java developer jobs in Bristol

About Us

Shiptheory is a leading SaaS ecommerce shipping management platform that helps retailers streamline their fulfilment process through innovative, time-saving and intelligent software, removing friction and human intervention wherever possible. At Shiptheory, automation is king. We work with incredible brands such as Minirig, Wiper and True, Scrubdaddy, AU Vodka and more.

We are continually looking for opportunities to grow our product and team. We have built Shiptheory without external funding by remaining lean, moving quickly, and working collaboratively with our users to build a platform that adds immediate value and solves problems.

Our Culture

We've got where we are now by staying closely aligned with our values, which focus on results and freedom. The Shiptheory team works in a democratic environment and has a direct and very real impact on thousands of customers' lives. We stay objective and logical by relying on data. We learn from our mistakes, capitalise on our strengths and are honest about our weaknesses.

About The Opportunity

Shiptheory is looking for a full-stack PHP engineering manage to join our technical team in Bristol. As the engineering manager at Shiptheory, you will touch all areas of our technology stack, including our core PHP/Linux/Apache-based application, our mission-critical Python messaging application and various development tools. Our database engine of choice is MySQL. You'll be exposed to traditional system Linux and modern cloud infrastructure practises. In addition to being a strong individual contributor, you will take ownership of a small team of engineers (5–6 developers), ensuring consistent delivery, high engineering standards, and a healthy, accountable team culture.

Your scope will span fixing bugs, designing infrastructure and systems, building new features, maintaining our Linux based development and production servers, working with the wider team to add value to the Shiptheory platform and service and build and maintain scalable deployment pipelines.

You'll be expected to review and feedback on code delivered by other developers and be expected to lead more junior developers in good system design, programming techniques, best practices and innovative thinking as well as contributing to internal and external documentation. You’ll need to be able to identify risks and make suggestions accordingly.

What You’ll Need

You will need to be passionate about building PHP based web applications with a focus on APIs with a minimum of 6 years developing commercial-grade PHP (at-least 2 years as a team leader or manager) and will have worked on large, high volume transactional systems.

You must be able to write Python at a resectable level as well as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You will also need to be able to adapt quickly, and open to learning new languages.

• Experience with CakePHP (or another MVC based framework).
• Knowledge of SOAP, GraphQL, RESTful APIs.
• An understanding of relational database design, normalization and indexing.
• An understanding of e-commerce or experience working within e-commerce or shipping would be a valuable asset but is not essential.
• While you don’t need to be a world-class Dev-Ops, an intermediate understanding of cloud computing techniques and best-practises is required.
• Enthusiasm for developer efficiency and smooth CI/CD pipelines is a given as a senior; the right solution wins over ego every time.
• At-least 2 years leading a development team.
• Proven experience leading or managing engineers in a team environment.
• Experience running performance reviews and developing engineers.
• Experience hiring and building engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of delivery management (planning, estimation, accountability).

We’re a small, bootstrapped team, you’ll be the type of person that likes to get their hands dirty and doesn’t have “that is not in my job description” in your vocabulary.

What You’ll Get

• An influential position in a startup with a proven track record in the e-commerce world.
• Autonomy and creative freedom (provided you can back up claims and ideas).
• Flexible working hours.
• 33 days of annual paid time off (25 days + bank holidays)

How to Apply

In your application email, show us something you are proud of. Include a link or files for something you’ve built or any relevant profiles, such as Github, StackExchange, etc.

If you look like a good fit on paper, we’ll schedule a short informal call where you can tell us more about yourself, ask us any questions you have and we will explain a little more about what we’re trying to achieve and exactly what part you will be playing.

If everyone is happy after the call, we’ll send you a test specification of a simple application we expect you to build. This is your opportunity to showcase your skill and creativity. We’ll then invite you in for a technical conversation to discuss what you built, how you built it, and why you made the choices you did. This is another chance for you and us to ask any other questions.

Shiptheory is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our employees.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £55,000.00-£90,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bristol BS1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• What worries you most about this job advert?
• What is your proudest personal achievement? Career or personal.
• What excites you most about his job advert?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person