Position Description

We are looking for back-end software engineers to join our team! This position combines computer science with a social impact application to address hunger in our community. We are comprised of a fun, collaborative team of research scientists and are looking for volunteers who share our love of all things data.

Seeking engineers with understanding and experience with the Node.js platform, JavaScript, and TypeScript. You will work on a closely-knit Scrum team to solve complex back-end problems, such as integrating external services into our services, adding and modifying database structures, and implementing new REST services with a focus on security, performance, and scalability.

Opportunities

• Work in an existing codebase and collaborate with a diverse team
• Nuilding enterprise-scale backend REST APIs with frameworks such as Express.js, Nest.js using an API-first paradigm
• Crafting highly performant database queries using frameworks like Sequelize, Knex.js, or other query builders/ORMs
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Building systems for the cloud and DevOps fundamentals
• Cloud infrastructure services such as AWS (ECS, Lambda, Kinesis and RDS)
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
• Virtualization and experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Building security, performance, and scalability into services from the beginning
• Debugging code and troubleshooting technical issues in order to craft appropriate solutions