Full Stack Mean Developer

We are looking for a talented full-stack software engineer to join our small and extremely talented product team. We love to build amazing products fast and with a high standard of code and UX, always on the cutting edge of new technologies.

Tasks

• Design and build features end-to-end. You'll be working on the frontend, backend, and anything in-between, whatever it takes to solve problems and delight users.
• Build beautiful and usable UIs with our modern toolset of React (NextJS, ES11, TypeScript) and TailwindCSS.
• Continue developing our distributed backend using Node (NestJS + TypeScript) and Rust. Technologies also include PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ.
• Stitch many different services and APIs together, even if you have not worked with them before.
• Build solutions that take scaling and growth into consideration while balancing the time to launch.
• Engineer solutions to solve existing tech debt and write maintainable, sound and safe code.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, working with Typescript, React and serious interest or even better experience with Rust. However, we care much more about your general engineering skill than your knowledge of a particular language or framework.
• The ability to put yourself in the users' shoes and craft intuitive, high-quality web UI experiences
• A high bar for code quality and robustness for long-term expansion and use
• High personal initiative to learn, improve, and excel
• A Can-Do, entrepreneurial mentality with enjoyment for being a generalist
• DevOps: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and other DevOps tools.
• Experience with distributed systems, scaling applications, and/or microservices.
• Fluent in English (German is a plus)

Plus:

• Hands-on experience with the Rust
• Experience with functional programming
• Previously worked in an early-stage startup and experienced scaling of engineering teams

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend & frontend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using the latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.

We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
• Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
• Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
• Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
• Provide technical mentoring to team members

You

• You have experience with web application development, on both, backend and frontend.
• You have a solid understanding of software design principles and best practices.
• You have hands-on experience in,
• Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
• Code review, responsible for production deployments.
• Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
• Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt).
• Defining and following best practices for frontend and backend systems.
• You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
• You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions. 
• You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
• You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
• You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• You are a proponent of quality - building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.

Non-negotiables

Must have

• Expertise in Backend development (Python & Django experience preferred)
• Expertise in Frontend development (AngularJS / ReactJS / VueJS experience preferred)
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience building multiple significant features for web applications

Good to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or any cloud platform)
• Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
• Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features, breaking monolith into services)
• Experience working with NoSQL databases
• Experience with Web performance optimization, SEO, Gatsby and FE Analytics
• Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
• Mentoring skills

Expectations

• Able to work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
• Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements for small to medium tasks and own end to end delivery
• Able to communicate estimations, plan deviations and blockers in an efficient and timely manner to all project stakeholders

Job Description :

9 to 12 years' experience in software engineering

Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering discipline

• Strong coding and debugging skills with experience in web technologies including one or more of the following: React, Angular, Node, D3 (Java API's Javascript etc.), AJAX, CSS
• Worked with authentication technologies like SAML, OAuth, SSL etc.
• Hands on experience with one or more web and application server technologies such as Apache Tomcat, Nginx, Jersey server, OSGi and other relevant frameworks
• Hands on experience with code control and code review tools like Git, Gerrit
• Good exposure to databases, SQL queries
• Fast executor with a track record of delivering complex projects on time; responds under pressures of time and uncertainty
• Strong written, editing, proofreading and oral communication
• Strong inter-personal communication and collaboration skills.
• The candidate must be able to work independently & must possess strong communication skills.
• A good team player, high level of personal commitment & 'can do' attitude.
• Strong communication skill to communicate at all levels, which includes interaction within the team & with senior management.
• The candidate should have proactive approach towards problem solving.
• Good analysis skills in order to troubleshoot and resolve the problems.

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• Experience developing desktop and mobile applications
• Familiarity with common stacks
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• An analytical mind
• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics or a relevant field

StoryXpress (a Techstars-backed company) is an end-to-end video platform and is an efficient and effective way of humanizing the way you promote and sell your product or services, and communicate with your customers. With a suite of professional video tools (Video Creator, Video Recorder, Video Hosting and Analytics, Video APIs, and SDKs), we help small and medium-sized businesses drive more revenue through the strategic use of video. Founded in 2014, StoryXpress has a rich community of 500K+ users including small enterprises to Fortune 500 companies.

Why Work with Us:

• Get an opportunity to contribute to an exciting, forward-thinking and fast-moving Start-Up.

• Shape-Up your career by working with young and supportive teams and peers!

• Innovation and Creativity is all what matters!

• Experience and understand the startup which is transforming the video marketing industry.

• Friendly Policies, good-competitive salaries, Team Outings and what not!

Job Responsibilities:

• Building and scaling web products that directly impact our customers and partners.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and implement the same.
• Implement user interfaces in React alongside Node.js.
• Translate several RESTful data sources to be used in a front-end application.
• Dig into bugs and feature requests along with writing the tests.

Job Requirements:

• Should have minimum 2 years of experience in the respective field.
• Proficient knowledge of Node.js, Express.js, MySQL.
• You should know how to build scalable web apps.
• You should know how to build front-end components.
• Proficiency in JavaScript Development.
• Good understanding of micro-server architecture and REST API.
• Should be comfortable with HTML, CSS, and related technologies
• You should know why a framework is necessary.
• Proficient in code versioning tools like Git.

Are you excited at the possibility of developing an already stellar team to meet the growing needs of our platform and business? Does this opportunity to build a groundbreaking team and solve hard problems sound amazing to you? If so, we would love to have you onboard!*

Brownie Points For:

- Experience building/working on Chrome Extensions.
- Proficiency with Socket.io and/or Redis.
- Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Webpack.

• Expertise in full stack tools Angular, SpringBoot, Node JS 
• Expertise on RDBMS and no SQL databases like Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, Mongo DB 
• Understanding of microservices architecture 
• Good understanding of Agile practices and DevOps tools like Jenkins/Azure etc. 
• Zeal to drive solutions and results with a constant focus on business priorities and delivering business value. 
• Ability to learn new tools and technologies quickly and extend the knowledge with other team members. 
• Basic understanding of AI/ML and R / Python 
• Good written and verbal communication.