This role in 5 points:

The company – we're Zenstores, a Bristol based technology startup reinventing delivery experience for the next era of commerce. From fashion brands to breweries, pet stores to plant shops, thousands of brands use the Zenstores platform to ship millions of orders to their customers each month

The role – we’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the company as the 15th member of the team. This role will involve building and deploying updates to our core SaaS product, and helping us to continue to scale our infrastructure as the company grows. This is a role that is integral to the company's continued growth and provides hands-on experience at the growth stage of a startup's journey – this role is a great fit for someone entrepreneurial

Freedom and responsibility. And less meetings! – working at Zenstores means having the responsibility to come up with ideas and the freedom to implement them that you won't find in many other companies. We prize hard work and creative thinking above all else and we optimise for low amounts of time spent in meetings each week

Salary – the salary for this role is negotiable on experience

Location – we’re a remote-first team, and we have a beautiful office in the heart of Bristol with a killer coffee machine! You can workfully remote from anywhere in the UK or work from theBristol office whenever you like. You will be required to attend team days at the Bristol office up to 2 days per quarter and for the occasional day if necessary. Most of the team works from the office on Tuesdays.

If this sounds like a good fit for you then read on for the full job spec.

We're looking to hire a hardworking, experienced Senior Software Engineer with a passion for building and scaling high-quality web applications. Your work will make a difference to thousands of businesses, and you will play an integral role in how our product and company evolve

You’re looking for a role where you have more freedom, and you can make a real impact on the company
You have 5+ years of commercial experience of building and scaling web applications
You’re positive, upbeat and obsessed with technology and rethinking the way things are done

You are skilled in the following areas:

Python
Django
JavaScript/ES6
JavaScript frameworks (Vue or similar)
Postgres
AWS

Responsibilities

Your day-to-day at Zenstores will involve:

Writing, testing and deploying new features to our core product
Contributing to product planning and solving unique application and infrastructure scaling challenges as the company grows
Improving our internal testing/deployment/monitoring tools and processes
Working within a multi-disciplined agile team, mentoring other team members and providing code reviews

This is a role that’s big on responsibility and big on opportunity, with both immediate and long-term benefits.

Salary negotiable on experience
Flexible remote-first working
Private medical insurance
25 days holiday (plus bank/public holidays)
Mac or Linux laptop
Have a huge impact on the company as an early member of the team
Work in a friendly, talented team with all the tools and support you need to succeed
More than a job, but only if that’s what you want!

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Senior Software Engineer