Project:
- The world's most popular online marketplace for original educational resources
- 6 mln users worldwide
- 3 mln resources
- 1B resources have been downloaded from site
- Team of US/UA based ~200 people (~80 engineers out of them)
- Technology stack: AWS, MySQL, memcache, Redis, Elixir, PHP, Ruby, Typescript, Node.js. React.js, GCP (BigQuery), Kubernetes, serverless (AWS Lambda)
Experience for a successful candidate:
- Proven experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer or similar role for 3 years or more
- Experience with backend web development practices and tools, including SQL databases (MySQL), APIs (GraphQL API), git/GitHub, etc.
- Experience with front end web development practices, including React.js
- Experience with ecommerce applications and/or marketplace applications
- B2 English level
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
- Preferable experience with Node.js
- Preferable experience with Typescript
- Preferable experience with Systems development: DB design, deployment & CI, developer tooling, etc
Responsibilities:
- Producing clean and efficient code, based on specifications that meets tech standards (code is covered with auto-tests, monitoring, logging and alerting is setup, user-tracking is in place)
- Providing clear and effective code reviews
- Testing and deploying the developed features
- Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing code
- Estimating and delivering the work to the agreed timeframe (or notify the team as soon as possible about the possible delay in delivery)
- Joining team meetings that include US team members (daily stand ups, planning, retrospectives, brainstorming sessions, kick off meetings, engineering meetings, etc)
- Create technical documentation for reference and reporting
- Ability to learn new languages and technologies
Extra Credit for the candidate with the following qualities:
- Completes well-defined tasks at a high quality with limited technical oversight from Tech Leads/Managers in collaboration with other engineers, designers, and PMs.
- Asks for clarification given ambiguous requirements, and ensures that all assumptions are vetted before work starts to reduce the need for re-work.
- Clarifies requirements and provides input to product and project direction by understanding how individual work fits into the larger team/area context.
- Communicates effectively with their team and approaches situations with an open mind. Practices inclusive communication during sprint rituals and provides constructive feedback during team retros, 1:1s, code reviews, and pairing sessions. Asks for input or help from teammates when necessary.
- Proactively raises challenges faced individually and by the team during retros, 1:1s, and other meetings.
- Enjoys working collaboratively with peers across business and engineering teams
- Supports a positive team culture by recognizing the work of teammates during sprint rituals and by providing direct feedback.
We offer:
- Competitive salary
- Interesting and challenging work in a dynamically developing company
- Possibility to participate in specialist conferences
- Professional development opportunities: online courses for free + all required professional literature
- 18 working days of annual paid vacation
- Fully paid English classes
- 50% of gym or swimming pool subscription (and everything what has to do with enhancing of our workers physical health) is paid by company
