Software Developer

Location: United Kingdom

Department: Countfire

Workplace: remote

Employment Type: full

Description

Countfire is seeking a full stack developer to join its small, close-knit team on a mission to build the world’s most loved construction software. In this role, you’ll take part in the entire development process, from shaping what gets built to implementing and releasing it, while working alongside fellow developers to share knowledge and maintain a high-quality codebase. It’s a great fit for someone naturally curious about how things work and eager to dig in and understand the problem when something doesn’t behave as expected.

ABOUT COUNTFIRE: 

Countfire is revolutionizing the construction industry with our automated takeoff software that's transforming how electrical contractors, estimators, and construction professional’s work. We're a fast-growing SaaS scale-up backed by ambitious goals and a team that's passionate about solving real-world problems with innovative technology.

Our team is lean, agile, and results driven. We believe in empowering our people to take ownership, experiment, and grow alongside our business. When you join Countfire, you're not just taking a job, you're joining a mission to make estimators superhuman and digitally transform an entire industry.

ABOUT TAG SOFTWARE GROUP:

TAG Software Group is a team of experienced investors and operators dedicated to acquiring, enhancing, and growing mission-critical software companies serving SMB, enterprise, and public sector customers.

Founded as part of a permanent home for software companies, we don’t buy to sell. Our focus is on long-term partnerships that protect your legacy, employees, and customers.

Our in-house team delivers an efficient, transparent, and seller-friendly process, ensuring speed and certainty of close. Once part of TAG, your company gains access to proven best practices, dedicated value-creation resources, and the extended ecosystem of our sister companies, including proprietary in-house technology including and — helping your business reach the next level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from helping decide what to build through design, implementation and release.
• Build and maintain features on both the frontend and backend as a full stack developer.
• Develop and improve the company’s flagship construction software, including its image recognition capabilities for construction PDFs.
• Help build newer real-time collaborative features that keep users’ work in sync.
• Collaborate closely with fellow developers, sharing knowledge and learning from one another.
• Uphold a high-quality codebase through thoughtful design and attention to detail.
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues by digging into the underlying systems to understand and resolve unexpected behaviour.

Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years proven development experience.

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• A strong understanding of some of React, Typescript, Python, Terraform, AWS, Postgres.
• Command line / Linux experience.
• Experience working within smaller, independent companies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  

Our Tech Stack:

TypeScript, MobX, Hasura, PostgreSQL, Python, Apollo, GraphQL, SQL, Flask, Redis, RQ, JavaScript, React, Vim, VSCode, HTML, CSS and AWS.

Our flagship product uses image recognition to identify elements in construction PDFs, built with Python (numpy), Postgres and React. For newer real-time collaborative features, Hasura gives us a GraphQL subscription layer over Postgres, which is transformed into MobX objects on the frontend.

Benefits

WHY JOIN US:

• Work remotely: A remote-first role with the flexibility to manage your day in a way that works for you.
• Competitive pay: A salary that reflects your skills and your growth with us.
• Time to recharge: Generous paid time off, plus your birthday off on us.
• Your health matters: Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• Grow your career: A dedicated training and development budget to build your skills and certifications.

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