About Phorest

Would you like to create the future of a product used by thousands of businesses and millions of consumers? Phorest Salon Software powers over 11,000 hair and beauty salons in Ireland, UK, Germany, Australia, Finland, USA, Canada, UAE and Netherlands and the platform processes 7 million appointments a month for hair and beauty consumers. Phorest is the number 1 salon software brand for premium independent salons in those markets and our next goal is to become a platform upon which other companies can build applications for premium salons.

Our system touches every point of the salon experience. We have the in-salon software desktop application, Phorest Go (the native staff application), online bookings website for salons, and custom native apps per salon. In a typical month, Phorest processes 3 million appointments and we send over 3 million SMS and 4 million emails. We process 200k online bookings per month and over 150 custom built white label native apps.

The Opportunity

We're seeking a passionate mid-level Software Engineer to join our innovative PhorestGo Team. If you're looking for a fresh challenge where your experience will truly make a difference, this is it. You'll collaborate with a diverse group of technology, product, and design professionals, crafting the essential tools that power the global hair, beauty, and MedSpa industry right from their pockets.

In this role, you'll be instrumental in shaping a high-scale, distributed system, diving deep into event-driven architecture and modern cloud technologies such as Docker and Serverless. You will solve complex problems in a supportive, growth-mindset environment that values continuous improvement and learning. With our focus on feature flags and continuous delivery, your impactful work will reach production quickly, affecting millions of users worldwide.

What You'll Do

• Architect and Innovate: Recommend and implement cutting-edge software component designs and enhance existing products to drive our technological evolution.

• Collaborate and Create: Partner closely with product designers and owners, transforming high-level requirements into detailed user stories and delivering impactful, shippable features.

• Champion Quality: Uphold and promote high coding standards, meticulous attention to detail, and a methodical work process to ensure the delivery of exceptional software.

• Drive Engineering Excellence: Demonstrate and advocate for best-in-class coding techniques, including maintainability, reusability, clean code principles, and comprehensive unit testing, setting the bar for the team.

• Embrace Continuous Learning: Stay ahead of the curve by pursuing and understanding the latest technology trends, applying a pragmatic approach to solution design—knowing not only when to adopt new tools but also when to stick with proven solutions.

• Mentor and Grow: Coach and support your teammates through constructive code reviews and insightful whiteboarding sessions, fostering a culture of shared learning and improvement.

• Lead with Initiative: Proactively design and implement solutions that generate positive outcomes for both the team and the broader business.

• Challenge the Status Quo: Bring a fresh perspective, challenge existing norms, and confidently voice your opinions to drive innovation and continuous improvement.

Who You Are

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a closely related field is preferred.

• Problem-Solving Prowess: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with an eagerness to learn and grow within a fast-paced environment.

• Core Development Expertise: Strong proficiency and at least 3 years of professional experience in object-oriented software design, primarily with Java, alongside experience with Kotlin and Groovy.

• Distributed Systems: Proven experience designing fault-tolerant distributed services that effectively communicate using both RESTful and message-driven APIs.

• Modern Software Practices: Deep understanding and hands-on experience with modern software engineering practices, including continuous delivery, Test-Driven Development (TDD), MVC, and ORM.

• Database Fluency: Experience working with both relational and NoSQL databases, including performance tuning.

• Agile Environment: Experience working effectively within a Scrum environment.

• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to understand diverse ideas and articulate your own clearly, fostering strong cross-team collaboration.

• Desirable Skills:

• Front-End Integration: Proficiency with or a willingness to learn TypeScript/JavaScript, specifically for implementing GraphQL APIs and schema design.

• GraphQL Experience: Prior experience with GraphQL.

• Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS (or other cloud providers like Azure, Google Cloud).

• Mobile Ecosystem: Previous experience collaborating with mobile front-end developers and a solid understanding of the mobile ecosystem.

Benefits

🧘Your wellbeing is important to us - we provide private healthcare, 2 Wellness Days, an employee assistance program and a free online GP service.

💰As part of our Financial Wellbeing, we provide competitive Compensation, an Employee Share Purchase Scheme, Pension, Life Assurance, and Income Protection.

🚵🏿 We help you travel by providing a bike to work scheme as well as tax saver transport tickets.

🦸‍♀️We support the women who work in Phorest by offering 2 weeks leave for Fertility Treatment, Pregnancy Loss and Menopause.

🍼We care for your family and provide Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Benefits.

🌳We grow our own timber! We provide a great learning environment and extensive development opportunities. We run development programs and provide access to many online resources including LinkedIn learning.

🏠Moving house? Phorest employees get 3 moving days.

Want to learn more about Phorest? Check out nothingventured.rocks for our blog and Insights on building an evergreen company from the team here at Phorest.

Phorest is an equal opportunity employer. For this position, flexi-time and working from home is possible. We are also open to remote work. Get in touch to ask for more information or to chat about your future with Phorest!

Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.