Backend Software Engineer

Our client is a crowd-sourced web-based platform, where thousands of writers compete to earn money developing original content for businesses and brands.

We are looking to hire a creative and curious back end software engineer to make an impact in our next generation e-commerce platform development.

Responsibilities include:

• Implementing elegant and efficient code, yet satisfying business requirements
• Adhering to best TDD, scenario and performance testing, CI/CD practices
• Participating in product and system design sessions, looking for and suggesting system improvements
• Interacting with other engineers and product designers 
• Keeping up to date with latest software development and infrastructure technologies

Required Skills:

• Bachelors in Computer Science
• 3+ years of back end development experience using .NET platform in Windows and/or Linux environments
• Experience writing in a functional language (F# is a plus, but we will teach you)
• Git/TFS version control
• Jenkins CI/CD
• Ability to write efficient SQL
• Understanding the importance of operations in production systems (logging, telemetry, alerting)
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Microservices architecture, Azure/Google cloud, storage and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) technologies is a plus
• Event-driven design is a plus
• Cooperative, inquisitive and detail-oriented
• Independence, there will be no marching orders, you are expected to organize your day, get the work done, and speak up when there's a problem
• Willingness to learn, we can teach you everything and don't have any strict experience requirements, but you must be willing to learn new tools and technologies
• A sense of humor helps