Senior Back-End Software Engineer

Roberts Recruiting • Boston, MA

9h

About The Position

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. 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 are critical in the early stages of a project to define requirements and set expectations for our product.

Requirements

• 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.
• Experience using agile development practices is critical.
• Team player and effective communicator with a thirst for mentoring junior team members.
• Experience in JavaScript, SQL, Java, Scala, REST/GraphQL, MongoDB/DynamoDB, Docker, and AWS.
• Aptitude for learning new programming languages and frameworks.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Architecting and delivering dynamic and complex applications.
• Building out a modern web architecture to enable us to more quickly ship new features into production at scale.
• Defining requirements and setting expectations for our product.
• Extending and maintaining complex systems.
• Building RESTful API services and clients.
• Serverless and full stack development.

Benefits

• Health and Dental insurance
• 401k plan
• College savings plan contributions
• Three weeks of vacation
• Friday social time and Company outings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior