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Salary: C. £45,000 - £80,000, + equity, negotiable depending on experience.

Role: Permanent, full time.

Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work remotely or at our office location (currently Liverpool, U.K)

Overview

We are looking for a full stack developer to take ownership of our technological maintenance and development. QBell has a fully functioning app (Flutter II), but we want an ambitious and creative CTO who can build additional features and ideate with us on important new development, and an expansion into offering an enterprise product. 

We are ideally looking for someone with a solid track record of building for a Front-End and Back-End, and particularly someone with the capacity to work on UI and UX elements. 

Experience working with the following technologies is preferred: Flutter/Dart, Laravel/MySQL, React Native, Node.js, Angular, Firebase, AWS, Fastlane, AWS [In addition to common SaaS products, like Intercom, MixPanel, Pusher, Rudderstack, etc].

About Us

QBell has created the first QR Code based smart doorbell, that works on geo-location. We have over 10,000 users in 40+ different countries and are growing every day.

QBell is the smart doorbell that works anywhere - your front door, office, or business - for anyone to scan to instantly get in touch with you. It delivers real-time instant chat notifications to your phone, without giving visitors any access to your personal info or mobile number. With proof of concept on B2B and B2C use cases and multiple pending IP claims, our vision is to make QR code communication the norm worldwide.

At QBell, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to define the path QBell takes, which to us is the definition of a meaningful career. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference in how the world communicates.

About this role:

As a technology start-up, CTO is one of the most important roles for us: you will be heading technological maintenance, development, and ideation. The CTO will lead technical development and later the technical team in day-to-day operations. You will provide technical leadership in all areas of development, ensuring all roll outs are aligned with c-level strategy.

The position will involve a high degree of autonomy, and you would be hands-on in everything from the ideation of new features, to day to day coding, to building out a team. This role would really suit somebody with a high level of creativity and out-of-the-box thinking, particularly somebody that is looking to work within a startup culture of being willing to get 'stuck in' at every level of the business.

Key Responsibilities 

- Develop a new technology strategy for QBell ensuring alignment with B2B and DTC strategic goals and securing buy-in from QBell colleagues.

- Develop a reputation as a thought leader on the use of QR Codes for communication.

- Within these activities identify and promote technical trends and opportunities. Anticipate technical change and adapt to an evolving technical landscape, exploiting potential opportunities.

- Progress to building and managing a team of developers.

Key Skills and Experience

- Exceptional experience in delivering quality code and robust technical solutions that provide a smooth end-user experience.

- Ability to think on your feet and learn quickly.

- Strategic thinker able to develop clear strategic plans and lead people to implement them.

- Ability to communicate complex technical information and business information effectively to a variety of audiences.

- Experience leading and developing technical teams.

- Demonstrable experience working in a commercial environment and meeting financial targets.

Don't meet every single requirement? 

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, are ambitious and leading tech dev for a fast-growth start-up would excite you, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

Who is best for this role? 

- Hunger for knowledge and interest in technological trends/landscape: your job demands you to be learning, researching, and ideating. You must have an appetite for knowledge and be willing to stay up to date with trends in the technology space, to bring new ideas to QBell.

- Results-oriented: someone who can take ownership of technological dev that is trend-based, cutting edge, and has a tangible impact on areas such as customer satisfaction, revenue, and valuation should be a priority to you.

- Not afraid to get stuck in! There is quite a bit of leg work in the execution here, and initially, you won't have a team to help you build things. We need someone who can get stuck in with day-to-day coding to build new features.

- An experienced developer who is a full stack or able to work in flutter II confidently.

Why work with QBell?

At QBell we believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfillment. We are open to flexible work styles with a focus on outputs rather than busy work or making up work hours with non-meaningful tasks. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life, and allows you to execute on ideas that have a tangible output for our tech, product, and growth.

We offer hybrid working but still believe that getting face-to-face time is something we value and find time for when we can. If you prefer an office environment our Liverpool office is open and a great place to work.

- Flexible working! Be in any location (but you will need to maintain steady hours and a consistent internet connection, so being available to work with us regularly is preferred).

- Flexible hours - we are happy to negotiate working hours for someone who is a great fit.

- Work equipment: we will supply anything needed to help you work within reason (e.g. a laptop).

- Potential for role progression: we are currently just entering our growth phase, and although the CTO title will be yours from the beginning, the opportunity to build out a team, and take ownership of technology for a bigger and bigger company, will come with growth, giving you the chance to grow with the company.

- Output-orientated working environment. We know how much people hate wasting time on pointless things. Everything you do in this role is geared towards ideating and executing technical development, and we will never ask you to waste your time doing pointless tasks. Plus, if you can automate something to save yourself or others time/energy, even better!

- Fast growth company: we are quickly growing month on month in terms of revenue and don’t plan on stopping anytime soon! This means that salary increases and benefits could be on the table in the next few years for sure.

- Working alongside a seasoned team with notable investors on the cap table.

- Working in close proximity to the CEO.