Summary
The Business of Fashion is searching for candidates who can deliver quality solutions individually - and within a team. The successful candidate will be the first developer of a new technology team, which will create new products for the long-term business strategy. Looking forward, the role will evolve to incorporate aspects of “big data” - including data processing, data mining and data analytics - as the business transforms into a platform.
Workload & Focus
Successful candidates must balance and organise their time across 3 different work streams simultaneously. As the business grows and collects more data, another work stream may evolve into "big data" technologies. These work streams are outlined below with their probable composition towards monthly workload:
Product Development (~75% of time)
This work stream will constantly employ skills in software engineering. A successful candidate is expected to
- Work with appropriate database technologies and storage formats
- Construct complex queries to retrieve and analyse data within a low response times
- Apply relevant design patterns within an MVC framework and maintain coding standards
- Handle all aspects of a transactional application; such as form validation and data presentation
- Develop and document APIs when necessary to provide appropriate abstract layers
- Use front-end frameworks to implement engaging interfaces, and present information using branding guidelines
- Develop solutions which can work across multiple devices using responsive design
Work Permits
Candidates must already have the necessary visa, work permit, or legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom/European Union.
Other
A practical test will be given to assess skills in PHP, MySQL and JavaScript.
System Administration (~20% of time)
Some tasks will not require coding; instead, they may involve the management of developer or production environments. A successful candidate is expected to
- Setup basic infrastructure for applications, including web servers, databases, queues and caching servers
- Maintain development environments, such as continuous integration environments or tools
- Respond, diagnose and fix infrastructure alerts on production environments
Project Management (~5% of time)
At times, there will be work which requires project management skills. A successful candidate is expected to
- Maintain the current agile process and suggest improvements for a more efficient development pipeline
- Participate in various schedule or impromptu meetings to estimate development times