Lead Developer, Planes
£85-100k
2+ days a week in office (Hoxton, London)
Digital product studio
Be an early applicant
Digital product studio
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£85-100k
2+ days a week in office (Hoxton, London)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To launch digital products that are built to last.
Role
Who you are
- You have grown teams, and know what it takes to make a great one
- You have built projects from the ground up and have the ability to structure projects using best practices
- You have been a coach for other developers
- You possess great communication skills
- You have worked directly with clients to consult on technical requirements
- You want to contribute to not only your projects, but the growth of Planes as a whole
- You are comfortable not knowing everything, but have the desire to grow
What the job involves
- A Lead Developer at Planes will work closely with one or more project teams (including designers, developers and product managers), helping them to work to best practices and unblock them when technical challenges arise. Much of the time you will find your self working directly on projects, getting your hands dirty whether thats via pair programming with more junior developers or committing code. However from time to time you might find yourself client-facing, helping to scope projects and consulting on technical requirements for a new project.
- On top of your day to day, you will be working to enhance the Software Engineering practice at Planes by spotting opportunities for team growth, identifying possible new tools that could help the team work more efficiently and providing mentoring for other developers in the team.As a lead, you'll also spend some time:
- Coaching more junior Developers
- Implementing Software Engineering best practice in Planes
- Collaborating with other people and functions on new initiatives for making Planes a better, smarter, and more fun place to work
Application process
- Video call with People Director (30 mins)
- Interview with Technical Founder and one of our Developers (1 hour)
- Pair Programming exercise with two of our team (1 hour)
- Interview with Tech Director and one of our Developers
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Planes is a digital product studio that launches product businesses for startups, scaleups and large organisations. It aims to help its partners reach new customers, tap into new revenue streams and optimise their digital offerings.
Able to work as an expert partner or lead on product delivery, Planes helps businesses launch projects fast but still in a sustainable way. This positions the products they create for further growth down the line, supporting the growth of the businesses behind them.
Planes has worked with a wide range of partners from internet personality Camilla Lorentzen to a leading legal research company to beauty company Skin Rocks. This is testament to its ability to support all sorts of clientele, a fact which bodes well for its future success.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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48% female employees
Company
Employee endorsements
Nice people
"Just a great, friendly, supportive, intelligent, hard-working and genuinely caring bunch of people that want to do good work while looking out for..."
Company benefits
- Access to Spill
- L&D Budgets
- Annual Bonus
- Cycle to work scheme
- Work From Anywhere Policy
- Ability to take extended periods of leave
Company values
- Our Gates are Always Open
- Ready for Takeoff
- Extra Legroom
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Planes
- We strongly believe in building a diverse and inclusive team, please don't see everything here as a 'must have'. We highly encourage applications from global majority, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neuro-divergent people, parents, carers and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If you have any requirements or preferences that help you feel comfortable please just let us know.
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