Software Engineer

Salary Up to £70,000

Databowl offers world-class software and technology, giving transparency and confidence to some of the world's largest brands when buying and generating leads. We help transform lead buying and generation into a perfectly automated and minimal risk operation for our clients.

We don't rest on our laurels, or the award wins, we're focused on growth and making our platform a better experience for all as we aim to deliver the tech and the team to unlock the growth of our clients in a way that is good for them and their consumers.

We're people centric, with transparent principles, we work remote-first, we're committed to fostering a community of collaboration, and we work in small teams where everyone's voices are heard.

Our team is in search of Full Stack Developers with a focus on PHP and Javascript (Typescript/Angular) as we continue to build a team of passionate developers to support our plans for growth and help set the future direction of the company.

The successful candidate will work alongside an existing talented team and in this small but dynamic and ambitious company that's still in it's startup phase. This job is an opportunity to come in on the ground floor of a growing company - whose software has already been used by Scottish Power, Tesla, HelloFresh and Qatar Airways to name just a few clients - as we scale up.

What you'll do:

• Write beautiful, maintainable and well commented code in an effort to develop and maintain our B2B SaaS applications.

• Launch and support new features used by thousands of users the world over.

• Contribute to the planning and management of development projects

• Manage and improve our cloud based infrastructure.

• Participate in code reviews for your peers and mentor teammates through participation in knowledge sharing sessions

• Create system documentation that's easy to understand

• Exploring new ideas, technology and solutions and how they can be implemented in our existing services.

• Work closely with the customer success team to deliver a better user experience

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience as a full stack developer, ideally 5+ years in the industry.

• Strong skill sets and demonstrative work in Extensive experience in object oriented PHP programming

• Experience with Typescript and/or Javascript (ideally with Angular and Angular.JS experience)

• Multiple years of experience in debugging complex issues, all the way from the browser or session logs, through to the application stack.

• The ability to concisely explain technical problems to non technical team members

• A desire to create software and code that is of high quality, performant and easy for teammates to understand.

• Motivation to understand our business and our users

• Experience working with and contributing to the open-source community is a plus

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science, physics, mathematics or a related field, or equivalent work experience

• High level of familiarity with relational databases (SQL, query optimization,normalisation, etc.)

• Knowledge of software development concepts (Design Patterns, Unit Testing, Security, etc.)

• Experience with a VCS.

• Ideally with familiarity of Angular (2+), Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Redis, Git, AWS, Laravel, Docker and Golang

A typical day at Databowl

The first thing to decide each day is where you want to work.

Our focus is to allow our team to work flexibly from where they want or need to. So, whether you're at home, travelling, or want to use the office, as long as you've got a good internet connection you're pretty much set.

We've curated a set of digital tools that help keep our teams tied together, from a myriad of Slack channels (#random to #support), Google Workspaces and shared document libraries, Jira, confluence, all the way to zoom calls and Monday.com project boards.

If you chose to work from our offices we're based in Kelham Island. Once the bubbling capital of Sheffield's world-famous steel trade, Kelham Island is now home to some of the finest digital businesses of the 21st Century.

Hop off the bus, or tram, or park your car in our carpark -- there's excellent transport links for every kind of commute. Forgot breakfast? We've got you covered -- help yourself to free fruit and snacks all day.

No need to feel restless -- our electric "stand-up desks" let you work however you're most comfortable.

Take a time-out in one of our chill-out zones, and help yourself to coffee whenever you need a quick pick-me-up.

The area is also brimming with fantastic places for food and drinks having become a real cultural hot spot in the city over recent years.

About Databowl

Databowl offers an incredible work environment, with fantastic offices and digital workers based in multiple countries. We believe in transparency and communication, and want to build a team that stays with us for years as we grow.

The benefits we offer in the UK, as well as above-average salaries, a sweet newly-refurbished building, and an awesome, easy- going culture, you'll enjoy a range of tangible perks and benefits as part of your career here with Databowl.

Flexible hours

With a focus more on the work being achieved rather than when your bum is on a seat, our flexible hours are designed to allow work to fit into your life.

Looking after your Mental and Physical Health

Our Westfield membership gives you help with a range of medical costs like your dental bills or a new pair of glasses.

Free Snacks & Coffee

Help yourself to free fruit, snacks and coffee all day every day, and enjoy it in one of our work-free chill zones.

Training & Development Opportunities

We're constantly looking for opportunities to help our people develop their skills and grow their career.

Pension Scheme

All our employees will be enrolled onto our company pension scheme.

Plus a load of other stuff...

Team building days, Casual dress. Flexible schedule, Gym membership, Bring your pet to Work and much more.

Our Awards

• NTA: Best Tech Place To Work - 2018

• NTA: Best Startup Tech Company Of The Year - 2019

• PMA: Best Performance Marketing Technology - 2019

• NTA: Tech Growth Business of the Year - 2020

• PMA: Best Performance Marketing Technology - 2020

• DIGITAL AWARDS: Most Innovative Use Of Digital Technology - 2019

• BUSINESSCLOUD.CO.UK: 100 Smart Tech Innovators - 2020

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £40,000.00-£70,000.00 per year

COVID-19 considerations:
All our employees are able to work from home to help keep themselves and each other safe. In the office we're sanitising desks regularly, have hand sanitiser available for all staff and ensure it's all well ventilated.