Lavanda Ventures Ltd.

Overview About Lavanda: Lavanda is an award-winning UK proptech scale-up and leader in flexible living technology solutions. Our clients include CA Ventures, JLL, Scape, iQ, Greystar, Europa Capital, Aberdeen Standard Investments and many others. Lavanda is a SaaS technology platform first and foremost. More than 50% of the company works in product, design and engineering, and we aim to excel at everything we build. We prize creativity, engineering excellence, a strong customer focus and problem-solving through great design. We are well funded and backed by leading venture capital investors, and we are scaling the business beyond the UK into Europe and further afield. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we welcome applications from groups historically underrepresented in tech. We invite you to join our stellar team and help realise our vision. Exciting Opportunity Our platform processes millions of messages between guests and hosts, facilitating smooth communication about accommodations and stay details. Questions range from logistical queries such as booking entry to policies like bringing a pet. Lavanda is committed to providing guests with the best possible experience, including rapid responses to inquiries. To enhance our guest experience further, we are seeking a skilled Node.js Developer to lead the development of our in house conversational messaging platform. This role will focus on integrating advanced AI capabilities, including GPT-4, to deliver fast and precise responses to guest inquiries and improve overall communication efficiency. Responsibilities Design and develop a robust conversational messaging platform using Node.js, enhancing it with AI technologies like GPT-4 to automate responses. Work collaboratively and independently within a team of three developers focused on various aspects of our product and platform. Take responsibility for individual feature development while contributing to team discussions on code reviews and system architecture. Coordinate with the Head of Engineering to plan and execute the development roadmap for the messaging system. Implement best practices in code quality, testing, and maintainability. Required Skills & Qualifications Proven experience with Node.js in a production environment. Strong proficiency in TypeScript. Experience with NestJS is highly desirable. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and their integration into development processes. A strong commitment to testing and quality assurance. Experience or familiarity with service-oriented architecture, preferably using Kafka as an event bus. Benefits Competitive salary + potential for equity. Flexible working is actively embraced + remote first. Choose your own tech - get the equipment you love using at work. Personal Development budget, courses and plans tailored to you and your role. Generous holiday allowance, including the full Christmas to New Year as a break on us. Join a highly motivated, engaged team of extremely smart, creative and talented people.

Overview Lavanda is a B2B software company. We've developed an award-winning, best-in-class SaaS platform that enables Multifamily and Student accommodation operators to optimise their portfolios with a comprehensive short and medium-term rental solution. Our software toolkit enables partners to tap into the full spectrum of rental demand across their portfolios, whilst powering a range of management solutions to suit their evolving needs: fully-outsourced operations or in-house management. Having raised a total of £15m+ to date, we're backed by leading VC investors and are now scaling the business globally. The Opportunity We are looking for a seasoned Senior Fullstack Engineer to join our engineering team. This role requires a deep understanding of both front-end and back-end development, with a strong focus on Ruby and Node.js technologies. This role is quite unique in that you would be working as a part of our Acceleration team that is about empowering the product teams by building out libraries, setting up systems, and creating frameworks. In this role, you would be working alongside a Backend Engineer, and a DevOps. Responsibilities Design and develop scalable, robust, and high-performance web applications using Ruby, Node.js, and other relevant technologies. Work on both server-side and client-side code, delivering end-to-end functionality. Collaborate with UI/UX designers to implement and refine dynamic user experiences. Integrate data from various back-end services and databases. Create and maintain software documentation. Lead code reviews, mentor junior developers, and ensure software quality and best practices. Participate in all phases of the agile development cycle, from concept development to deployment and maintenance. Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems. Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver innovative solutions. Required Skills & Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Minimum of 5 years of experience as a fullstack developer with significant experience in Ruby and Node.js. Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks. Expertise in developing RESTful APIs. Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and non-relational databases like MongoDB. Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and frameworks such as React or AngularJS). Strong understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git. Excellent problem-solving abilities and ability to perform in a team environment. Strong communication skills and proficiency in English. Preferred Skills Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Familiarity with container technology such as Docker and Kubernetes. Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Knowledge of additional programming languages such as Python or PHP. Benefits Competitive salary + potential for equity. Flexible working is actively embraced + remote first Choose your own tech - get the equipment you love using at work. Personal Development budget, courses and plans tailored to you and your role Generous holiday allowance, including the full Christmas to New Year as a break on us. Join a highly motivated, engaged team of extremely smart, creative and talented people.