We're hiring a Lead Developer

About IbisVision

IbisVision is a comprehensive vision platform that combines clinical experience and disruptive technology to allow opticians to carry out multiple eye exams on a single cloud-based platform. After working on our initial product development for the past few years, we are now looking to take IbisVision to the next level. This means we will be advancing our technology for both opticians in the UK and internationally.
 
We are a small team based out of Glasgow focused on bringing our innovative technology to our target market. We work collaboratively and pride ourselves on having an innovative, entrepreneurial and fun work-place culture. There is no micro-managing; we offer a flexible grown-up environment where the focus is on results with everyone taking ownership for their role.
 
The Lead Developer Role

This is an excellent opportunity for a Lead Developer to join an early stage, but established business with excellent backing and highly experienced leadership.  The successful candidate will be reporting to the COO, making this is an excellent opportunity to gain a wide amount of exposure and gain valuable experience. 
 
This role has excellent prospects for the right candidate as you will be joining the business at a pivotal moment and will have the chance to build a team over the next few years.  This is a rare opportunity to accelerate your career in a team with an excellent culture of collaboration and accountability. 
 
You will be leading the development of the IbisVision platform and as such your responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with other team functions such as a product delivery, sales and operations to ensure that product development is delivered on time and to high standards
• Managing and mentoring new  developers, setting development standards and sharing knowledge and best practice
• Working and collaborating with our extended external development team
• Creating and developing technical solutions to complex problems
• Working as a senior member of an agile development team to develop, test and maintain the comprehensive vision platform by IbisVision
• Influence system architecture and design decisions together with the development team
• Set up and maintain (cloud) infrastructure components and pipelines
• Designing and developing tests
• Peer-review of code
• Reporting on project progress to both internal and external stakeholders
• Continual learning of technologies and skills

 
About You

An excellent coder, you will be keen to develop the skills in those around you and lead by example.  Focused and results orientated you will enjoy the satisfaction of solving problems and creating elegant technical solutions in an Agile environment.  You will have a passion for coding and the desire to join a company where you will have exposure to a breadth of technologies and opportunities.  You will enjoy learning and researching tools and technologies then selecting the best combinations.  You will already have helped to make design and architectural decisions and be confident making technical decisions.
 
Essential technical skills include:

• High level of coding proficiency in at least one object-oriented language
• Solid understanding and working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Ability to work with any SQL dialect
• Git
• Linux (Server)
• Building RESTful APIs
• Experience with a cloud platform (i.e. AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM)
• Understanding of programming patterns

 
Desirable skills for this role include:

• Experience of C#, ASP .NET (Core), Entity Framework, Ruby, Rails, Angular, React, Postman and any test automation framework such as xUnit, RSpec or MiniTest 
• Experience in integration of a tele-conference solution would also be desirable. 
• Experience of working in a regulated environment. In particular, working to ISO Accreditations 14971 and 62304 for medical device software.

 
Key competencies for this role include:

• A bias for action
• A collaborative approach to work
• Ability to develop others
• Structured and analytical approach to problem solving and technical decision making
• Strong communication skills
• Quality focused approach to work with high level of attention to detail
• Follow through on commitments and proactive approach
• Self-motivated and driven
• Calm under pressure
• Flexibility and enthusiasm
  
  

Location

The IbisVision office is centrally located next to Buchanan Street, with NCP parking 100m from the building and the 2 main train stations in Glasgow within a 5-10 minute walking distance.
 
IbisVision
2/2 14 Mitchell Lane,
Glasgow,
G1 3NU
 
There is also the opportunity to work from a shared office in Edinburgh too.  This office is in a very central location with excellent links to public transport with Haymarket station two minutes’ walk from the office
 
Open Frequency,
Easter Dalry House,
Edinburgh
EH11 2BA
 
Package

​Salary dependant on experience

• 30 days holiday
• Flexible working environment
• Other perks include regular team lunches and an excellent work life balance

 
If you're interested in this role, we'd love to hear from you. To apply, please submit your CV through our Indeed job posting or alternatively, you can send your CV to jbirley@ibisvision.co.uk 
 

Useful Links

​IbisVision Website
 
IbisVision LinkedIn
 
Mark Roger, CEO
 
Justin Birley, Chief Operating Officer
 
Melville Berwick, Commercial Director
 
Laura Hillhouse, Marketing Manager