What we are looking for
We are searching for an enthusiastic, proactive and motivated Full Stack Developer with experience in PHP (laravel), Python, Docker and Devops practices to become an in-house developer of the App OdourCollect (and progressively new Apps and IT Tools to come). In this role, you will develop the professional version of the App following our commercial strategy. This includes developing interactive capabilities and other functionalities, such as automatic data analysis, visualisation and reporting, integration with other data coming from different sources, incorporating automatic reporting per typology of users, communication capabilities, social network and/or gamification features, monitoring of KPIs/metrics such as the number of users or the user activity, and incorporating machine learning elements to predict different events.
OdourCollect is a LARAVEL webapp designed to geolocate, report and follow up incidents of odour pollution, with communities actively engaged worldwide. It is a citizen science webapp – Citizens can report quickly and in real time ambient odours, which are recorded at the time and place where they are detected to be included on a global map. The latest version of OdourCollect is available for use on the web, iOS and Android operating systems. The code of the App is open source and available in GitHub. We currently have more than 13.000 odour observations and more than 2.500 registered users, distributed in different countries around the globe. For the development of the professional version of the App, the use of the co-design methodology developed by SFC in the COS4CLOUD project will be considered, where users (citizens and other stakeholders, such as environmental authorities or odour emitting industries) and previous D-NOSES partners will be invited to participate to ideate the new features of the App (both in the front and the backend) following a user-centred perspective.
Main duties and responsibilities
Within this job position, the candidate will become an in-house developer of the App OdourCollect under the supervision of the main Full Stack developer. The work includes the following tasks:
1. DEVELOPMENT
- Building frontend, backend and high-performance systems.
- General maintenance of OdourCollect’s open source codebase on GitHub.
- Planification and implementation of the backend (Laravel, PHP) and frontend (VUE, JS, HTML, CSS) features as the backlog is being updated.
- Building a set of tools for data analytics and data visualisation, by using technologies such as Pandas, Kepler, JS visualisation libraries, etc.
- Creating testing environments with respective automated tests.
- Opportunity to work closely with experienced data scientists and support to external partners that collaborate with the project providing feedback and testing on the field.
- Possibility of co-design parts of the code with international developers in the framework of ECS project using the co-design methodology for IT services developed by SFC.
- Working in scrum agile methodologies, with weekly catch up meetings.
2. DEVOPS
- Setting up and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline, with proper testing, pre-production and production environments. You’ll have the opportunity to work with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, etc.
- Setting up app’s observability: monitoring dashboards, filters, alarms, logging, etc.
The workload between the two work areas will be, approximately:
- 80% DEVELOPMENT
- 20% DEVOPS
Training and skills
We are looking for a proactive, responsible and methodical person with a solid background in PHP frameworks and all the languages associated with web technology: PHP, JS, HTML, CSS, MySQL, who feels good working autonomously while being part of a motivated interdisciplinary team.
Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Maths, Telecommunications, Physics or similar are preferred, but highly experienced people with undergraduate education in Information Technology are also welcome.
- 3 to 5 years of relevant experience with web frameworks and technologies, REST, SPA, and all the languages associated with it, including frontend technologies such as Vue/React, JS, HTML, CSS.
- 2 to 3 years of experience with designing hybrid mobile applications.
- 1 year experience with Docker is a must.
- Experience with source code management (git is a must).
- Experience with remote build tools and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Python or similar libraries/frameworks for data analysis and visualisation.
- Experience with unit and integration testing.
- Experience in working in an iterative, agile technology product development environment.
- Scaling web/mobile applications while considering security and technical optimization.
- Ability to use analytics tools to answer behavioural questions and drive design decisions (Google Analytics, Mixpanel, etc) is a plus.
Additional requirements:
- Experience with running production workloads on the AWS platform or similar (Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Digital Ocean, etc.).
- Experience with monitoring tools and data/logs analytics tools.
- Experience with orchestration tools.
- Commitment with writing user and API documentation.
- Experience or contribution to high-profile open-source projects is a plus.
- Ability to estimate feature and project timelines.
- An eye for connecting user behaviour with simple, clean and intuitive UI.
- Understanding general hardware working principles is a plus.
- Knowing general ideas behind TCP/IP is a plus.
Interpersonal skills:
- Technical analysis, strong attention to detail, research and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Strong communication (written and verbal) and collaboration skills.
- A team player, someone people like to work with.
- Ability to cooperate with non-technical teammates towards a common goal.
- Someone who is great at figuring stuff out and gets things done.
- Good attitude towards change and uncertainty in agile projects.
Languages
English at a professional level, Spanish and Catalan are a plus.
What we offer
- Full-time position and permanent contract.
- Salary ranges between 30K – 35K (according to the candidate value).
- Long-term projects (12m+) with great customers.
- Possibility to work remotely two days a week.
- Flexible working hours.
- Democratic management style & friendly environment.
- The company can also offer health insurance and other social benefits within the payroll (daily allowances, etc.).
- A young and motivated interdisciplinary team.
- Cosy office in the centre of the city.
- Coffee, cookies, fruit and other goodies.
- Professional and personal growth.
How to apply
- An updated CV and a cover letter (both in English) need to be sent to the HR & Emotional Care Manager before June,9th 2023:
- Nora Salas Seoane: nora.salas@scienceforchange.eu
- The recruitment process will start as soon as potential candidates apply to the offer.
- The company will get in contact with the selected candidates advising on the next steps in the recruitment process.
- Availability to join us ASAP (by June/July 2023).
