Lead Web Developer

at  Gigaclear

Become our lead and expert on Next.js and React, ensure quality and right first time when it comes to the development of all our web applications, mentoring junior developers and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and performant web solutions.
The core aim of the Web Team is to support the development and maintenance of the Company’s brand, look and feel across several web applications including the Company’s Website.
We are committed to delivering web applications of high quality, which we believe starts with delivering high-quality code and architecture, systematic code reviews, testing, and deployment automation.
Being Agile is key to what we do: the business is evolving quickly, and we are working closely with other teams to assist them in various projects. This gives you plenty of room for taking initiatives and making a difference.
We believe in creating a friendly, diverse, supportive, and inclusive environment, with a strong focus on personal development through code reviews, developers’ meetings, mentoring and training.
Note: this is a mainly remote role howver you must be able to visit our Abingdon Head Office circa once every 6 weeks for team catch ups, meetings, etc.
Our Stack
Key is Next.js and React experience. Our latest stack includes Node..s with TypeScript for the backend, and a combination of Vue.js and Next.js (React) for the frontend. This stack is subject to change, based on changes in the industry and suggestions within the team; we are open minded about what we use and always strive to improve and use the right tools for the job.
We also use Strapi as our headless CMS, combined with GraphQL, DynamoDB and PostgreSQL. We integrate with our CRM through REST APIs. We use Gitlab for version control and use Gitlab pipelines for deployment to a Kubernetes cluster on AWS.
If you bring experience of the above stack, have led a team of web developers, plus the strategy and development of the overall architecture for web applications using Next.js and React then we would love to hear from you.
Gigaclear is a growing Fibre Broadband (FTTP / FTTH) company, having grown from 100 to circa 800 employees over the past 6 years, we are developing our fibre-to-the-premises broadband infrastructure to some of the most difficult to reach areas of the UK, empowering those communities with broadband to rival any city.

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