Posted almost 4 years ago
Build delightful software for podcasts and spoken word audio. Backtracks is seeking a qualified Senior Full Stack Developer to join our Product & Engineering Team. Remote work is possible/is currently the only option.
Opportunity
Backtracks helps audio content creators and brands know and grow their audience and revenue. You will be responsible for building the client-side and middle tier solutions of our web applications and platform to deliver delightful experiences to our users.
Your day-to-day...
* Design and implement improvements to new and existing portions of our platform, website, and applications
* Improve appeal and usability of our different products
* Code and deploy new features in collaboration with our product and engineering teams
* Be part of a small team, with a large amount of ownership and responsibility for managing things directly
* Ship high-quality solutions with a sense of urgency
* Work closely with both internal and external stakeholders, owning a large part of the process from problem understanding to shipping the solution
* Work across front-end and middle tier of the stack
* Have the freedom to suggest and drive initiatives
We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability with visual design. Ultimately, you should be able to create a functional and attractive digital environment for our company, ensuring great user experience.
You have...
* History of autonomous design decision making at technically focused companies
* History of designing and building web components, products, and technology
* Experience working on design and development in any of the following roles:
* Product Developer
* Product Engineer
* Front-end Designer and Developer
* Front-end Engineer
* UI Designer/Developer
* Full Stack Engineer
* Full Stack Developer
* Python Developer
* Python Engineer
* JavaScript Engineer
* JavaScript Developer
* In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
* Strong knowledge of:
* Javascript (ES6+)
* Python 3.x
* Know when to use immutable types, observables, reactive patterns, reduce, spread, etc.
* You also know and subscribe to simple is better (you know when plain JavaScript with no framework is best)
* CSS, SCSS
* Compilation, bundling, and packaging via Webpack, Babel, etc.
* Front-end frameworks (specifically Vue or React)
* Node.js and npm
* Confidence or experience working with:
* Typescript
* CSS-in-JS
* Front-end test frameworks (Cypress, Jest)
* Experience with front-end build/deployment processes (Webpack, Babel)
* Strong design skills including understanding of layout aesthetics
* Motivation and an enjoyment for a startup environment
* Systematic thinker (consider how components can scale across our platform and product offerings)
* The ability to code and build out designs independently from no mock up all the way to working CSS/HTML/JS
* A blend of product, system, and people knowledge that lets you jump into a fast paced environment and contribute from day one
* An ability to balance a sense of urgency with shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions
* Strong work sense of ownership
* Strong collaboration and communication skills (fluency in English)
* PMA (Positive Mental Attitude)
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, relevant field, and/or relevant work experience
* 5+ years professional experience
Other qualities and traits...
* Passion for podcasts, radio, and spoken word audio
* Passion for delivering high-quality deliverables (e.g. you ship)
* A product-first approach to building software
* An enthusiasm for hard problems
* Thrives in a fast-paced environment
Bonus points if you have experience with...
* Web performance (time-to-interactive, dependencies, wasted renders)
* Node-based serverside APIs
* Building Python-based REST APIs
* Apache AirFlow
* Audio analysis and processing
* Some or all of the following:
* Flask, Sanic, Apache Mod WSGI
* PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras
* Spark, Flink
* Jinja2, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
* SQLAlchemy
* Celery
* Solr, Elasticsearch, or Lucence
* AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
* CI/CD deployment processes
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