[LRUG] [JOBS] JLR's InMotion upcoming roles

[Scallan, Ben]

Hey all,

I have some interesting opportunities with my team at InMotion. InMotion is
an independent venture from Jaguar Land Rover, to build start-ups in the
mobility space. I've posted the full stack role, but will be at the next
meeting on July the 9th to further discuss this role, and the others we
have available which would be suitable for the community.

Some quick points:

   - We aren't looking for remote work at the moment, but will facilitate
   smart working.
   - We are offering both full time roles, and what could be considered
   contract roles. The contract type positions will be 6 month offerings.
   - All jobs are London based, new office location TBD in the next 2 weeks.
   - Get a look at our careers site here <https://www.inmotion.im/careers/>.


Senior Full Stack Developer

London, United Kingdom · Technical
DESCRIPTION

*What we’re looking for*


*We are hiring a Full Stack Developer to lead development of our back-end
stack to develop new concepts, and core components of our technical
platform, providing expert consultancy and hands-on development support to
our ventures*

Working as part of our technical team, you’ll be our full stack
expert-in-residence. With a passion for crafting great user experiences
you’re a proven full-stack developer and know your way around the major
JavaScript frameworks. You will be hands on with the technology and working
towards building great prototypes, building our services and helping our
ventures solving the challenges they face.

Working as part of a collaborative team of technical and design
specialists, you will develop the full technology stack for InMotion, its
activities and range of ventures. You’ll be involved across the innovation
process, from idea to MVP, developing alpha and beta products and core
components of our technology stake to make our operations run, run fast and
constantly move forward to support a range of ventures we develop.

You will play an active role in the early innovation process, helping to
develop and shape new ideas. You’ll work with the rest of the technical
team, to engineer and develop prototypes to conduct sprints to determine
product-market fit, using customer validated learning to shape and develop
the product concept. You’ll set the benchmark for all other developers to
follow, establishing the coding standards and DevOps process, which then
all our ventures will adopt.

Working with our ventures, you will play an active role in the planning and
execution of features and will need the ability to react to user feedback
and implement appropriate solutions. You’ll be using your broad knowledge
to understand the activities of our ventures, and with the help of
designers, build slick, optimised experiences using your skills across the
front & backend.

The pace will be fast, but the work will challenging, stimulating, varied
and fun! The development will be agile and release cycles will be very
short as we work our way through numerous technical and business
challenges. We want someone who can write, deploy and maintain the highest
quality code and who can work closely with a small team and help us reach
our goals.

You’ll have the chance to develop and define the requirements for the core
platform, ensuring InMotion is a business that is synonymous with technical
excellence and innovation. Our activities to date have been written
server-side in node.js and client-side as a mix of HTML and Reach.js. The
choice of technology or language is continually evolving and it’s up to you
to shape and keep our activities at the forefront of technology. We want
you to experiment and choose the right technology for the job. In your
role, you will be able to suggest and use whatever technology you feel is
best.


*What the role will have to deliver*

Work across the InMotion operating model as full stack expert
- Act as full stack consultant, advisor and guide ventures in incubator
- Lead full stack development – React.js, Node.js, Ruby, MySQL/PostgreSQL,
Angular.js, Heroku
- Support Venture Partners and ventures with technical expertise
- Champion the trial and use of interesting new technologies

Lead development of InMotion software architecture and tech stack
- Lead the definition of technical roadmap for venture consistency
- Deliver a scalable cloud and API platform solution to build scale and a
common portfolio
- Develop machine learning and predictive modelling, optimisation
techniques and algorithms
- Develop and implement the InMotion CRM strategy for ventures

support the idea generation process and work across the front end innovation
- Work with Product Leaders to develop and mature service concepts
- Work in internal sprint teams to build MVPs and prototypes
- Deliver experiments that provide customer validated learnings
- Identify new ideas/business opportunities and feedback into the Lab

Work with designers and product leaders to create a slick user experience
across multiple devices
- Develop our core workflow, automation and user interfaces
- Oversee coding and development requirements/standards/QA
- Improve UI/UX design in a data-driven way, utilising split testing and
analytics frameworks

Develop core technical platform components and redeploy across ventures to
go faster
- Build common tech stack and API elements with the rest of the team
- Conduct code reviews and specification conformance testing
- Establish a quality assurance process, including integration and
penetration testing
- Ensure security best practice across all MVPs, pilots and ventures
- Write technical documentation for stack development/activities

Collaborate with ventures to evaluate and optimise their technical
development
- Support Venture Partners with technical expertise as required
- Develop core technical platform components as identified
- Integrate 3rd party APIs, build new APIs and set up the tech stack
- Embed a lean and data-informed product development process
REQUIREMENTS


*Who we’re looking for*- A developer who solves real user problems in the
most elegant and technically innovative way
- An autonomous and entrepreneurial programmer who wants to build new
businesses
- Which comes with a passion for technology and its relationship with
business and user experience
- You’d like to ‘do your own thing’ but may you’ve just not found the right
idea or the right co-founders
- Great intuition for when things need to be rapidly produced and when they
need to be delicately pondered
- A solution finder to any problem and always challenged to find them
- Can-do, positive attitude, proactive approach to problem solving
- Committed to improve your skills and help build an exciting new platform
with the best tech possible
- Collaborative and non-hierarchical style of working
- Committed to shipping great products, testing them quickly, and iterating
from there
- Active and recognised in the developer community, motivated and always
learning
- Fun, social and energised


*What type of background you’re from*- Start-up full-stack developer
- Digital/IT agency or consultancy
- Corporate innovation lab


*What you will be able to demonstrate*- 4-5 years relevant experience, with
an appetite to grow your technical and consulting skills
- Strong degree in Computer Science or related discipline (but it’s
real-world experience that really counts)
- A passion for building great software that will stand the test of time
- Broad understanding of the concept of minimum viable product, lean
start-up and conversion rates
- Proven development of full stack applications, technical architecture
design & development
- Experience developing of web technologies including in HTML5, CSS3 and
JavaScript
- Node.js, Ruby, PHP, .NET a must, or willingness to learn quickly
- Experience in modern front end framework, React.js and Angular.js
preferred
- Experience working with SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL preferred), and NoSQL
databases (Mongo etc.)
- Experience building RESTful APIs using Node.js, Hapi.js preferred
- Good knowledge of cloud platforms – ideally AWS, Heroku and Azure
- Experience or strong desire to dive into the server-side and develop
cross-functionally
- Testing methodologies and frameworks
- Champion of modern development practices and tools e.g. CI, DVCS (Git),
TDD
- Experience with split testing and analytics (e.g. Mixpanel, Google
Analytics)
- Experience working in an Agile and Lean design and development
- Strong communication skills and ability to articulate technical concepts
to non-technical audiences
- A strong GIF game in Slack that people often ask you how you find such
good GIFs - but you'll never tell
BENEFITS

*What we are offering*

We’re a new company and a growing team. We’re passionate, hard-working and
believe in what we do. We’re building an inclusive culture to be proud of;
a place where everyone can contribute, make a real difference and enjoy
what they do. We need everyone involved in creating that culture.

We’re looking to attract and retain the brightest people to keep us moving
forward. We’re committed to nurturing our talent and ensuring the InMotion
team keeps learning, developing and honing their skills in a fast moving
world.

Central to that progress is ensuring everyone has the right tools for the
job, so we focus on personal development that is tailored to the
individual. Participation at industry events, meet-ups, hackathons and
conferences is actively encouraged. We are lean advocates and provide
training, mentoring and ongoing support so we all become company builders
to help our ventures grow.

InMotion offers a unique opportunity, combining the best qualities of the
startup and corporate worlds. We’re an innovative new business that builds
businesses, while being backed by a large corporate that provides funding,
resources and commitment.

This is backed up with a competitive package that includes competitive
salary and bonus, plus a company pension and life assurance, but just as
importantly beers (and fruit for balance) delivered to the office on a
weekly basis and a passionate belief in the importance of celebrating
success.

Our office is in London, with access to Jaguar Land Rover in the Midlands
and around the world, and we actively embrace smarter working. We believe
in the benefits of work-life balance, wherever you are located.

- Competitive salary
- Competitive bonus
- 25 days holiday each year (and your birthday off)
- Pension Scheme
- Life Insurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Everyday company perks to improve life at work

*How to apply*

Keeping it concise, tell us why you’re the perfect fit for this role at the
UK’s only business dedicated to building new ventures dedicated to mobility
and transportation. Submit your response along with:
- GitHub profiles or any other open source code you're proud of
- Stackoverflow profile
- Your CV
We will be delighted to consider your interest and get back to you to have
an initial chat about working with us and how we can help put your career
InMotion.


-- 
*Regards,*
Ben Scallan
Business/ Product lead, InMotion
Group Strategy
Email:  bscallan at jaguarlandrover.com
Mobile: 07724279967
The MAC (Mobility Accelerator Campus), Centralia Building (3rd Floor),
Royal Leamington Spa College, Warwick New Rd, Leamington Spa,
Warwickshire, CV32 5JE
jaguar.com  |  landrover.com

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