Backend Developer

SUMMIT Africa Recruitment

Cape Town, South Africa, Western Cape, ZA

1d ago

Purpose of the role

Developers will be creative, analytical, driven and energetic in pursuit of designing and building scalable applications with focus on functionality, security and reliability of the tech stack

Duties and Responsibilities :

Work closely with a team of developers and designers building front-ends for Silicon Valley

Care and fight for the end-user experience and contribute to raising the baseline of what is the UI / UX industry

Take ownership and responsibility for what you do, the huge creative freedom and ability to influence the project allows for this

Build relationships with developers in Poland,San Francisco, Cape Town and

Design and develop new back-end services

Focus on coding and debugging

Build clean and structured code and libraries

Research new tech that will benefit the team, project or client

Integrate user facing elements developed

Communicate effectively with the team locally and internationally

Provide insight and contribute to software design and architecture

Skills :

Independent efficient problem solving, but also being an excellent team player

Good command of English, written and spoken

High attention to detail

Strong ability to clearly communicate concepts and ideas to team members as well as

Requirements and Experience :

Our core back-end stack is js. So at least 3 years experience using Node.js preferably with Nest.js and Typscript

Expertise in at least one backend technology g. Java / .NET

Good practical knowledge of at least one database system, g. PostgreSQL / MongoDB,

Experience in creating well-designed APIs,

Experience in utilising good security practices,

Readiness to learn and expand your skill set as required by ongoing projects

Experience in the following will be beneficial :

Hands-on experience with Node.js and TypeScript,

Proficiency in PostgreSQL or MongoDB,

Familiarity with Docker / Kubernetes / AWS deployment processes,

Experience in creating projects from scratch,

Experience with profiling and performance optimisation,

Experience in giving high quality feedback during code review,

Knowledge of testing JavaScript code (Jest / Mocha / Chai / CodeceptJS)

Automated software testing on unit / integration / end-to-end levels

Benefits

Working with US-based startups and Fortune 500 clients on demanding but at the same time rewarding projects,

Non-corporate work environment

Experienced PM and QA support

Regular code reviews policy

Trendy work space in Cape Town CBD and surrounds

You will have a lot of chances to develop your programming skills as well as learn a lot about how tech business is done in the US

International links with teams on 4

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