closed vacancy Senior Backend Developer - remote

KOHO
Posted 4 years ago
Stack Overflow

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will be working as part of a small cross-functional team, driving our core features from start to finish. This will include gathering requirements, creating technical specifications and designs, and actual implementation of these features. Our teams have a large degree of autonomy and ownership and we are looking for someone who can work with minimal supervision or direction. Please Note: This is a remote position based in Canada that is available to those who are legally entitled to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

    • Practice the KOHO values
    • Develop features and improvements to the KOHO product in a secure and performant way
    • Influence overall objectives and long-range goals of your team
    • Champion, define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a distributed, event-driven system
    • Provide mentorship for less experienced developers on your team
    • Monitor and maintain services in production that are within the team’s domain of ownership
    • Develop a network outside of your team 

Who You Are:

    • You solve problems and not their symptoms
    • You share your knowledge with those who do not have your experience
    • You see a problem or inefficiency and do something about it
    • You understand the importance of working as part of a team
    • You know how to reach consensus with your peers
    • You share our values and work in accordance with those
    • You are self-motivated and want to always be better than your yesterday’s self

Skills and Experience We're Looking For:

    • 5+ years of professional development experience
    • Familiarity with Golang and RESTful APIs
    • Familiarity with Docker and AWS
    • Working experience in distributed, event-driven systems
    • Fluent English speaker with excellent written and verbal communication skills, sufficient for a remote-first environment
    • Ability to concisely communicate about complex technical issues
    • Experience with cross-functional engineering teams is preferred
    • Familiarity with Agile - SCRUM and Kanban
    • Familiarity with all stages of SDLC