The role - Senior Software Developer
Loominate is looking for a mid-weight or senior Full-Stack Web Developer to join Loominate as a Senior Software Developer. The ideal candidate lives and breathes code and would love nothing more than to spend their waking hours coding, hacking, innovating and traversing the Web 3.0 revolution. The candidate is the full embodiment of what it means to be a technical rockstar, adventurer, inventor and he/she wears the geeky label with pride. We do not care where you’re based or how many big logos you have on your resume, what is more important to us is that you show genuine passion in your craft and that you find resonance with our company’s mission.
The Opportunity
The Senior Software Developer will be leading and owning the development of the Loominate platform. The Senior Software Developer will work closely with our external software development partners to bring to life our product roadmap while at the same time building the product vision with the founding team. This is an exciting role for an experienced but experimental software engineer who wants to build a product and business that he/she could truly be proud of.
The candidate should have the experience and skill sets to perform the following responsibilities:
- Oversee all aspects of the engineering organisation, including technical strategy, technology blueprint, hiring and retaining talent and best practises & technology stacks. Manage the end to end technology execution
- In the initial months, the Technical Lead will be taking over the development of our MVP from an external software development house
- Design the technical and product strategy and roadmap for Loominate
- Provide hands-on technical leadership to the team
- Ensure consistent best practises, processes, and procedures for software development, quality assurance, and maintenance
- Work closely with the founding team to identify risks, opportunities, strategies and new ways of bringing to live the product roadmap
- Work closely with the founding team to develop the product roadmap, both the Loominate platform and the launch of cryptocurrency, Loomi Token.
- Take charge of platform development, owning the engineering budget and making key decisions on technical architecture.
- Be a proponent of data tracking and evidence-based approach to product innovation and iteration.
- Experience with Mixpanel, Amplitude and other similar data tracking platforms is a plus.
- Iterate on the MVP (prototype), enabling us to start serving our early customers
- Integrating e-commerce, payment gateway and blockchain applications into the Loominate Platform
- Partner with multifunctional internal and external technology teams to integrate solutions
- Help, recruit, coach and mentor more junior resources ( including product managers, software developers and UX/UI members) by providing encouragement and constructive feedback and advice
- Build the engineering function by hiring the right people and embedding a great working culture Technical Languages At least 3-5 years of full time work experience, with at least 2 years of experience in the following tech stacks:
- Frontend - Javascript (REACT), HTML5, CSS, Sass, Bootstrap
- Backend - Ruby on rails, PHP 7, Laravel, Beanstalk, Memcached, Node.JS
- Experience in any blockchain technology is a huge plus Ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly is a must
Attitude we’re looking for
- Possesses a great sense of humour
- Possesses a strong work ethic, integrity and sense of accountability
- Possesses a communicative and open personality that thrives on collaboration and genuine rapport with colleagues
- Possesses a growth mindset and an innate motivation to achieve excellence
- Hacker mentality to break new grounds and experiment with new technologies
- Resourceful and a strong disposition for improvisation
- An innate self-motivation to build and achieve
- Optimistic and positive mindset to problem solving and team building
- A strong sense of ownership and urgency when delivering on key product milestones
Benefits
- A seat at the table with the founding team
- Freedom and control over product development and team building
- ESOPs in addition to a fair monthly salary
- We adopt a reasonable and progressive upward review of compensation package with each new
- successful funding round and the achievement of company milestones
- Potentially an allocation in Loomi Tokens (only for full time, confirmed staff)
- An open, free and inclusive work culture
- Be a part of a mission-driven Web 3.0 startup
Interview Process
- First round of interview with Founding Team
- Technical interview with our Technology Advisor
- Technical Task Presentation
- Final round with Founding Team