Backend Developer JS/C++/Go ->Images and SVG as Code - remote

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Posted 4 years ago

Backend / Microservices Developer ->Images and SVG as Code - JS/C++/Go

We’re looking for an engineer who can work on creating beautiful images algorithmically by enhancing and empowering our internal image design language and building flexible image processing tools. This can be a project based, part time, or full time role.

For this role/project, you’ll be working with images through code. You’ll contribute to and enhance our typescript based design language and build image processing tools as microservices in the language best suited to the task. You’ll work closely with other engineers to create images from code algorithmically, optimize and speed up rendering and delivery, and break pieces out into highly optimized microservices.

Please note that Canadian Resident candidates will be given preference.

(That doesn’t mean you have to be in Canada, just that you would qualify as a Canadian resident)

What you’ll do

Use and build best practices to develop clean, efficient and reusable code
Contribute to and shape the future of images as code and our design language
Build highly optimized microservices to render, manipulate, modify, and convert images
Continuously improve our codebase and drive architectural changes when necessary

What we offer

You’ll work with other passionate remote developers and help

build a product that will be shared with millions of people. We offer complete remote flexibility, part or full time roles, a flexible vacation policy (4 weeks), an annual company meetup (COVID permitting), a monthly allowance for coffees and snacks, and a program that lets you expense books of any kind to encourage learning. Our philosophy is simple—hire diverse, passionate people and foster a culture that empowers hard work and growth for everyone. We'll try to do everything to make sure you feel nourished, motivated, and supported. We want communicative, talented, organized people who get things done, just like us.

Must Haves

Abundant Javascript and Nodejs experience, and bonus points for Typescript
Testing experience with Javascript testing frameworks like Mocha/Chai, Ava, and bonus points for Jest
Personal site, demo site, links to previous work, or GitHub account with projects to showcase
Experience deploying an app using a service like Netlify, AWS, Heroku, etc
At least 3 years working as a software engineer OR a strong personal portfolio that demonstrates your abilities beyond your experience

Nice to have experience:

CSS generally and specifically an understanding of the ins and outs of how it can be used in conjunction with SVGs
Worked with SVGs, bonus points if that work was done programmatically
Understanding of how fonts work (TTF, WOFF, etc)
AWS services such as S3, Lambda, DynamoDB and EC2 specifically
Docker/Container experience
Terraform or other infrastructure as code
Redis, and more specifically Elasticache
Github actions
A passion for or an interest in design
Creating well-crafted tools for others including libraries and open source (include links to repos)
Frontend experience in general, preferably Vue, to help build out tooling
Stackoverflow account with questions/answers
Language/API design
C++ libs like librsvg, libvips, or node libraries like SVGjs, Raphael, D3, snap.js, Sharp, jimp, imagemagick, graphicsmagick
Image rendering or processing in Go or other langs

To apply, please complete all of the following:

Go through our Must &Nice to have list (see above) and list what skills/experience you have or don’t have
Send a link to your github repo
Send a short paragraph on your experience working with images in and from code
Confirm you are happy to do video interview
Confirm you are happy to complete a coding test
Confirm you are happy to work on a small (paid) test project 1st, after completion you will be brought on part or full time depending on fit and availability.
Give your expected hourly rate or expected salary
Have good conversational English

ABSOLUTELY NO AGENCIES

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