Vacancy: Director of Tech / Senior Full-Stack Developer
Want to join a dynamic startup and make your work count?
TheSocialMedwork is a fast-growing, multicultural and
mission-driven social impact startup with real potential for disruption.
Our young, multi-cultural, high-qualified team works from modern
offices based in the stunning historic heart of Amsterdam. As a
pioneering medical service every person we help is a life made better.
Why you?You’re passionate about e-commerce and
live and breathe best practice, both frontend and backend. You are an
experienced full-stack IT professional who is a strategic leader as well
as hands-on enough to get stuff done. You are clearly driven by our
mission to make an impact.
RoleThe DoT will
report to the COO. The DoT and his/her team will enable us as a social
enterprise to realise the company’s vision and strategy by mapping,
realising and executing the roadmap for technology focused on speed and
innovation. Understanding code and ecommerce and not consider himself
too senior to lay hands on the code himself the DoT will be a thought
leader with a deep knowledge of agile methodologies and modern
development practices and will maintain knowledge of current technology
trends and practices to ensure TheSocialMedwork remains technically
aggressive and solution driven.
The technological knowledge will drive IT transformation across the company, enabling to help more people.
Being an outstanding people manager who will set the highest
standards for hiring, retention and employee satisfaction will be
crucial. The DoT will act as a mentor to their reports, coaching them
and helping them to drive exceptional performance.
This is a unique opportunity to play a critical role in
revolutionising one of the few industries that the digital revolution
has so far left untouched, and, in the process, helping build a truly
world-class business. This is therefore a career-defining role for the
right person.
ResponsibilitiesChampion in e-commerce builds, preferably with a deep insight in Magento 2+ development.
Is
him- / herself a full stack engineer and a hard and smart worker. We
require our DoT to be both hands-on / coding and a manager building the
team.
Identify the appropriate technology platform(s)
and corresponding technology strategy for delivering the company's
aggressive plan for growth and market-leading patient/customer
experience.
Implement workflows that allow for:
Continuous improvements of existing software and platforms
Development of new features (and ‘sister platforms’) in larger, agile cycles
Track, analyse and monitor technology performance metrics.
Oversee all system design and changes in our system architecture.
Maintain
up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging
technologies, and software development best practices.
Promote
achievement of the company's business goals by developing guidelines
for technological innovation and developing differentiating intellectual
property.
Lead people to create a culture of
collaboration within the organisation that emphasises teamwork and
accountability and a focus on the patients’ (first and foremost) and
internal clients’ needs.
Build and maintain a strong,
competent, and compliant Information Technology team, ensuring that they
ambitiously initiate and/or embrace change and are respected throughout
the organisation.
Establish clear goals and performance
objectives for the developers while rewarding initiatives, discipline,
dedication and technical excellence.
Drive technology standards and best practices across the tech team - starting with the basics like, for example:
Implementing version control,
Creating a sustainable and maintainable hardware/hosting environment
Setting up a deployment protocol for (minor and major) software updates
Overseeing if GDPR (and other requirements) are met
Setting
up testing protocols and tools (eg, implement unit testing, system
performance tools and other automated test best-practices setup, but
also provide space to involve our internal teams in ‘monkey testing’ to
find issues).
In a startup that has (and will maintain
to do so) built a ship while sailing, the challenges to create a stable
development environment are there, so we ask for a pioneering spirit.
Provide,
together with the DoP, oversight of all decisions related to new
products and services, including new products or feature(s) definition
and implementation.
Establish and communicate requirements in technology applications and services.
Ensure the seamless integration of new platforms with existing systems.
Requirements
Preferred education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT Management, Computer Engineering. (Master's degree is a plus.)
5+ years' experience in senior IT leadership roles in medium to large organisations
Demonstrated
track record of success in leading technology teams with exceptional
strategic vision, conceptual thinking, analytical and problem-solving
skills.
Proven track record of building IT products with
expert level understanding of software engineering principles and
development practices.
Strong process improvement orientation.
Ability to represent the Technology Team to senior leadership.
Ability to present complex ideas in clear, concise manner to technical and non-technical groups.
Skilled at strategic planning.
Highly ambitious.
Hands-on.
Result-driven.
(Permit to work in the Netherlands
Living in, or willing to move to Amsterdam
Fluent in English or a native English speaker (no need for Dutch language)
Able to start ASAP.
Last but not least: fun to work with!
How to applyIf this sounds like the job
for you, please send your resume AND motivational letter to
jobs@thesocialmedwork.com with the subject “Director of Tech”.
Who we are
We are
TheSocialMedwork. A pioneering service that wants to give everyone in
the world access to the latest approved medicines at the same time. This
creates an open-door to health and wellbeing for all. Which is
important to us, because health creates freedom, wealth and opportunity.
Our current mission is to build a world-class global web platform that
is accessible to all and enables people to easily find, understand, and
buy the latest approved medicines from anywhere in the world. We are the
only enterprise in the world doing this today. We have already beaten
expectations and are now fully invested in fast growth. Every person we
help represents a life made better.