Position: Senior Back End Wizard ✨ Company: joi.studio Location: Remote (Sydney EST and LA time) 🌍 Working Hours: Flexible, with a preference for working between 1pm and 12am Sydney EST (8pm to 7am LA time) ⏰ Role Type: Contractor, working ideally 40 hours per week
About Us: Hey there! 🌟 We're a passionate team on a mission to revolutionize mental health and personal growth. Our platform blends the best features of Netflix and Udemy, providing a unique and joyful experience to over 350,000 students across five countries. We reached product market fit over three years ago without needing external capital and continue to scale and innovate every day. 🚀
Role Overview: Are you a back-end wizard who loves autonomy and taking charge? 🧙♀️ We're on the lookout for an assertive Senior Back End Wizard who can set their own working hours while aligning with our fun and dynamic team. Your skills and opinions will be highly valued, and you'll play a crucial role in our development process. You'll be responsible for delivering stellar code and conducting your own QA to western standards. 🌟
Key Responsibilities:
Autonomous Work: Set your own hours while aligning with team working hours (1pm - 12am Sydney EST / 8pm - 7am LA time). Expected that there would be at least 3 hours overlap each day with other team members. 🕒
Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain robust back-end systems using our awesome tech stack. 🖥️
Assertive Leadership: Be bold and confident in team discussions and decision-making processes. 💪
Ownership and Reliability: Take 100% ownership of your work, including any mistakes, and be expected to own them. Be reliable and ensure you do what you say when you say it. 👍
Quality Assurance: Deliver top-notch code and perform thorough QA to meet western standards. ✔️
Efficient DB Queries: Create lightning-fast database queries to ensure performance and scalability. ⚡
Re-Architecting Systems: Reimagine and re-architect back-end systems to adapt to new and growing application needs. 🔄
Front End Understanding: Have a good grasp and some experience with front-end technologies. 🌐
Stake Holder Management: Effectively communicate with key stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met and aligned with project goals. 😊
Tech Stack:
Node.js
React.js
Apollo
GraphQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
MySQL (AWS RDS)
MongoDB
AWS Web Services (Route 53, CloudWatch, Terraform, S3, RDS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway)
Cloudflare
Terraform
DataDog (or other similar logging platforms)
LangChain
Qualifications:
Proven experience as a Senior Back End Engineer. 🏆
Strong proficiency in our tech stack. 🛠️
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and assertively. 🚀
Experience in re-architecting back ends for scalability and performance. 📈
Strong QA skills with an eye for detail. 👀
Strong experience in MySQL and MongoDB. 💾
Passion for working with mental health and helping others. ❤️
Excellent communication and collaboration skills. 🤝
Reliable and trustworthy, with a commitment to owning your work. ✅
Ideal candidate will have had 10 years of development experience. 🌟
Beneficial, though not critical, to have a passion for AI, Python, and LangChain. 🤖
Why Join Us:
Work on a unique and impactful platform that combines the best of Netflix and Udemy. 📺📚
Be part of a team that values your skills and listens to your opinions. 🗣️
Contribute to a product that has achieved product market fit and continues to scale successfully. 🌍
Make a difference in the mental health space, helping over 350,000 students improve their lives across five countries. 🌟
Most of our team members stay with us for over 2.5 years. In fact, here's a heartfelt message from one of our wonderful team members about our leader (Robert) of the joi.studio on his birthday:
"Hi Robert, On this special day, I want to take a moment to wish you a very happy birthday! Your leadership, vision, and unwavering dedication have been a constant source of inspiration for all of us. Your ability to guide us through challenges with grace and wisdom is truly remarkable, and we are fortunate to have you as our leader. Beyond your professional excellence, your kindness, understanding, and genuine care for each team member make you an extraordinary person. You create an environment where we feel valued and motivated to give our best, and for that, we are deeply grateful. May this year bring you abundant joy, good health, and countless moments of happiness. Here's to celebrating you today and always. Happy birthday!"
If you are a highly skilled, autonomous, and assertive Senior Back End Wizard with a passion for mental health, giving back to those in need, and making the world a better place, we would love to hear from you. Join us in making a meaningful impact through innovative technology. ✨
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Salary and compensation
$20,000 — $80,000/year
Benefits
🏖 Unlimited vacation
⬜️ No whiteboard interview
👀 No monitoring system
🚫 No politics at work
🎅 We hire old (and young)
How do you apply?
How to Apply: Please send your resume and a cover letter explaining why you are the perfect fit for this role.
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Prominent Edge is seeking highly talented and passionate Software Engineers to join our phenomenal software development team. We are a 100% remote company, so successful candidates must be highly self-motivated and capable of working independently. We do, however, share knowledge and talk across projects and topics on a daily basis. Since we are primarily a software engineering services company, you'll have exposure to a variety of technologies as opposed to having to work on one product or stack for too long. \n \nWe've been a 100% remote company before it was cool to be remote. We hire the best talent and always strive to exceed expectations. We leverage best-of-breed open source technologies to provide our customers with innovative user centric solutions. We invest in our company culture and make sure that we have fun. We also have exceptional benefits such as free quality healthcare for your entire family. If this sounds like the type of environment in which you would thrive, and you qualify for the position below, please apply -- we’d love to hear from you! Visit our careers page. (https://prominentedge.com/careers) to learn more.\n\n**Required Skills**\n* 5+ years experience as a Full-Stack Software Engineer, experienced working in an Agile development environment\n* Experience leading project teams through the full development life cycle, including requirements analysis, architecture, design, coding, testing, and delivery of solutions\n* Front-end development skills using modern JavaScript frameworks, such as ReactJS/React Native, Angular/AngularJS, or Vue\n* Backend development skills using server-side frameworks, such as NodeJS/Express, Flask, Django, or Spring\n* Database skills (e.g., Elasticsearch, Postgres/PostGIS, SQLite, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)\n* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral)\n* Highly self-motivated and results-oriented team player\n* Unwavering integrity and commitment to excellence\n* BS degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience\n\n**Additional Skills (“Nice to Have”)**\n* Open source geospatial technologies, such as Mapbox GL, GeoServer, etc.\n* Data visualization using technologies such as D3, Kibana, etc\n* Containerization and container orchestration, preferably using Docker and Kubernetes\n* Cloud computing, especially using AWS services such as S3, RDS, SQS, EMR, or Kinesis \n* Serverless approaches, preferably using AWS Lambda and Serverless Framework\n* DevOps and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), using technologies such as Jenkins or AWS CodeBuild\n* 3D game engine or 3D web experience, using technologies such as CesiumJS, WebGL, Unity, or Unreal\n* Advanced technologies (machine learning, computer vision, image processing, data mining, data analytics), using tools such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Apache Spark\n* Scrum Master\n* Active (or ability to obtain) Security Clearance\n* Advanced degree (MS or MBA)\n\n**Benefits**\n* Six weeks paid time off per year\n* Six percent 401(k) matching, vested immediately\n* Company-paid, low-deductible healthcare for the entire family\n* Straight-time overtime pay for all employees\n* Flex time (i.e., adjust your hours to fit your schedule)\n* Paid training, courses, and conferences\n* Laptop upgrades\n* Work from the comfort of your own home!\n* This organization participates in E-Verify \n\nPlease mention the words **BORING JELLY ICON** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjE2LjczLjIxNi4xMDA=). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
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$70,000 — $120,000/year\n
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