Part-time Javascript Developer

Location: Remote (UK time zone only) ​ Time: Part-time (zero hours contract) ​ Compensation: £20,000 - £25,000 pro-rata + discretionary bonus ​

About Role:

We are looking for an active, enthusiastic developer to join the team. This is an excellent fit for someone at university looking to improve their engineering skills, particularly in the area of web, app and cloud development. You’ll get hands-on experience working on real projects, delivering features to hundreds-of-thousands of real users.

Responsibilities:

You will be a key player in a small team responsible for the delivery of client work and advising clients on technical solutions.

● Writing clean, concise, self-documenting code that both you and the team can still understand a year later. ● Participating in development, design and architectural sessions and reviews. ● Delivering solutions that are modular, scalable and portable. ● Working in an agile fast-paced environment. ● You’ll actively participate in technical decisions using the latest approaches and use cutting edge technologies and technique. ● You’ll be able to communicate frequently and effectively with clients. ● You’ll be a fully engaged, pro-active and collaborative member of the scrum team. ● Assisting the support team in investigating production issues where necessary. ● You’ll take part in feedback on pull requests, upholding company best practices. ● Work with cloud-based infrastructure (Google, AWS and Heroku) for hosting data solutions/applications.

Benefits:

● £25,000 pro-rata + discretionary bonus ● A CRAZY Christmas Party. ● Flexible working hours, we will be looking for someone who can fill our demand around their studies. ● Flexible holiday (30 days pro-rata). ● A chance to develop with an allocated training budget - we are looking for employees to gain certifications in areas that are useful to our clients in Cloud Technology & Security.

Must-haves:

● Eligible to work within the UK. ● Enthusiastic about product development within the startup world. ● Experience in Javascript (ReactJS/NodeJS applications). ● Working towards a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technology subject. ● Experience with Git source control. ● Independent work ethic. ● Understanding of Agile Methodology. ● Expert knowledge of the Silicon Valley TV show.

Nice-to-haves:

● Entruprenal attitude. ● Familiarity with CI/CD (Bitbucket Pipelines/Travis etc). ● Experience in Ruby on Rails and back-end JS (NodeJS & ExpressJS). ● Experience with SQL & NoSQL based solutions. ● Professional and business skills to accelerate and grow the company. ● An ability to transform business requirements into technical requirements.

About Canary & Delta: ​ ​

Canary & Delta are a consultancy company based in London. They provide software development skills to SME’s in the UK and San Fransico. They have recently been appointed as a Crown Commercial Supplier (https://www.canarydelta.com/post/ccs-supplier). ​ ​

Our Aims

Initially, Canary & Delta aims to provide an all-in-one solution for companies looking to create new products, shed outdated systems, or embark on ambitious digitisation programmes. In doing so, the company will obtain highly skilled teams that can perform exceptional work against tough deadlines.

Longer-term, the vision is that the company will serve as a platform of technical and creative expertise to allow for the incubation of start-ups, from within the organisation. With the UK at the forefront of start-up innovation, especially in sustainability and finance, Canary & Delta will become a unique organisation that allows us to leverage our product creation capabilities for our benefit.

Our Clients

GimmeRadio https://gimmeradio.com / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimme_Radio / canarydelta.com/project/gimme ​ ​ ​ ​

Late-stage startup Gimme Radio is an Internet radio and online store established in June 2017 is based in San Francisco, California and was founded as an advertising-free service. Gimme Radio broadcasts heavy metal & country music 24/7 and among its DJs are 's , Lamb of God's Randy Blythe and 's Johan Hegg.

Gimme Radio was co-founded by Tyler Lenane, David Rosenberg, Jon Maples and Andrew Gilliland, all of whom have previous experience at streaming services: Tyler is the former business development executive at , David is the former head of distribution partnerships at Google Play, and Jon previously served as vice president of product at Rhapsody and 8tracks.

QJAM qjam.com / https://www.canarydelta.com/project/qjam ​ ​

Founders Toby Harris, head of 100 Percent, and Anthony Rose, the man behind the BBC's iPlayer launch their new startup QJAM.

QJAM aims to connect fans with their favourite artists in a real-time video call service. Fans can receive digital signings and share material with others via social media.

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We are a small, young and ambitious team who are determined to make a real impact in this industry. You will be encouraged to express your full skill set and not feel constrained to mundane tasks; we want you to help us build exceptional products and be apart of something much bigger.

If interested, please contact: [email protected] ​