Sr. Backend Engineer - Latin America only

We are a vegan centric company with a mission to build a more compassionate and sustainable world. VeganHive empowers individuals and business owners through an online social platform in order to accelerate a global transition to vegan lifestyle. Join us and be part of this adventure with a creative, forward-thinking team. For the Animals, for the Planet, for all of Us.

We're seeking a highly-motivated, flexible and talented Sr. Backend Engineer with DevOps experience to expand our server-side team.

Requirements

• Architect, design, develop, test, refactor and scale backend apis and microservices for new and existing user-centric product features
• Collaborate effectively with other technology teams and architects to solve complex problems spanning their respective areas
• Ensure reusable code, diagnose, troubleshooting and bug fixes
• Stay up-to-date on relevant technologies, trends and opportunities

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of OO, functional, event-based and reactive programming paradigms
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, standard data structures and async multi-threading
• Proficiency with back-end technologies such as Java/Kotlin, GraphQL and REST apis, Microservices, Kafka (or similar), SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience working with third-party APIs and integrations
• Good knowledge of Git, Git Flow, CI/CD, Docker and DevOps
• Strong analytical, testing and debugging skills e.g. Grafana and Prometheus
• Experience with writing reliable and strategic automated unit and integration tests
• Proactive and get things done spirit
• Language intermediate/advanced English speaker
• Ability to work remotely, independently and as a team player with an offshore team

Bonus

• Understanding of Agile software development methodologies
• Proficiency with infrastructure and cloud technologies such as GCP, Kubernetes, Networking, Linux, etc
• Experience with cross-browser, cross-platform, and design constraints on the web
• Understanding of security standards and software architecture
• Good communication skills and empathy

Why you should work with us

• Start-up culture that values compassion, sustainability, innovation and personal growth
• Opportunity to solve crucial problems that matter within huge business potential
• Acquire lots of career opportunities and learnings of emerging cutting-edge techs
• Enjoy a fun remote work experience with friendly environment and flexible hours