowledge of OOP/development patterns and best practices, and a good understanding of when to use them (i.e. DRY, SOLID principles, etc.)
  • Understanding of distributed systems design – including asynchronous tasks, event driven architecture, scheduling, caching, queue processing
  • Experience working with high-performance systems, and solving complex engineering problems at scale (our platform processes ~100 Billion messages per year)
  • Experience with Cloud and DevOps technologies (AWS, Terraform, CI/CD etc.)
  • Interest or experience with marketing technologies
  • Interest or experience with big data, data analytics, AI and machine learning

Location

​Dublin, Ireland or Milton Keynes, UK.

About us

Headquartered in Ireland with offices in the UK and US, Xtremepush is an Omnichannel Customer Engagement Platform powered by a built-in CDP. It enables high-velocity companies to build, grow, and retain strong customer relationships through personalised, relevant, and timely communication. With a true single customer view at its core, Xtremepush provides actionable customer intelligence that drives engagement, conversion, and revenue across all channels, while putting customer retention first. 

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At Xtremepush, we believe that diversity adds incredible value to our teams, our products, and our culture. We don’t just accept differences, we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
 

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