Laravel & Vue.js Developer - Remote

About you
Are you a Full-Stack Developer working with Laravel & Vue.js and have experience working on high-volume traffic sites? Are you passionate about deploying high-quality code to millions of users globally? If so, this could be the role for you.

About the role
Working closely with our Product team, you'll develop our site to support the international growth of our market-leading products whilst continuing our commitment to delighting our users. 

You'll need a deep understanding of both front-end and back-end development to create truly exceptional applications. With your pixel-perfect approach and expertise in building high-scale websites and marketplaces, you'll be able to build applications, products and services that push the limits of what's possible here at Car & Classic, Europe’s largest classic vehicle marketplace.

About us www.carandclassic.com
Car & Classic, we are Europe’s largest classic vehicle marketplace, we have thousands of monthly user-generated listings showcasing iconic cars such as James Bond's Aston DB5, Elvis Presley's Cadillac & John Dodd’s infamous 1972 The Beast. Under new VC-backed ownership since 2018, the company is on a remarkable growth journey that you want to get on board with.

At Car & Classic, we value our culture, which is built on diversity, inclusion, and high performance. Our team, established from the ground up, has forged strong connections despite being fully remote.

We prioritise having fun while striving for excellence. You don't have to be a car enthusiast to join us, but for those who are, this is an exciting opportunity to combine their passion with their profession

Role & Responsibilities:

• Production-Ready Code: Consistently deliver high-quality, production-ready code aligned with team standards.
• Timely Delivery: Complete tasks on schedule while ensuring high quality, continuously improving the codebase, and collaborating to deliver features that meet product and user experience goals.
• Team Enablement: Actively engage in code reviews, offering and receiving constructive feedback to boost overall team performance.
• Testing Improvement: Enhance test coverage and contribute to the maintenance of strong quality testing metrics.
• Debugging & Monitoring Support: Assist in debugging within your area and help monitor and improve system stability and performance.
• Technical Documentation: Contribute to and maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation.

The skills, attributes and experience you must have:

• 👊 Experience building REST API-driven web applications for high-volume sites
  
• 🤘 Great Laravel, Vue.js and Inertia skills
  
• 💻 JavaScript/Node/TypeScript are loves of your life
  
• 🚦 Experience with high-volume websites with peak loads
  
• ⚡ Speed-junky and obsessed with getting 100% Lighthouse scores
  
• 💽 Handles Eloquent/ORM with MySQL/PostgreSQL efficiently and knows how to debug slow queries
  
• 🏁 Automated tests using Playwright, Pest, Jest or similar are a natural part of your daily work
  
• 📦 Building re-usable Components with Storybook using Vue gives you joy
  
• 🎨 Building a component-based front-end using Vue.js and Tailwind CSS
  
• 📈 Experienced in building amazing organisational tools using Laravel Nova or similar (Backpack, Yoyager, Admire, InfyOm, Jetstream etc.)

What do you get (remuneration & benefits)?

• 💰 Competitive salary
• 📈 Stock options
• 💻 All the equipment you need to get the job done
• 🌍 Flexible working - work where and when you want to get the job done
• 🤗 Access to free counselling, therapy and mental health support via Spill
• 📚 Professional development allowance
• 👩‍👧‍👦 Life cover
• 🩺 Smart Health
• 👶 Generous parental leave
• 🏝 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• 🚀 Ability to make your mark on a fast-growing start-up
  
  

Our application process
Every role is crucial to us at this stage of our growth. Once you apply, you’ll be presented with a series of questions. The answers to the questions are the difference between your application being progressed or not. Please do give them your time and effort when answering.

Our interview process:

1. Meet with our Talent Acquisition team who will find out more about you whilst giving you more insight into Car & Classic.
2. After this you'll meet with our CTPO who will conduct a more in-depth interview regarding your experience and technical expertise.
3. Join 2 of our existing Developers for a live pair-programming session.

Good luck with your application and thank you in advance for your interest in joining us at Car & Classic.

Car & Classic Limited is an equal-opportunity employer
Equality, diversity and inclusion are integral parts of our culture. We recognise and celebrate the value and impact diversity brings to our company and are committed to ensuring this is a consistent focus, for which we hold ourselves responsible. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role.