Lead Developer

About the role

REAKTOR'S TECH COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR LEAD DEVELOPERS TO JOIN US IN TURKU.

AS A LEAD DEVELOPER AT REAKTOR, YOUR JOB IS TO WORK WITH THE FULL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE, HELP YOUR TEAM SUCCEED, AND DELIVER RESULTS

YOUR DAILY TASKS INCLUDE:

- Being the first point of contact for the client when it comes to technical questions or the quality of the delivery

- Working together with the client’s tech and business teams: facilitating collaboration between different stakeholders to ensure quality delivery

- Implementing new features that require changes to front-end applications, back-end servers, and/or databases, knowing what is needed from infrastructure to support the team's work

- Improving the team's ways of working by empowering them to discover optimal workflows and enabling a healthy work-life balance among team members

- Building relationships with the client to ensure future collaboration

- Assisting the team in adopting and following agile practices

YOU ARE  AN EXPERIENCED DEVELOPER WHO ENJOYS FACING TECHNICAL CHALLENGES AND IS AT HOME PROVIDING CLARITY IN AMBIGUOUS SITUATIONS

TO THRIVE IN THIS POSITION, YOU’LL NEED:

- Experience on a broad spectrum (back end, front end, and ops). Usually, to be successful in this role at Reaktor, we've noticed it's good to have a minimum of eight years of relevant work experience

- Solid understanding and experience of agile project management principles

- To have both previous team-lead and consulting experience

- Experience working with several client stakeholders to solve complex problems

- Previous experience with at least one common server-side programming language. Currently, many of our projects are built with TypeScript/JavaScript and Node.js. But, Java/Scala/Kotlin, Clojure, and Python are also used

- Strong knowledge of at least one common client-side language and framework. We often use TypeScript/JavaScript and React on our web app projects and Swift, Java/Scala/Kotlin, or TypeScript/JavaScript React-native on mobile

- Relevant skills to create new backend services and tweak CI/CD pipelines when the project requires

- Know-how on databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)

- Fluent verbal & written English skills

- To be willing to work in a hybrid setup, where you work with your team at the office or at the client premises

WHY JOIN US?

For two decades, we’ve been developing qualities and capabilities for adapting, reacting, and supporting change – building Reaktor to hold up in a fast-paced environment while ensuring the well-being of our people.

WHILE WORKING AT REAKTOR, WE’LL PROVIDE YOU WITH:

- To be able to impact how you work. Together with the client, your team chooses the approach, technologies, and methodologies you think will work best in any given situation