As a Backend Developer - Spring Boot, you'll be an integral member of the software engineering team that designs and develops world-class applications with Spring Boot, PostgreSQL or MySQL, and AWS.
You'll be working on mission-critical software applications that are relied on by our customers to be highly reliable and performant.
You'll be working closely with other engineers and team members to work on delightful applications and features that make a big impact on users.
We're looking for people who share our passion for writing great software; love making use of best practices in our software development process; have fantastic attention to detail; and love to learn.
Responsibilities
Architect, design, develop, and maintain web based applications and services with a focus on Spring Boot based backend development.
Design and implement high quality RESTful APIs.
Collaborate with the engineering team at large in software design sessions, code reviews, teaching, and other engineering activities.
Collaborate with other team members including the mobile development team and design team.
Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle for our projects.
Requirements
3 or more years of a mix of frontend and backend development experience.
Demonstrable passion in full stack development.
Focus on continuous knowledge seeking and improvement.
Ability to think critically, analyze and break down problems into manageable components.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to communicate and work well with others.
Backend Skills
Strong knowledge and experience with developing RESTful APIs.
Strong knowledge and experience with one or more backend development stacks: Spring Boot, NodeJS + Express, PHP + Laravel, Rails, .NET or similar
Strong knowledge and experience with one or more of PostgreSQL, MySQL or other relational databases.
Knowledge and experience with one or more cloud infrastructure providers: AWS, GCP, Azure.
Advantages
Experience with e-commerce platforms: Magento, WooCommerce, etc.
Experience with content management systems: Drupal, Wordpress.
Experience with self-hosting cloud services (e.g. NextCloud, Gitlab, Gitea), or other SysAdmin-related tools/services (e.g. Wireguard).
Experience with containerization and orchestration solutions, e.g. Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience in at least one frontend framework: Vue.js, React, Angular, or other.
We will consider applicants who have most but not all of the required skills, or who are able to demonstrate equivalent experience.
Applicants who provide a strong cover letter will receive stronger consideration.
Strong knowledge and experience of integration of third party services.
Experience utilizing various third party backend frameworks and libraries.