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Senior Back-End Software Engineer

  • Boston, MA, United States

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Senior Back-End Software Engineer

We are looking for someone who is passionate about software and creating the very best

consumer application with an exceptional user experience that is built to be performant and scalable.

The ideal candidate will be current in their understanding of modern application development, scalable

web applications, and has a proven history of developing great products.

To be successful in this position, you must be a dynamic back-end engineer who has a proven record of

architecting and delivering dynamic and complex applications. The ideal candidate will have experience

in JavaScript, SQL, Java, Scala, REST/GraphQL, MongoDB/DynamoDB, Docker, and AWS. You must

have an aptitude for learning new programming languages and frameworks. Being a team player and

effective communicator with a thirst for mentoring junior team members is a must have for this role.

Experience using agile development practices is critical. You will build-out a modern web architecture to

enable us to more quickly ship new features into production at scale. We are currently a small team (under 10 ppl) and our successes come from strong collaboration, an open mindset, and a good work ethic, which arecritical in the early stages of a project to define requirements and set expectations for our product.

Skills and Qualifications

 Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science degree preferred but not required)

 3-5 years of professional development experience

 2+ years of varied back-end development experience e.g. Node.JS, Python, Golang, Java, Scala

 3+ years building, delivering, and supporting high-quality, performant web applications

 Proficiency in TDD, writing unit tests, automation, and performing code reviews

 Expert level knowledge of HTML/CSS (all kinds) and JavaScript

 Familiarity with AWS and building large scalable web experiences

 Good written and verbal communicator

 Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete

design implications.

Preferred experience

 Analytical and strong quantitative skills, ideally for finance or fitness applications

 Extending and maintaining complex systems

 Building RESTful API services and clients

 Serverless and full stack development

 Working in a very supportive and collaborative team environment that values your ideas,

opinions, curiosity, and creativity

Benefits

 Health and Dental insurance

 401k plan

 College savings plan contributions

 Three weeks of vacation

 Friday social time and Company outings

More about this job

Skills

  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • Oracle Java
  • Scala
  • GraphQL
  • MongoDB
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Docker
  • AWS
  • Programming languages
  • Coaching
  • Agile development
  • Computer science
  • Back-end development
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Go
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • RESTful API
  • Full-stack development

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