\nAbout the role\n\nWe are looking for an experienced Back-end engineer for curating the structure of server-side information. In this role, you will primarily write server components and APIs to be utilized by front side engineers and UX designers. The day to day consists of implementing reusable code libraries, good APIs, generating data storage solutions, optimizing servers for speed and stability, implementing security structures, and collaborating with the frontend engineers to develop a Clean Code / Clean Architecture experience through excellent Software Design and Software Architecture good practices.\n\nBack End Engineers should possess good knowledge about algorithms, data structures, design patterns and Software Engineering in general. A basic understanding of front-end techs such as React, HTML and CSS is needed for efficiency. Vast knowledge of backend coding in NodeJS platforms is required for candidacy. Well qualified applicants will possess strong communication, organizational and time-management skills.\n\nResponsibilities :\n\n\nConfidently ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members.\n\nDevelop features and improvements to Andela products in a secure, well-tested, and performant way.\n\nCollaborate with Engineering Managers, Backend Engineers, Frontend Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, DevOps professionals, Product Managers, Designers, to solve common goals and maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment\n\nConduct Code Review within our Code Review Guidelines and ensure your colleagues' contributions receive a swift response.\n\nSolve technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.\n\nRecognize impediments to our efficiency as a team ("technical debt"), propose and implement solutions\n\nTranslate requirements into Conceptual Designs and Technical Designs\n\n\n\n\nRequirements:\n\n\nExcellent communication skills\n\nExperience with NodeJs and Javascript. Typescript is a plus.\n\nExperience with database modeling (ERD/ERM) and migrations\n\nSignificant experience with API Creation & modeling\n\nExperience with Integration tests\n\nKnowledgeable about Software Design Principles, e.g.: Abstraction, Encapsulation, Decomposition, Generalization, Coupling and Cohesion, Separation of Concerns\n\nUnderstanding of scaling applications to handle high data traffic\n\nClean Code / Clean Architecture experience; Design patterns understanding and correct application, e.g.: Singleton, Factory, Adapter, Strategy etc\n\nA basic understanding of front-end tech such as React, HTML5, CSS3 is needed for efficiency\n\n\n\n\n \n\n#LI-REMOTE\n\n#LI-BW\n\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Swift, DevOps, CSS, HTML, Typescript, API, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nNairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

\nJob Profile Summary\n\n\n* We are hiring! CAI is seeking an AWS Lead who will work remote during the pandemic.\n\n* The AWS Lead is responsible for overseeing the development, and technology integration, of all customer-facing web-based projects.\n\n* This role will lead technology teams across all stages of Agile delivery while collaborating with the Applications team, Mobile App team, and Marketing. \n\n* Hands on experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud is highly desired for this role.\n\n* There is no direct reports, but will guide different technology teams.\n\n* Our client has locations in Dearborn, MI; Chicago, IL; and Charlotte, NC. \n\n* Due to our end Client, candidates must be hirable without the need of sponsorship now or in the future.\n\n\n\n\nDuties & Responsibilities\n\n\n* Lead web-based initiatives on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform, and Java Set technical direction for development team, lead the release of core products, and work with team to maintain knowledge management system for development tools and software documentation\n\n* Proactively assess current processes, identify technology improvements, and develop solutions that meet the short and long term goals of the organization\n\n* Supervise technical expertise of in-house and external resources Coordinate activities with third party technology partners.\n\n* Interact with the Customer Experience and Marketing teams Support our client's lines of business\n\n* Estimate time frames, quality, and quantity of resources required to successfully implement project\n\n* Troubleshoot functional application issues to determine root cause Independently handle personnel issues, conflict management, define goals that increase knowledge and skills of team, and define team’s expectations\n\n* No direct reports, but will guide different technology teams\n\n\n\n\n\nQualifications\nExperience/Education Required Skills\n\n\n* Required Hands on experience with emerging presentation layer frameworks and patterns such ReactJS, Backbone, AngulaJS, or similar Javascript libraries to design responsive user interfaces REST service development and methodologies\n\n* Understanding the software development lifecycle in Agile and/or DevOps Strong familiarity with source code control systems (Subversion, GIT)\n\n* Strong familiarity with common design patterns used in web applications Background in web application development using enterprise grade technologies and frameworks Knowledge of profiling techniques, memory management and performance tuning utilized to result in elegant and fast-loading web experiences Ability to enforce practices like test-driven development, Continuous Integration, and Test Automation Understanding of common web application security best practices Ability to communicate value propositions\n\n* Ability to convert business requirements into detailed systems design and technical specifications\n\n* Strong-communication and conflict resolution skills\n\n* High level of self-motivation and initiative\n\n* Ability to prioritize multiple work streams and responsibilities simultaneously\n\n* 5+ years' hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services\n\n* 5+ years' hands-on experience with Java, JavaScript, CSS and HTML including cross-browser compatibility\n\n* Experience leading eCommerce platform integrations with various internal and external systems/services\n\n* Hands on experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud is highly desire\n\n* Education Required A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field or in the alternative a combination of education, certifications and work experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.\n\n\n\n\n\n Physical Demands\n\n\n* Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards\n\n* Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.\n\n* Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard and monitor If you are interested in this position\n\n* Please apply using the "Apply " option. If you have questions, or would like to speak with a Recruiter directly, send an email to the contact person below and note the job identification number in the subject line\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Executive, DevOps, JavaScript, Amazon, Java, Cloud, Salesforce, CSS, HTML, Mobile, Marketing and Ecommerce jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nJob Description\n\nProvides technical support for all application delivery platforms including builds and continuous integration, routine application maintenance and upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting and capacity planning, business continuity and disaster recovery.\n\nThe position is expected to spend approximately 50% time on Configuration Management, 30% on Java/HTML/CSS/SQL and/or test/script development and 20% on Linux System Administration. Duties may vary over time and project.\n\nPurpose \n\nThe DevOps Lead is primarily responsible for maintaining the application environments and configurations supporting reliable, secure and responsive application delivery and support to internal and external customers.\n\n The DevOps Lead is a mid-to-senior position that requires expertise and experience in the following areas: \n\n\n* Configuration Management, managing and documenting hardware and software configurations across development and production environments to reliably and securely deliver applications to internal and external customers, in audited transaction environments, including maintaining a SOC2 attestation and often collaborating with internal, customer, partner, vendor and contracted resources.  Build management and automation, assistance in troubleshooting build and automated testing failures.\n\n* Java/HTML5/CSS/SQL/Web Services application operations and development.  Experience in Object Oriented development and web and application server administration support, including connections to other systems (e.g. web services, databases, monitors, etc.) is expected.\n\n* Linux system administration in a Windows- and Macintosh-client networked environment on a hybrid cloud built around Amazon Web Services and internal servers using Virtual Private Cloud solutions.  This includes systems administration for patches, monitoring, disaster recovery, failover, security, etc. \n\n\n\n\nJob Responsibilities\n\nAdministration, maintenance and management of production and development environments, supporting Affiliation Management, Premium Capture, AAISdirect, AAISonline, SDMA, Hadoop, Pentaho, the AAIS Underwriting Platform (UP) and others as directed to meet service level agreements and audit (SOC2) requirements.\n\nTasks include:\n\n\n* Software configuration management and the successful installation of new software releases and system upgrades.\n\n* Evaluation and installation of patches, resolve software related problems on server platforms primarily hosted by Amazon Web Services.\n\n* Implement security policies and configurations for hardware and software resources.\n\n* Maintain network, server, application and transaction monitors with reporting and issue response protocols.\n\n* Supports SSAE16 compliance for Customer Engagement systems.\n\n* Maintenance and enhancements for Java/HTML5/CSS operational applications.\n\n* SQL to extract data for reporting and business insights.\n\n* Unit, integration and automated test development for quality assurance, build reliability and system performance.\n\n* Maintenance and enhancement of continuous integration environment to support agile development process.\n\n* Securing and protecting customer data and managing ongoing risk of compromise and intrusion.\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to DevOps, Java, CSS, HTML, Executive, Amazon, Cloud and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nFull Stack Developer - Emphasis on Angular.js / Node.js / MongoDB / Redis\nThe Opportunity:\nWe're looking for an experienced full stack developer based in either the Phoenix, AZ or the Washington, DC metro area, however remote teleworkers will be considered for the position also if they have excellent communications skills and are willing to travel to either of the above locations quarterly.\nThe Day to Day:\n* Develop web apps and APIs people use every day\n* Find ways to make apps fun and natural, so users intuitively know how to work the app\n* Build apps and back-end frameworks that are maintainable, flexible and scaleable (think TB)\n* Anticipate tomorrow's problems by understanding of what users are trying to accomplish\n\n\nRequirements:\n* Substantial experience with Javascript, Angular.js and Node.js\n* Comfort with asynchronous programming methodology\n* Experience with web tech including REST, HTML 5 and CSS\n* Experience with MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, or other BIG databases\n* Familiarity with jQuery\n* US Citizenship or authorization to work in the US\n\n\nBonus Points:\n* DevOps experience with Linux or FreeBSD\n* Experience with Linux Containers and Docker\n* Familiarity with data visualization tools like D3.js\n* Experience working with XML or JSON data\n* Experience with sigmajs or graphviz\n* Experience with Python, Ruby, Perl and/or shell scripting\n* Experience with the Go programming language\n* Mac OS X familiarity\n* BS or MS in a technology or scientific field of study\n* High energy level and pleasant, positive attitude!\n* History of participation in organized sports (high school or college athletic teams)\n* Evidence of working well within a diverse team\n\n\nCompensation:\n* Salary commensurate with experience, generally higher than competitive industries\n* Comprehensive benefits package\n* Opportunities for advancement and a clear career path\n\n\nAbout Us:\nWe conduct advanced technical research and develop innovative software and systems that help meet network security and reliability challenges for organizations world-wide. You can read more at our web site.\nCareer Opportunities:\nWe have many other openings available. For a complete listing, visit jobs.vostrom.com \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to DevOps, JavaScript, InfoSec, Perl, CSS, HTML, Python, Angular, Node, Ruby, API, Admin, Excel, Data Viz, jQuery, Linux, Sys Admin, Cassandra, Full Stack, Design, Developer, Digital Nomad and Travel jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nUX Developer – Emphasis on Angular.js / Node.js / MongoDB / Redis\nThe Opportunity:\nWe're looking for an experienced UX developer based in either Virginia Beach, VA or the Washington, DC metro area, however remote (tele) workers will be considered for the position also if they have excellent communications skills and are willing to travel to either of the above locations several times per year.\nThe Day to Day:\n* Develop front-end interfaces for web apps people use every day \n* Find ways to make apps fun and natural, so users intuitively know how to work the app\n* Build apps and back-end frameworks that are maintainable, flexible and scaleable\n* Anticipate tomorrow's problems by understanding of what users are trying to accomplish \n\n\nRequirements:\n* Experience with Javascript, Angular.js and Node.js \n* Comfort with asynchronous programming methodology \n* Experience with web tech including REST, HTML 5 and CSS \n* Experience with MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, or other BIG databases \n* Familiarity with jQuery\n* US Citizenship\n\n\nBonus Points:\n* DevOps experience with Linux or FreeBSD \n* Experience with Linux Containers and Docker \n* Familiarity with data visualization tools like D3.js\n* Experience working with XML or JSON data \n* Experience with sigmajs or graphviz\n* Experience with Python, Ruby, Perl and/or shell scripting \n* Experience with the Go programming language \n* Mac OS X familiarity \n* BS or MS in a technology or scientific field of study\n* High energy level and pleasant, positive attitude!\n* History of participation in organized sports (high school or college athletic teams)\n* Evidence of working well within a diverse team\n\n\nCompensation:\n* Salary commensurate with experience, generally higher than competitive industries\n* Comprehensive benefits package\n* Opportunities for advancement and a clear career path\n\n\nAbout Us:\nWe conduct advanced technical research and develop innovative software and systems that help meet network security and reliability challenges for organizations world-wide.  You can read more at our web site.  \nCareer Opportunities:\nWe have many other openings available. For a complete listing, visit jobs.vostrom.com \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to DevOps, JavaScript, InfoSec, Perl, CSS, HTML, Python, Angular, Node, Ruby, Admin, Excel, Data Viz, jQuery, Linux, Sys Admin, Cassandra, Design, Developer, Digital Nomad and Travel jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n