Lead Developer

· Lead development of our Laravel + React web app from concept through deployment.

· Own and optimise our AWS infrastructure and DevOps pipelines, ensuring security, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

· Provide technical leadership across web and mobile platforms (supporting our React Native iOS app when needed).

· Establish coding standards and best practices; lead technical decision-making.

· Produce clear, maintainable technical documentation.

· Collaborate with UK IT Lead to define product strategy and technical roadmaps.

· Take ownership of strategic projects from day one, such as reviewing PHP and Laravel versioning to ensure long-term stability, security, and upgrade readiness.

Why Join Us?

This is more than just a development role, it's an opportunity to lead innovation in the proptech space with a company that's redefining how property marketing works. You'll be part of a dynamic, team that has been established for over 30 years, and now you'll help build the foundation of our new engineering team

Do you have experience in React?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, · Deep JavaScript expertise - React/Redux essential; Vue.js or Angular a plus.

· Strong background in PHP & Laravel (or Python/Django, Node.js).

· Proven leadership experience in small teams or solo development.

· Comprehensive AWS DevOps skills: CI/CD, Terraform/CloudFormation, scalable infrastructure design, and AWS security best practices.

· Monitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch mastery) to ensure top performance.

· Backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning experience.

· RESTful API design & integration.

· Git (GitHub/Bitbucket).

· Modern, scalable CSS (SASS, CSS Modules).

· Database experience (MySQL via AWS RDS).

· Mobile development exposure (React Native, iOS/Android) a bonus.

· Willingness to travel to the UK (including an extended onboarding period).

· Excellent communicator, proactive problem-solver, and team builder.

Are you a seasoned JavaScript developer ready to take the lead in building cutting-edge technology for the property sector? NicheCom, a leading property marketing company, is looking for a hands-on Lead Developer to spearhead our next-generation platforms. As the first hire in our new engineering team, you'll be the sole technical lead on the ground, working independently at first while onboarding. This pivotal role will see you take full ownership of projects end-to-end, and over time, help shape and grow the engineering team, setting the technical standards that scale. This is a chance to work in a small, agile environment where your decisions have direct impact, while collaborating with our product and tech leads on an ambitious proptech roadmap.