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Lead Developer

People, our most important asset

Our focus is on building a team of highly talented people that want to build things that matter.

We are looking for a Lead Developer responsible for architecting and developing backend applications for web and mobile. Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, development of web services and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your coworkers into the application. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.

What You Will be Doing

  • Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developers with server side logic
  • Building reusable code and libraries for future use
  • Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
  • Implementation of security and data protection
  • Design and implementation of data storage solutions
  • Creating/Consuming Web Services REST/SOAP

What You Need

  • Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3, Angular.JS
  • Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as LESS and SASS
  • User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
  • Integration of multiple data sources and databases
  • Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes, cloud services (Amazon, Rackspace, etc)
  • Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
  • Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
  • Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
  • Proficient knowledge of a back-end programming language of PHP, JavaScript, Node.js/Angular.js
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
  • Proficient understanding of OWASP security principles
  • Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
  • Relational and Non Relational Databases (MySQL, MongoDB, etc)

What You Get

  • Base salary
  • Bonus
  • Stock options
  • Benefits (insurance, etc.)

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