Senior Backend Developer - Node.js

At Mindera, we craft software with people we love. 💛

We're looking for a BACKEND DEVELOPER WITH NODE.JS to join our team!

As a Backend Engineer you’ll be part of the development of core platform systems that expose data for desktop and mobile applications.

We’re looking for engineers with an appetite for solving complex and interesting problems to world-class standards.

When you join Mindera we welcome you into a fun and politics-free work culture, built on the principles of lean and self-organisation.

Note: Depending on the project and our clients' needs, you may get the chance to pack your bags and take off every now and then. Typically, we estimate travel time to be between 0% and 15%.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Developing performant, resilient and secure services/functions;
• Building and handling asynchronous and event-driven workflows;
• Creating testable code and making testing a priority;
• Being passionate, self-driven and working with little supervision towards a common team or company purpose;
• Caring about all the steps your code goes through from your machine to production.

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of work experience in software engineering;
• Experience working with JavaScript and TypeScript on the backend, with frameworks like Node.js, NestJS, NextJS, Heroku, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Lambda;
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL data stores;
• Experience working with deploy tools: CI/CD, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Travis;
• Knowledge of protocols and architectural patterns like HTTP, REST and/or GraphQL;
• Knowledge about service oriented architectures, design patterns and data structures;
• Familiarity working with code versioning tools like Git in a continuous delivery process;
• Experience using code quality tools like linters, type checkers and static analysers;
• Experience using cloud platforms like AWS, GCP or Azure;
• Previous experience in frontend development with React/Next.JS is a plus;
• Comfortable with agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban;
• Fluency in English.

We'd love to get to know you better!

THE PERKS OF BECOMING A MINDER:

• Private medical subscription
• Private medical subscription for children
• Counseling and psychotherapy services
• Reimbursement for eyeglasses
• Self-proposal salary process
• Annual profit distribution, subject to company performance and board decision
• Mindera Unit Plan
• Flexible benefits options (sports, medical, cultural, donations)
• Trainings and learning opportunities to grow within your role
• Coaching and development guidance
• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
• Flexibility to choose where you work from
• Vacation incentive
• Parties, gatherings & trips

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to share with you what it's like to be a part of the Mindera community.

We're a group of friendly and talented individuals who work together to bring projects to life, in a fun, politics-free environment.

Our culture is all about being adaptable and self-organized. We want Minders to take risks, make decisions, work together and feel free to be their most authentic selves, every single day.

We work closely with our clients to truly understand their products and develop high-performance, resilient, and scalable software systems that make a real impact for their users and businesses, worldwide.

We are proud of our work, we're always learning and growing in our Agile and collaborative environment, and we hope you'll love it here just as much as we do!

Check out our Handbook & get to know us better: https://mindera.com/handbook.pdf

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