OVERVIEW

RapidSpike is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. We are an award-winning tech startup working on cutting edge web monitoring for major brands around the world.
We are looking for a full-time software engineer to join our team. This is a challenging, varied role where you will quickly gain a great deal of experience as part of a fast-moving and exciting technology company.
Salary: £40-50k depending on experience.

CORE SKILLS

• OOP PHP (3 years +)
• AWS - EC2, RDS, Timestream, Lambda
• MySQL, Redis, PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and asynchronous request handling
• Commercial use of Git or similar
• Linux server administration
• Good understanding of common design patterns and principles

BONUS EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

• Experience with developing SaaS Cloud platforms
• Data Science, working with AIs, LLM, ML
• Experience working with internet monitoring, security, performance or automation tools - e.g. Google Lighthouse, WebpageTest, GTMetrics, Browserstack, Selenium etc
• Docker, Serverless
• Selenium automated testing
• Experience working with message queue and worker mechanisms

WHAT WILL THE ROLE BE LIKE?

RapidSpike is a cloud-based monitoring system that utilises cutting-edge technology to deliver critical alerting and insights for some of the world’s biggest companies. We are an agile and dynamic team committed to delivering excellence in web performance, security, and user experience monitoring.
The successful candidate will have the chance to be a key architect in designing and implementing an exciting new AI project and SaaS platform. The candidate will also help support our development team working on our existing cloud platform.
This role requires a creative problem-solver, someone who’s a competent self-starter, and who has a good understanding of cloud services.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• AI-Led Project: Collaborate on an exciting new AI-led project, contributing to back-end development and ensuring seamless integration with backend services.
• Platform Maintenance: Maintain and enhance the current RapidSpike platform, ensuring it remains robust, scalable, and user-friendly.
• Collaborate: Work closely with product, customer and other developers to implement new features and improve existing ones.
• Code Quality and Best Practices: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while following best practices in web development.
• Stay Updated: Keep abreast of the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our solutions are current and competitive.