Lead Developer (M/F)

2 Weeks ago • 7 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

Lead Developer for a team of 5 developers (3 back-end PHP, 2 front-end TypeScript). Responsible for technical design, you ensure code quality, mentor the team, and define technological choices. You collaborate closely with Product, Success, and management teams to ensure project success.
Must have:
  • Define and ensure proper execution of the technical strategy.
  • Ensure code quality through unit tests, continuous integration, refactoring, and validation processes.
  • Guarantee performance, security, and budget of delivered functionalities.
  • Act as technical referent and coordinate with all involved teams.
  • Prioritize technical topics, technical debt, and production management.
  • Implement and monitor alerts for reliable production monitoring.
  • Evolve codebase via technological watch, relevant improvements, and technical debt reduction.
  • Maintain platform backward compatibility, especially for older browsers.
  • Manage recruitment, onboarding, and probation periods for team members.
  • Report regularly to CTO on team KPIs (productivity, product health, code quality, costs).
  • Support the team through coaching, mentoring, code review, and pair-programming.
Good to have:
  • Ideally previous experience on a high-load site.
Perks:
  • Hybrid remote work, balancing in-person and remote.
  • Friendly events: Aperitifs, escape games, karaokes, indoor football, gaming, and much more.
  • Motivating compensation: 10% annual bonus based on objectives.
  • Employee savings: CET, PEE, PERCO for future projects.
  • Competitive social benefits: SWILE Restaurant Card, ALAN mutual insurance, external CE.

Job Details

The position

Job description

Who are we? 📌

Koala Interactive is a fast-growing human-sized company, in charge of Wyylde, the social network that allows exploring the diversity of sexual practices, in a secure environment. Leader in France since 2016, Wyylde has over 7 million registered users and 700,000 visits per day. After the successful acquisition of NSF (Nuit Sans Folie) in 2020, and our expansion into Italy, Spain, and Germany, we are looking to strengthen our team with passionate talents to continue our international adventure.

Our values: Freedom, Respect, Responsibility. They are not just words, but the foundation of our company culture.

At Koala Interactive, you will have the opportunity to work in an environment that values your creativity and autonomy, while respecting your work-life balance thanks to remote work.

Role 🎯

Lead Developer for a team of 5 developers (3 back-end PHP, 2 front-end TypeScript). Responsible for technical design, you ensure code quality, mentor the team, and define technological choices. You collaborate closely with Product, Success, and management teams to ensure project success.

Missions and Responsibilities ✅

Technical

  • Define the technical strategy and ensure its proper execution.
  • Ensure code quality through the implementation of unit tests, continuous integration, refactoring, and validation processes.
  • Ensure the performance, security, and budget of delivered functionalities.
  • Act as a technical referent and coordinate exchanges with all involved teams.
  • Prioritize technical topics between the roadmap, technical debt, and production management.
  • Set up and monitor alerts to guarantee reliable production monitoring.
  • Evolve the codebase by performing regular technological watch, proposing relevant improvements, and reducing technical debt throughout developments.
  • Maintain platform backward compatibility, especially for older browsers.

Management

  • Manage recruitment, onboarding, and probation period follow-up for team members.
  • Provide regular reporting to the CTO on key team indicators (productivity, product health, code quality, costs).
  • Support the team (coaching, mentoring, code review, pair-programming).

Skills ⭐

Desired Profile

  • 7 years or more in web development (front & back), including at least 2 years in a technical or lead responsibility position.
  • Ideally, previous experience on a high-load site.

Hard Skills

  • Development: TypeScript, React, PHP (PSR), API Rest, Mysql.
  • Infrastructure: AWS (Cloudwatch, RDS, CodePipeline, …), MySQL (index, master-slave).
  • Quality & Performance: Tests (unit, integration, E2E), CI/CD, optimization (CPU, cache, async, load balancing, loading time).
  • Systems & Web: HTTP, cookies, sessions, debugging, solutions for high-load issues (auto-scaling, SPOF).
  • Methodology: SCRUM (daily, sprints, demo, retrospective, backlog refinement, …).

Soft Skills

  • Rigor and demandingness
  • Team spirit
  • Empathy
  • Communication
  • Open-mindedness
  • Decision-making
  • Monitoring & innovation (AI, …)

Details 💼

Benefits:

  • Remote work: hybrid, with a balance between in-person and remote.
  • Friendly events: Aperitifs, escape games, karaokes, indoor football, gaming, and much more.
  • Motivating compensation: Annual bonus based on objectives (10%).
  • Employee savings: CET, PEE, PERCO for your future projects.
  • Competitive social benefits: SWILE Restaurant Card, ALAN mutual insurance, external CE.

Recruitment process:

  • HR interview
  • Interview with lead developers
  • Technical test
  • Interview with the CTO and lead

For a policy in favor of the integration of people with disabilities, the proposed position is open to all.

For more information about our work environment: Koala Interactive | Welcome to the Jungle.

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Koala Interactive, là où l’innovation rencontre l’amusement ! Nous sommes une entreprise animée par une ambition forte : créer des expériences innovantes et fun, toujours centrées sur l’utilisateur. Voici ce que l'on fait :WYYLDE : Plus qu'un réseau, une expérience ! Notre réseau social Wyylde est dédié aux célibataires, aux couples et aux curieux de tous horizons, avec une communauté respectueuse et ouverte.

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