Immediate Positions available for Sr./Mid-level NodeJS Engineers - remote

SK Intertainment
Posted 2 years ago
We Work Remotely
We are seeking a full time Senior NodeJS Engineer. You'll be thrown right into the mix accepting challenges across the stack, contributing ideas, writing code, shipping into production. If you're looking for a new challenge with an exciting and continually growing team, we'd love to hear from you. Every team member has a voice and every team member will make an impact. We're all here to make a great product and we all love what we do. If this is you, we're wanting to hear from you.

We're looking to hire immediately. The position is a full time contract and is a global search. Please make sure you read the entire post as we need a bit of information in order to consider you.
Who you are
  • Self-Starter: You take initiative, meet deadlines, and creatively solve problems. You are not fearful of legacy code.
  • Student: You learn constantly through reading, meet-ups, etc., and apply best practices whenever possible.
  • Teacher: You not only command programming fundamentals and concepts, but can also explain design patterns in developing OOP.
  • Craftsman: You strive to create code that is tested, maintainable, readable, and re-usable.
  • Versatile: You have relevant experience in a wide range of technologies with a strong background in NodeJS in production.
Must Haves
  • Highly skilled in NodeJS
  • Excellent attitude towards challenges
  • Ready and willingness to be part of a team
  • Strong communication skills in the English language
  • You love what you do and it shows
What technical skills you might have
  • Strong understanding of package management and microservice architecture
  • Building, Integrating, and Testing APIs both internal and 3rd Party
  • Background and strength in writing tests that matter
  • Strong MySQL and MongoDB Experience
What you will work on
  • Improving legacy code and sharing knowledge with team
  • Solving complex problems by using your past experience as well as investigating legacy code base
  • Authoring code that makes immediate positive impact
  • Pairing with teammates sharing domain knowledge
  • Authoring tickets when needed using your past experiences to make architectural decisions
  • Building highly performant queries and code, locating hot spots and improving legacy code
What we use
  • Our general stack: NodeJS 8.17-14.x,  MySQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, ES6 Javascript, Grunt, Express JS, API Microservice, Jenkins, Debian, Nginx, PM2
  • Applications: Slack, Gitlab, Github, NewRelic, Jenkins CI, JIRA, Confluence
  • We practice Agile / SCRUM Product Development, host daily stand ups, and work in 2 week sprints
  • We're primarily Mac Users and all remote. You can make how you need to.
Bonus points
  • You have proven experience maintaining and debugging high trafficked websites in NodeJS
  • You truly are a self-starter and hungry for a challenge
  • Your daily workflow matches strongly with our stack
  • You've had DevOps experience in the NodeJS environment
  • You accept and complete a coding challenge
When you apply please include
  • A little about yourself, what you're interested in, what you've been doing with regard to code
  • A link to your GitHub account (and/or or relevant code samples and contributions)
  • A resume and personal website if you have one
  • Your desired rate
  • You must include the answer to the following question: Are you OK working with adult content both male and female in nature?
Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you.