miDrive is re-inventing how
people start driving. Having disrupted learning to drive, miDrive’s next
set of products focus on re-inventing insurance.
Based in
Shoreditch, London, we use tech, data, and attitude to remove friction
and add delight. From gamified apps to GPS lesson tracking and dynamic
instructor pricing, miDrive is first-time driving as it should be. Over
300,000 young people in the UK have already gained their independence
using miDrive technology.
Founded in 2013, we are a team of around
20 talented and smart individuals on a big mission. We’ve raised £5m to
date from a respected group of well-connected and supportive investors,
including Holiday Extras & Initial Capital.
Requirements
Based in our Shoreditch, miDrive is seeking a talented Backend Web Developer to join our team and make a major contribution to our success.
You’ll
be working in a close, multi-disciplined team, you’ll be encouraged to
learn and share ideas, taking concepts from prototype to go-live,
helping to shape future design and development decisions within the
team.
You will design scalable product architecture and build
systems and services that have immediate impact on our learners and
instructors.
Our Stack
- NodeJS
- Express / Seneca
- RethinkDB / PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Heroku
What We’re Looking For
- At least 3 years professional experience (ideally working with production JavaScript)
- Experience ideally using NodeJS in a production environment.
- Experience with JSON based document storage. (MongoDB, ElasticSearch, etc.)
- Comfortable working with multiple projects across entire technology stack.
- Ability to communicate problems and solutions with technical & non-technical peers.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment, to a high standard using best practices.
Bonus Points:
- Experience with JS testing frameworks (Mocha, Ava, Jest etc.).
- Experience with AWS / Heroku or other PaaS solution.
- Experience with creative software (Adobe Creative Suite / Sketch).
- Active GitHub profile.
Benefits
At
miDrive, we believe it’s the people that work here that makes us
successful. We are a start-up with big ambitions and we work hard so we
want to give our people benefits that they really want. We’re constantly
adding to this as new people join but here’s a list of the sorts of
things you can expect:
- TGIMonday Breakfasts, Juice Wednesdays, Happy Hour Thursdays
- Fun
social events - recent adventures have included escape rooms, comedy
clubs, and visits to high up places (e.g. Shard, SkyGarden)
- Regular guest speakers, networking events and ping pong (anytime)
- Free beer, cider and prosecco all on tap!
- Up to 2 weeks unpaid leave per year to pursue personal projects (additional to standard holiday allowance)
- miDrive stock options