Tech Lead Web - UbiSim

As a Web Tech Lead, you will help us deliver a high-performance, robust, and scalable platform, and scenarios to our customers.

This is your chance to join a successful startup/ scale-up and shape the project's future. We are using Angular, PHP and Azure alongside Unity for our product and we are looking to refine and improve a scalable technical platform where our web experience will be critical to create an amazing VR and admin experience for our users.

What you'll be doing

• Implement frontend and backend systems: Develop and integrate systems, tools and workflows for developers and users.

• Guide Technical Matters: Provide leadership in technical aspects to ensure the delivery of quality solutions.

• Foster Team Collaboration: Encourage a culture of teamwork and cohesion among team members.

• Coach Developers: Mentor team members to ensure alignment and maintain consistency throughout the project.

• Lead Technical Vision: Drive and decide on web platform technical topics aligning with technical, product, and content stakeholders.

• Architectural Decisions: Define and implement the optimal web architecture (frontend and backend) that support Ubisim business goals in coordination with the Engineering Director, Unity Tech Lead and Product Manager

• Evaluate New Frameworks: Assess and integrate new tools without disrupting existing implementations.

• Set development and test standards: Establish and enforce development and testing best practices to maintain high-quality deliverables.

• Ensure Code Quality: Actively participate in coding and uphold best practices within the team.

We'd love to hear from you if…

• 2+ years as a Web Technical Lead.

• Proficiency in technical and business English communication skills is required.

• Frontend Development: Proficient in Angular (v15), TypeScript, SCSS, and Storybook for building responsive, modular web applications.

• Backend Development: Experienced in PHP 8.1, Laravel 10, and MySQL (MariaDB) for creating efficient, maintainable server-side applications.

• Real time Technologies: Skilled in Azure Cloud services (including SignalR and App Service) and ASP.NET Core for real-time communications and application hosting.

• DevOps & CI/CD: Knowledgeable in Git, Docker, and AWS for version control, containerization, and cloud infrastructure, with an understanding of CI/CD processes managed by a dedicated team.

Bonus Skills:

• Experience in refactoring complex codebases and developing automated tests for both frontend and backend systems.

• Familiarity with optimizing Angular performance by addressing bottlenecks.

• Knowledge of integrating Storybook for UI component development.

• Experience in building two-way integrations with third-party systems using OAuth for authentication.

Why Labster.

We are Labster. Creators of virtual science lab software that makes learning engaging, effective and accessible to as many students as possible. We exist to empower the next generation of scientists to change the world.

In the same way our technology empowers students, we thrive on an autonomous and innovative culture, ensuring that your work fits into your lifestyle.

We encourage individual expression, boldly challenge how it’s always been done, and foster learning, creativity, and growth. How you work is in your control, balanced by the comfort of access to like-minded, inspiring people, when you need it.

What’s in it for you? 

• Be a part of making science accessible and engaging to the world’s future scientists

• Generous parental leave policy with a phased return to work program

• Work with flexibility

• Unlimited paid vacation (which we encourage you to actually take!)

• Learning budget & freedom to decide what you learn!

• Company-wide equity program

• Opportunities to travel and meet your colleagues from around the world!

• Access to free 1:1 therapy sessions and other mental health and wellbeing support tools through a membership with iFeel

• Opportunity to get involved with our Women In STEM and LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Groups!

Our commitment to you.

Labster is committed to select the best available candidate for every open position, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, marital status, ethnic origin, age, disability or geographical location. At the same time, we aim to provide all team members with the opportunity to develop long- term careers appropriate to their abilities and ambitions. Labster is also committed to ensuring that recruitment procedures are fair, objective, impartial, transparent, and are applied consistently.