Lead Application Developer - remote

We are looking for an experienced Lead Application Developer to join Zenda Engineering team. The ideal candidate will be a highly skilled engineer who is passionate about taking personal accountability to drive application services. You will be working alongside experienced team members to help launch new products.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborating with the product and design team to create innovative app experiences
• Work with front-end developers (iOS, Android and React/Web) to understand their unique constraints, propose design and APIs to achieve consistent implementation across backend stack
• Drive technology and design decisions to deliver fast, usable and secure applications at scale
• Proactively identify improvements to our front-end frameworks, performance, and development processes, then drive the implementation using code and APIs
• Be an advocate on frontend best practices and adoption of new technologies
• Ensure feature quality through extensive testing (unit, integration, functional, performance and regression) with a focus towards automation
• Implement continuous integration and deployment, with a focus towards automation
• Collaborate across teams on priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Perform code reviews and mentor junior developers

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 8+ years shipping software products with at least two years of experience developing API-first mission critical apps on AWS (or similar public cloud) infrastructure
• Experience with user-interface design and developing front-end using modern frameworks and libraries (Nextjs/React, iOS, or Android)
• Experience in designing and implementing REST APIs, preferably using Amazon AWS infrastructure
• Experience with serverless design pattern, preferably using AWS Lambda and Step Functions
• Deep understanding of Javascript data structures and design patterns
• Deep understanding of web components (HTTP/2, JSON, HTML5, CSS3)
• Deep understanding of backend components such as Nodejs, ORM frameworks, Caching and API Gateway
• Track record of delivering applications that require high availability, security, concurrency, regulatory compliance and scalability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Nice to have: Infrastructure as a code (Terraform, CloudFormation), TypeScript and GraphQL

What you’ll get

• Competitive salary and equity for all full time employees
• Flexible PTO
• Generous at-home rig
• Health insurance (of course!)

Please Mention These in Your Application:

• Links to online profile (StackOverFlow, GitHub, Gitlab, etc)
• App Store links to apps you have published
• Work history (LinkedIn or Blog URL)

Zenda is committed to developing and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.