Backend Developer I

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Job Description:

• Develops and maintains back-end solutions within a microservice architecture, following established guidelines and under supervision.
• Implements unit and functional tests, following established guidelines and working under supervision.
• Collaborates with frontend developers, product managers, and Devops to deliver backend services.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a remote-first team environment, Required
• A product-centric development mindset, optimizing for the product delivered to end users, Required
• An elevated level of ownership, with the ability to effectively work remotely with little oversight., Required
• Ability to communicate technical thoughts well through pull requests, commit messages, development stories, and documentation, Required
• Ability to write clean, testable, and well-documented code while adhering to best practices and team coding standards, Required
• An appetite for continuous improvement and learning., Required

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent foundational experience., Required
• 0 to 1 year in Experienced with AWS, API integration, modern DevOps practices and cloud-based architecture, Required
• 0 to 1 year in Experience collaborating with other software engineers on the same project, Required
• 0 to 1 year in Experience working within and maintaining componentized design systems, Required
• 0 to 1 year in Hands-on experience in developing, maintaining and monitoring web applications, Required
• 0 to 1 year in Experience with version control systems, preferably Git, Required
• 0 to 1 year in Experience designing and implementing relational databases, as well as the tools involved (such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and ActiveRecord), Required
• 0 to 1 year in in the Retail, Transportation, and/or Supply Chain industries, preferred, Preferred
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and practices (e.g., Scrum, Kanban). Beginner, Required
• A strong understanding of and experience with at least one modern web development language, ideally Ruby on Rails or Typescript. Beginner, Required
• Proficiency with Git. Beginner, Required
• Familiarity with strongly typed code. Beginner, Required
• Experience building and consuming APIs, particularly RESTful ones. Beginner, Required
• Experience with relational databases, such as MySQL and Postgres, and ORMs. Beginner, Required
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog. Beginner, Required
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Beginner, Required
• Working familiarity of document databases such as Redis Beginner, Required

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