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Over is an exciting Silicon Valley startup based in Cape Town, focused on making visual content and design easy for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Our vision is to inspire the world to create and empower small business owners, self-starters, and entrepreneurs with the tools and knowledge to create eye-catching visual content that helps their brands grow.
You will assist in building robust backend microservices to support content, search and other features which will drive the business to scale.
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ReviewTrackers is the rapidly-growing customer feedback platform trusted by tens of thousands of businesses. Using data, insights and technology, we partner with brands to ensure customer success. We have created an environment where employees can learn, grow and do the best work of their careers. We are seeking a Sr. Backend Engineer who wishes to learn new skills, contribute great things, and be the best version of themselves.
We are a polyglot shop, and use the best tools for the job. On the front-end, we use React/Redux on Node.js. Our public API is written in Go. Our micro-services are written in Ruby or Go.
What we need from you: -3+ years practical use of programming in a modern programming language -Solid object-oriented programming and functional programming design skills -Passion for technology and building scalable systems -Experience with SQL (PostgreSQL) -Excellent communication skills -Participated in the architecture and design of new and existing products -Never stopped learning, and are always ready to pick up new languages, frameworks, libraries -Advanced knowledge of one or more of the following technologies: Golang, Node, React/Redux, Javascript (ECMAScript 5+), Ruby, HTML/CSS, PostgreSQL, Solr, Rabbit MQ
Preferred Background: -Experience using Golang in a production application -Experience using Ruby and PostgreSQL
Engineering team culture:
-Time dedicated to discussing & POC-ing product ideas created from ALL employees, including engineering
-Clear and defined promotion path for all engineers
-Collaborative work environment. Our engineers are super friendly and love to help each other out!
-We regularly pull in tech-debt items to work on in sprints
-Weekly 1 on 1 with manager
-Tight-knit relationship with the Product Team & use data-driven decision making
-Bi-weekly company wide demo day to find out what individuals throughout the company are working on
-Monthly Engineering lunch and learns
Engineering Process: We get our work assignments through two week sprints which include kickoff, grooming (estimation), retrospective and daily standups
Engineer benefits at ReviewTrackers: -$1500/year education budget (conferences, continued education) -Weekly WFH day -Separate monthly budget dedicated to education through books -We strive for 3 (2 guaranteed) 100% meeting free days
Awesome Perks and Benefits at ReviewTrackers: -Blue Cross Blue Shield healthcare benefits that are built for both individuals and families - ReviewTrackers pays for your Health, Dental and Vision coverage -Flexible PTO -401k match -Startup culture with lots of room for growth and impact -Formal and informal career development, including frequent Lunch and Learns -Transparent environment; all team members have access to company performance information and leadership team -Your own MacBookPro, Sonos in the Office, and access to cutting-edge technology -Well stocked kitchen with healthy snacks -Company outings (after hours MarioKart tournaments, comedy show nights, salad bar lunches, happy hours) -Take your coworker to lunch program where RT will cover the cost of lunch between you and your peer -Continuous learning with unlimited books on Kindle -Dog friendly office