Full Stack Engineer

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Detroit Preferred | Remote Considered

Hi, I'm David, CPO and Partner at Excelerate America.

I'm looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our growing Product Development Team. We are in the early stages of building a new platform for small business entrepreneurs and our Product Team is at the center of EA’s future. So I am on a quest to find engineers who love to be entrepreneurial; wear multiple hats, solve problems with creativity and embrace diverse perspectives and collaboration. And just like to get building.

Our small team is fun-loving, passionate about growing small businesses and communities that are vibrant and sustainable, and highly effective. We offer a range of opportunities to expand as a person and as an engineer so you can have an impact on our team, our collective of entrepreneurs, and your future.

Start building tomorrow with us. - David

As a Full Stack Engineer at Excelerate America, you will…

• Work with the EA Product team to develop front-end apps and components and/or develop back-end APIs, server side functions and apps

• Collaborate with the EA team to brainstorm new features, design their key elements and bring to life through prototyping and user testing

• Challenge “the way it normally is done” and look for creative ways to build and have impact on EA, our team and our small business entrepreneurs

• Have a blast working with a diverse team with various perspectives and skill sets who love having fun and putting user’s first in all our decisions.

Build for scaling by:

• Setting up, integrating and monitoring EA’s platform external APIs and services
• Establishing repositories and workflows for continuous integration

• Troubleshooting issues across the stack from frontend bugs to server issues

• Leverage the latest web technologies to build more scalable yet personalized products

• Build cool products, test them rigorously and always be hungry to make improvements that help our users be better entrepreneurs

We’re looking for someone who has ...

• Built a product(s) and launched them into the world regardless of scale

• 4+ years of cumulative experience developing outside of school

• “Go-to” capability and understanding of Javascript programming language and frameworks either Front-end or Back-end (nodeJS) or both

• Worked with multi-disciplinary teams that are non-technical and have a strong appreciation for user-centered design

• A creative mindset in solving technical and non-technical problems

• A mix of experience with some of the following:

• Web dev technologies, tools and languages

• Web-based databases (noSQL, MySQL, etc) and/or GraphQL

• Serverless functions, virtualization and/or container technologies

• Google Cloud Platform (and Firebase) or similar services

• Experience in agile development, using GIT and continuous integration

• Some understanding of accessibility, data privacy and security compliance best practices

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About Excelerate America

Something magical happens when people come together. So we’re building a collective of small business entrepreneurs powered by digital collaborations, group solutions programs, and diverse, connected networks. Engaging from anywhere easily, they’ll transform their businesses into a mighty force for good.

Some of the Benefits at Excelerate America include:

• 20 days PTO - we offer 20 vacation days (in addition to holidays and sick days) so that you can unwind, unplug, and recharge
• 5 bonus PTO days between Christmas and New Year’s we call “Think Week”
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance for you and your dependents
• 401k with employee contributions matched 100% of the first 1% and 50% of the next 5%
• 12 weeks paid maternity leave
• Discretionary end of year bonuses
• Flexible schedule - for Detroit based Product team we work 3 days a week in our Techtown Detroit office and 2 days flexible/remote
• 4-6 weeks fully remote mid Summer and Thanksgiving to the New Year to allow for added flexibility with family and travel
• Technology and office supplies for your remote or in office needs

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