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My client is a fast-growing Big Data company based in the North West – They are working on Global projects within the Data and Media Sectors.

You will work on projects using JavaScript and TypeScript in the Angular framework for frontend with a plan in progress to migrate to Vue.js. The backend is mostly PHP & Laravel. These systems are used to provide management systems for staff and customers of market research projects.

The Technical Lead in the Portal Team will work with the other Portal developers to develop improve and maintain the systems that provide management tools for market research projects with the support of the Platform & Services Team Lead and other colleagues.

This role is technology focussed and will not include line-management of other staff. However they will be responsible for the teams’ technical direction and the quality of their code as well as working with the Team Lead to manage incoming development requests maintenance schedules and technical debt.

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Here’s what we’re looking for:

  • Strong knowledge of programming languages and underlying development concepts to enable them to contribute to work across teams

  • Ability to define technical specifications based on customer requirements

  • Ability to clearly explain complex technical issues

  • System architecture and design

  • Strong understanding of information security ISO 27001 and other processes and policies

  • Knowledge of coding standards

  • Experience with AWS & Serverless technologies

  • Strong PHP knowledge utilising the Laravel framework

  • Strong JavaScript or TypeScript knowledge utilising the Angular or Vue.js frameworks

  • HTML and CSS

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