Senior Full-Stack Web Developer

Founded in 2001, Resident Advisor (RA) is one of the world's longest-running music media brands and a cornerstone of the dance, electronic and DJ ecosystem. The site's audience of over 6 million monthly users is drawn in by a combination of news, editorial, club listings and ticketing, RA-branded events at venues and festivals worldwide, original films and a weekly mix series that has run for 18 years. 

Purpose of the role:

We are looking for a full-stack senior-level developer to join our web development team. We are currently around ten developers, including our dedicated apps team.

Our main tech stack consists of a next.js frontend, and a GraphQL backend. We use React on the frontend and a mixture of node and C# on the backend. We also use elasticsearch, redis and deploy to Kubernetes in the cloud, using managed services and infrastructure-as-code whenever possible. 

Your role will involve working in a small agile team with otherå talented full stack developers of a range of abilities and a dedicated product manager. We try to keep our management structure flat and you will have a chance to make meaningful contributions to how we implement features and the technology choices we make.

Below is a list of required and desired skills. Experience with as much of it is desirable, but above all we look for talented people who have a generally good understanding of development and the desire and ability to learn.

If you have a passion for electronic music and would like to use your development skills to work on one of the most influential websites in the industry, then we’d like to hear from you.

Required skills:

• C1 English or equivalent

• Experience writing production-grade backend systems
• Experience in writing production-grade React applications
• Experience writing performant SQL
• Modern JavaScript ES2018+
• TDD and all aspects of testing from unit through to integration
• Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines
• Mobile-first web development
• API design and consumption
• Agile practices

Desirable skills:

• Experience in a strongly-typed object oriented language such as C# or Java
• Typescript
• NestJS
• .NET Core
• GraphQL
• Elasticsearch
• React hooks
• React Native
• Server-side rendering
• Styled Components
• Testing react apps using testing-library and jest
• Testing .Net using NUnit, XUnit and utilising Moq
• Docker and kubernetes
• AWS and terraform
• Experience running high-availability distributed systems

What we offer you:

• Generous annual leave policies aimed at promoting work-life balance.
• Flexibility in working arrangements, offering hybrid or remote work options based on role requirements and location. 
• Matching pension schemes and/or 401k.
• Comprehensive staff wellbeing initiatives, featuring regular activities and workplace programmes to support mental and physical health. This includes discounted Classpass memberships, and custom-fitted earplugs.
• Company-led social events, team lunches, and discounts on RA merch.
• Paid annual volunteering allowance, encouraging contributions to community projects and charities you care about.
• Regular company-wide Q&A’s with senior leadership, along with ongoing virtual educational training sessions for all staff.
• A transparent internal company culture committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (see: https://ra.co/about/diversity).
• Active involvement in community projects within the electronic music community (see:  https://ra.co/about/community).

More about RA:

As an independent company run by devoted dance music enthusiasts, our mission is to bring together the world's electronic music communities. Our Global Contributor Network (GCN) and international teams help us establish connections with hyper-niche local scenes. 

We became B-Corp certified in 2024, which counts us among businesses leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy and part of a community that meets high social and environmental impact standards.

We especially welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, experiences, gender identities, and sexual orientations. We aim for our team to reflect the communities we engage with. We ensure everyone is valued and respected by actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace.

Our values:

• Electronic music is art.
• We celebrate the progressive values that underpin electronic music.
• We advocate for a more inclusive and equitable electronic music community.
• We honour the past, present and future of electronic music.
• We use innovation to empower the community.
• We choose honesty over gain and purpose over profit.
• We're always front left.

This role is a full-time, permanent position, based at either our London, Manchester, Berlin, or Madrid office. We are hiring one person for the position, and the candidate may be based in any of the listed locations. The annual salary range for this role is:

• London: £60,000 – £75,000
• Manchester: £50,000 – £65,000
• Berlin: €60,000 – €75,000
• Madrid: €60,000 – €75,000

If you have questions about the role, please contact work@ra.co.

This listing will be open for a minimum of two weeks from 29 May 2025. Please be sure to add work@ra.co to your contacts and check your junk/spam folder for emails from us.