When your Day Job is a Walk in the Park; Perl in West London

When was the last time you took a bike ride to the park on your lunch hour? Does your current workplace have a lake, a waterfall, and a rotating cast of street-food vendors and pop-up shops? If this sounds like your professional paradise, then read on — this opportunity in picturesque Chiswick Business Park might be for you!

Our client is looking for a senior-level Perl programmer who has experience with managing and inspiring a small team. Under your leadership, the web engineering team will expand and thrive. Whether you’re recruiting high performers or implementing the digital roadmap, you can keep your eye on the prize to achieve targets and objectives.

If your vision board has “CTO” smack-dab in the middle, then this role is your natural next move. In this hands-on role, you’ll delve further into the wonderful world of team leadership. You’ll have the chance to gain experience with Go/Go-lang, develop your managerial chops, and did we mention lakeside lunchtime picnics? You bring the tea and sandwiches; we’ll take care of the lake.

The client is one of the leading service agencies in the UK, boasting over 60 branches and the sort of tech tools that some companies only dream about. No binder twine and chewing gum holding things together here — this company’s motto of hiring brilliant people and utilizing the best, most up-to-date technology means they’re at the forefront of their industry. And who doesn’t want to be part of a winning team?

Does team leadership and Perl programming with a Go/Go-lang chaser sound like a walk in the park? Then we want to hear from you! Pack the picnic basket — your next big role awaits.

Skills and Experience

• You’ll need to be very comfortable with Modern Perl, and that means you’ll need to have meaningful opinions about (and experience with) Moose, Plack, DBIx::Class, Test::More, and at least one Perl MVC framework
• The company has a microservice architecture, so you’ll have strong architectural skills, think about problems in terms of APIs and queues, and have exposure to recent DevOps practices

About the Client

Very well-known and well-established estate agency, whose technical stack has been built with loving care to be high quality

Benefits

• Enhanced sick pay and subsidised gym program
• Strong parental leave policy, with a generous shared parental leave system

This job is no longer officially open, but see below for how to register your interest in roles like this, and be told as if the company reopens hiring.