Backend Engineer

Key responsibilities and expectations include:

• Proactive Problem Solver: Self-motivated to build and improve solutions to software problems, always looking for innovative ways to enhance our systems.
• Continuous Learner: Eager to learn new technologies, methodologies, and languages, and open to experimenting and learning from failures.
• Effective Communicator: Capable of clearly and concisely communicating complex technical, architectural, and organizational issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and proposing thorough, iterative solutions.
• Experienced Professional: Approximately 5 years of relevant experience in backend development, demonstrating a strong track record of delivering high-quality software.
• Test-Driven Development Advocate: Committed to practicing test-driven development (TDD) to ensure robust, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Client-Facing Skills: Able to effectively communicate with US clients, understanding their needs and translating them into technical requirements.
• Efficiency Enhancer: Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team ('technical debt'), propose, and implement solutions.
• Feature Developer: Develop features and improvements to ongoing projects in a secure, well-tested, and performant way.
• Problem Solver: Solve technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Independent Contributor: Confidently ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Collaborate with the team on larger projects.
• If you are a dedicated professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and meets the above qualifications, we would love to hear from you.

Technical Stack and Skills:

• Languages: Typescript, NodeJS
• Databases: Postgres or MySQL or similar, MongoDB or similar
• Containerization: Docker and Docker Compose
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar
• Testing: Unit Testing Frameworks such as Jest or similar
• Methodologies: Agile methodology
• Cloud: AWS Cloud Experience (preferably serverless architecture)