Remuneration package: ₱ 61,680 - ₱ 113,080, per month, pro rata.

We are looking for a FullStack Engineer to join our Philippines team! This role will require you to be working remotely from Manila.

A bit about Torchbox

We’re the digital marketing specialists for many of the biggest charities in the UK; we build digital products for international NGOs, governments and universities; and we created Wagtail CMS, used by Google, NASA, the NHS and thousands more.

Our diverse team of over 120 people is mostly UK-based but with a significant presence in Manila as well as a network of people around the world.

We are on a mission to set a new standard for a purpose-led business. Torchbox is 100% employee-owned - everyone is a co-owner from day one and we are building an amazing, progressive ownership and learning culture. If you are excited about this mission, it’s a great time to join.

What we’re looking for

You’ll be supporting the building of web apps for our lovely, charity and public sector clients across the globe, implementing and improving our much loved open source Content Management System - Wagtail.

You’ll also be working on innovative Django applications which facilitate strategic and business critical processes for our clients. We’re looking for someone who has demonstrable expertise in Python and Django web development. You’ll enjoy working in a multidisciplinary team environment to help solve complex problems.

You’ll get to choose your own equipment (macOS/Linux laptop), as well as any software you’d like.

Responsibilities include

• Working in a cross disciplinary team, with your technical lead, to explore and solve complex problems and build innovative products for our clients
• Working within a client’s engineering team and supporting them to get the most of out of Wagtail for their organisation
• Working within teams of developers at Torchbox building Wagtail sites and enhancing Wagtail as a product
• Building new Wagtail features which may be funded by our largest clients
• Working on sprints focused on tech debt and code restructuring.

For this role we’re looking for someone with the following skills:

Must have

• Demonstrable expertise in Python and Django web development
• Experience with Relational Database Systems (especially PostgreSQL), Docker/ Containerised deployments, RESTful APIs (e.g DRF), Gitlab/GitHub, CI and Testing
• Front end programming skills using Javascript based frameworks e.g. React/NextJS, Vue/NuxtJS

Should have

• An understanding of the following technologies: Heroku, Azure, AWS, GCP, Elasticsearch, GraphQL
• Familiarity or expertise with Wagtail
• Expertise in NLP, Large Language Models or other AI technologies
• Expertise in data warehousing and data pipelines
• Experience with Node.js /Express
• Front end styling skills using Tailwind and BEM
• Knowledge or expertise in accessibility testing and best practice.

You will also

• Be using machine learning and AI tools to augment efficiency and knowledge
• Be confident in communicating with internal teams and clients and have great teamwork and collaboration skills
• Produce high-quality technical specifications, documentation and be skilled at estimating the time required to build
• Confidently contribute to testing strategies
• Be experienced in producing high-quality code to budget, whilst demonstrating commercial awareness
• Remain up to date with technologies in the software field and share that knowledge
• Be comfortable and experienced prioritising their own workload.

What we offer

• Competitive salary with annual review with annual employee owners and performance bonus
• The chance to work with our brilliant clients, making the world a better place
• Training and conference budget to accelerate your development
• Working full remotely
• 20 days holiday, plus public holidays
• Thirteenth month pay
• Sick leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Medical and insurance benefits

The application process

The closing date for this role is Friday 16th May

The application process will consist of 3 stages, these will be:

1. An initial meeting with the team to discuss the role, your skills and experience, and for you to learn more about us and the role. There is also a technical element to the interview as well.

2. A takeaway technical assignment.

3. A final stage interview with the CTO and 1-2 members of the Tech team, a run through of your technical assessment, further technical questions and test.

Everyone is welcome

We’re committed to being an inclusive employer, from recruitment to everyday life. If you need help or have questions - give us a shout - [email protected] or leave us a voice message on +44 (0) 1608 811 870

No agencies, please.