For over 40 million people in the UK, spectacles are the first thing reached for in the morning, and the last thing taken off at night. Even the overworked smartphone can't seize pole position. But the optical industry hasn't changed in over three centuries. Products are tired, standards are poor, and glasses wearers have got used to sub-standard experiences. We're changing that. Our technology ambitions extend far beyond e-commerce, store POS systems and international expansion. We seek to redefine the way our customers interact with opticians. We'll do this by using technology to simplify and reduce the many complex touchpoints involved in buying a set of completely bespoke spectacles with just the right prescription and measurements for you. Our R&D over the last two years has made breakthroughs in head scanning and face measurement technology, enabling high fidelity augmented reality digital frame trials and to eventually reduce the steps that have to be performed in store. The role You will play an essential part in a newly created technology function as the first full time development hire. As our Full Stack Tech Lead, you will have the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge projects, hire & mentor a team, and be an integral part of the software development life cycle. Your expertise will drive the success of our products and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our technology initiatives. What you'll do: Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices. Architecture and Design: Collaborate with the development team to create efficient and scalable application architecture, emphasising reusability and maintainability. Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and tools, and recommend improvements to existing processes and methodologies to enhance development efficiency. Project Management: Take ownership of development projects, participate in project planning, set realistic timelines, and meet project milestones and deadlines. Bug Fixing and Maintenance: Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues and bugs, ensuring optimal performance and seamless user experience. Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including designers, other developers & agencies, gathering requirements, offering technical insights, and contributing to the overall product development process. Quality Assurance: Implement best practices for testing, code quality, and security, ensuring the delivery of robust and reliable software solutions. Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, architecture diagrams, and API documentation. Code Optimisation: Optimise application code for performance, scalability, and responsiveness, improving the overall user experience. Our Technology: Shopify website based on Liquid Ruby framework AWS cloud based integration and transformation (EC2 & Lambdas) Innovations lab management software Sylius - Symfony PHP based order management system Vue.js Point of sale system Python infrastructure connecting various API services Amazon Redshift data warehouse, Redis & MySQL iOS app - Swift