NOW HIRING: Senior Full-Stack Developer

Company: Designlab
Website: https://trydesignlab.com
Headquarters: Remote


Do you love the flexibility and freedom of working remote, but want to make sure you're a valued member of a small team whose voice will be heard? Do you know Django and React like the back of your hand?
Get in touch!

Designlab is looking for a talented full-stack developer to help us improve and expand our rapidly-growing online education platform. We're a nimble, product-driven team focused on building the best experience in the world for creative skills training, and thousands of students across the globe have already advanced their design skills and changed careers by taking our award-winning online courses.

You'll never get bored, because you'll be exposed to a wide range of exciting work with us, including but not limited to: customer-facing features to support our global student & mentor base; tools to augment the superpowers of our internal team; workflows to improve payments, dev ops, and other critical processes; and growth/marketing-related experiments.

If you're a pro with Python/Django on the back-end and React on the front-end, you'll feel right at home with our stack.

We're a nimble, product-driven team focused on building the best experience in the world for creative skills training, and thousands of students across the globe have already advanced their skills and changed careers with our help.

Our mission is to empower creators to do the work they love, and this extends to our culture and philosophy about work. Thanks to the quality of our product—rated best in class by reviewers at SwitchUp & Course Report—we’ve grown revenue 300% YoY since 2016 solely through organic marketing.


You

• Care about details, never hesitate to ask clarifying questions, and proactively anticipate corner cases
• Have excellent written communication skills
• Have experience building and deploying entire web applications from scratch
• Have 5+ years of experience working with Django
• Have 5+ years of experience working with a front-end application framework
• Have experience building applications with React/Redux

Responsibilities

• Work directly with our co-founder/CTO and our small engineering team to augment our software development efforts.
• Participate in code reviews on PRs -- we care about readability, consistency, and generally shipping great code that works 😎
• Ship early and often — add exciting new features and investigate/fix critical bugs in the web application that powers our popular online courses.
• Improve the codebase by constantly looking for places to make things faster, cleaner, clearer.

Perks

• Work from anywhere!
• Set your own work schedule
• Play an important role on a talented, mission-driven team building a product that’s innovating in the online education space with thousands of paying customers around the world

About Designlab

Designlab is an online platform for expert-driven creative skills education. Students learn design skills through online courses with hands-on projects, live 1-on-1 mentorship from top designers, and community interaction. We’re building a cutting-edge educational experience that provides the rigor and outcomes of offline courses, with the flexibility of an online platform. Thousands of students have taken our courses, with 5-star reviews on sites like Course Report and SwitchUp.

UX Academy graduates have been hired at leading companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Sony, and more. Our mentor network is the largest community of design mentors in the industry, with more than 400 designers, many from companies like Airbnb and Dropbox. We've built and supported a global student and mentor community with a small/nimble team of outsized performers, and we're looking to add similar growth-minded individuals to the team. Designlab is supported by a great mix of institutional and angel investors, including University Ventures, Forefront Venture Partners, Techstars, Andrew Kortina (co-founder of Venmo), and more.

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Source: Best Remote Job, Designlab

NOW HIRING: Python Django Engineer

Company: Launch Potato
Website: https://launchpotato.com
Headquarters: Delray Beach, Florida, United States


This role is available to highly qualified remote workers and local South Florida candidates.


WHO ARE WE?

Launch Potato is a South Florida-based Startup Studio, founded in 2014 with no external investment and a mission to build and scale digital brands. Most recently a winner of the SFBJ Best Place to Work Award and named to the Inc. 1000 list for consistent revenue growth. We own and operate a portfolio of direct-to-consumer brands and use our marketing and technical expertise to reach millions of consumers.
While our headquarters is in vibrant downtown Delray Beach, Florida, we have a unique, international team distributed across several countries, and are a pioneering advocate of remote work. There is a lot to look forward to!


CAREER GROWTH

• Work directly with the founding team, 4 Internet Execs who successfully developed and scaled double-digit million dollar online businesses from the ground up
• Hands-on training & mentorship with career growth across departments and brands
• Company-wide profit-sharing

PERSONAL HEALTH & WELLBEING

• 100% company-paid dental and life Insurance
• Monthly health insurance stipend and elective vision insurance
• Flexible paid time off policies including an additional 10 paid holidays
• 6 weeks paid time off for maternity leave

TEAM CULTURE

• Annual company retreats with the global team
• High-performing, transparent, and respectful team culture
• Dog-friendly workplace, we love dogs!

THE ROLE

As a full-time Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll have an opportunity to focus on development for multiple consumer-facing digital brands that interact with millions of people. You’ll be working with our global engineering team to help push the business forward in critical areas.
As a passionate, humble and self-motivated developer that sweats the small stuff, you'll have the ability to improve our growing products incrementally. This is an excellent position for someone who thrives working in creative environments. You should have experience hacking existing frameworks, and have no problem building your own.


SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Designing and developing features across multiple products
• Learning business metrics and being involved in the process of growing each business, we encourage this
• Timely delivery of quality code
• Proactively communicating progress and challenges to the team
• Researching changing trends so you can contribute and get better every day
• A continuous passion for software development, scalable architecture and product building

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

• At least 10,400 hours of hands-on experience with Python, Django, AWS, PostgreSQL, and testing
• You recognize the importance of quality, tested code; You write tests and feel confident in doing so
• You have documented, understandable and predictable code
• Ability to self-start on projects with little direction while sticking to team deadlines
• Extremely detail-oriented and precise in code, communication, and documentation
• Pragmatic problem-solver, knowing how to find the middle ground between "perfect, but takes forever to code" and "fixes it now, but nobody will ever be able to understand what I did"
• You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment
• Insight to know what's important and the dedication to get it done
• Clear and concise communicator with excellent collaboration skills

Extra points for:

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related study area
• Analytics and tracking platforms (Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Snowplow, email platforms)
• Ad Serving Technology and Tags (Google Adsense, Adzerk)
• Strong command-line skills

Want to be part of a profitable, high-growth company? Apply now!

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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Source: Best Remote Job, Launch Potato

NOW HIRING: Senior Software Engineer

Company: Invitae Corporation
Website: https://www.invitae.com
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States


Invitae is a healthcare technology company that leverages genetic information to empower doctors and patients to make informed medical decisions. Our software engineers work on a variety of projects ranging from innovations in healthcare systems to taming the chaos of biology. We're constantly improving our tools and technologies to deliver the highest quality actionable information for patient health. If you want to apply your knowledge and skills to improve the lives of millions of people join our team.


About our team:

Invitae needs experienced engineers with diverse backgrounds to help us achieve our mission - provide genetic information to billions of people. We are a cross-functional team of scientific domain experts and dedicated, curious engineers. We build systems that take massive amounts of genomic data, combine it with the world's scientific literature, add to it years of rigorously curated results, and package it all neatly for our scientists to consume. It's a lot of information. As the data gets bigger, our systems need to get better and faster. That's where you come in.


What you will do:

• Help define and build new features or applications based on technology and business needs.
• Minimum 5 years experience and Bachelors in Engineering
• Write structured, tested, readable and maintainable code.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge.
• Lead technical efforts for internal or external customer needs.
• Support your teammates by continuing to learn and grow.

What you bring:

• Industry experience with full stack architecture and distributed systems.
• Multiple years of industry experience with backend or frontend frameworks such as:
• Python/Django
• JavaScript/React
• Scala/Play
• Other common industry standards
• Hands on experience with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, etc.). Tuning and query optimization a plus.
• Top notch communication skills. Experience with distributed teams is a plus.
• A mission-oriented mindset and a desire to never stop learning.

At Invitae, we value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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Source: Remote OK, Stack Overflow, Invitae Corporation

NOW HIRING: Senior Game Engineer

Company: Game Closure
Website: https://www.gameclosure.com
Headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States


Game Closure is on the hunt for Senior Game Engineers to help us build the social games that will be tomorrow’s biggest hits on Facebook and other social media platforms. We are a growing team with offices in San Francisco and Mountain View, California, Tokyo, Japan and also some possibilities for remote work. If you want to join us to make great games on our cutting­ edge technology and truly make an impact, then we want to talk to you!

Game Closure game engineers make polished, high-performance HTML5 mobile games. We want people who are proficient with JavaScript and who are passionate about making fun social games to be played by millions! As a Game Engineer at Game Closure, you will build games internally on top of our cutting-edge and open source devkit. In addition to building kick­ass instant games, you will play a pivotal role in creating a platform which will revolutionize the future of game development.

It's always a bonus if you know more than JavaScript! We write cross-compilers, GPU shaders, NodeJS back­ends, JavaScript game APIs and tools, and whatever else it takes. You will work with the best engineers in the world; we have top talent in every part of our stack.


The Role:

• Be responsible for designing, developing and deploying major game features
• Own game feature areas from end-­to­-end
• Be the champion for the user!
• Insist on the highest standards and create functional and engaging features that will delight our users
• Be part of a tight game development team looking to iterate fast on a fun concept and then building it out
• Have real input on end-user product
• Be a key member of a high performing software engineering team
• Collaborate with design, engineering and production teams to devise optimal engineering solutions to game requirements
• Hands­ on architect and coder for sophisticated client/server systems for mobile gaming
• Innovate and iterate on process, systems and technology to deliver world­-class social games
• Be a leader; Identify and articulate technical and production risks and obstacles, as well as generate solutions!

Desired Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, working on cross functional teams.
• Proven effectiveness in directing or delivering production software for high quality games with at least one shipped game product of which you were a primary contributor (self­ published titles are acceptable).
• Capable of JavaScript + HTML5 to create custom, interactive, user experiences that are enjoyable on all HTML5 browsers.
• Proficient at using script debuggers like Chrome Debugger.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals in object­-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures.
• Advanced software engineering skills, including the ability to write maintainable and robust code in a popular object oriented language.
• Solid familiarity with analytics and A/B testing in mobile games
• Familiarity with git, svn or other VCS.
• Self starter, analytical and creative
• Strong team player with a positive attitude.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively on shared projects with designers, artists, testers, product managers and other developers.
• Check out Everwing on Facebook Instant Games in Messenger. Can you build this game?
• Understanding of the reactive UI paradigm and experience building UIs using reactive UI frameworks (such as React, and state management Utilities like Redux).

Bonus

• Canvas animation work
• 2+ years of game development experience with multiple shipped titles
• Specialized skills in a particular area of game development (for example: UI, Physics, graphics, multiplayer, game logic, etc.)
• Expert knowledge of TypeScript

GC Perks:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision: Top quality insurance options with 100% of premiums covered
• Social Events: Weekly team dinners, quarterly team excursions, game nights, karaoke, and more
• Commuter Pass + Free Parking: Your commute and parking to the office is on us!
• PTO: Unlimited vacation policy
• Meals: Free daily lunches, well stocked kitchen, healthy snacks and drinks
• Pet-Friendly Office: Bring your pets to work to foster a friendlier and happier workplace

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Source: Remote OK, Github, Game Closure

NOW HIRING: Senior Software Engineer - React/Node

Company: Dealer Inspire
Website: https://www.dealerinspire.com
Headquarters: Naperville, Illinois, United States


METAL℠ is Dealer Inspire's (DI) brand-new Inventory Management System (IMS). It is built with modern design, plus lightning-quick controls, to help our clients move metal faster than the competition - without any training needed. Designed mobile and tablet-first, METAL℠ allows car dealers to quickly and easily manipulate their vehicle inventory and have those changes appear on their Dealer Inspire website in real-time with API synchronization. From easy-to-implement pricing rules, to the ability to upload hi-res inventory pictures, METAL℠ offers a full-suite of features that Senor inventory management.


Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

• Architecture and development of new features;
• Improve performance; Modify existing code to fix errors and bugs;
• Set and enforce code quality standards and test coverage;
• Mentoring of junior developers.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 3+ years of professional experience with front-end technologies; including React, Redux, Webpack.
• Mastery of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS/SASS/StyledComponents.
• 3+ years of professional experience working with NodeJS; including the Express framework.
• 5+ years of professional experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases; the ability to write efficient queries and benchmark/profile them.
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming.
• Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking.
• Experience with testing frameworks, such as karma, mocha, or jest.
• Experience with Git version control.
• Understanding of CI/CD.
• Strong attention to design detail (UI/UX).
• Strong verbal & written communication skills.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Experience working remotely & as part of a distributed engineering team.

Highly Desired:

• Mobile-first, responsive web design.
• AWS Cloud Architecture and Serverless (Fargate, StepFunctions, Lambda, SQS).
• GraphQL, DataLoader, and Apollo Client.
• PostgreSQL.
• ElasticSearch.

About Dealer Inspire:

Dealer Inspire (DI) is a leading disruptor in the automotive industry through our innovative culture, legendary service, and kick-ass website, technology, and marketing solutions. Our mission is to future-proof local dealerships by building the essential, mobile-first platform that makes automotive retail faster, easier, and smarter for both shoppers and dealers. Headquartered in Naperville, IL, our team of nearly 600 work friends are spread across the United States and Canada, pushing the boundaries and getting **** done every day, together.

DI offers an inclusive environment that celebrates collaboration and thinking differently to solve the challenges our clients face. Our shared success continues to lead to rapid growth and positive change, which opens up opportunities to advance your career to the next level by working with passionate, creative people across skill sets. If you want to be challenged, learn every day, and work as a team with some of the best in the industry, we want to meet you. Apply today!


Perks:

• Health Insurance with BCBS, Delta Dental (Orthodontics coverage available), Eye Med Vision
• 401k plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 13 days paid time off, parental leave, and selected paid holidays
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Subsidized internet access for your home
• Peer-to-Peer Bonus program
• *Not a complete, detailed list. Benefits have terms and requirements before employees are eligible.

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Source: Remote OK, Stack Overflow, Dealer Inspire

NOW HIRING: PPC Specialist

Company: Toggl
Website: https://toggl.com
Headquarters: Remote


We are looking for a PPC Specialist to manage our search and display ad strategy and its ongoing implementation.

You will be a part of our performance marketing team, working with SEO experts and landing page developers to lead our PPC strategy as we scale our marketing activity rapidly over the coming year.
You will lead the strategic design of our campaigns as well as regularly monitor them in order to optimize conversions. A/B testing and iterative improvements will be a key focus in order to make sure our ads are performing the best that they can. The granular and overview level reports you will provide are going to play an important role for your team and the company.

You will have ownership from start to finish and enough resources to enable you to make a significant impact.

The salary for this position is €45,000 annually. You can work from anywhere in the world.


About you

You will fit in well with the Toggl team if you really love keeping up to date with and communicating best practices in the field. You have experience in building complex, multi-stage funnels on various channels like Facebook, Instagram, Google and Bing. You can confidently test and refine campaigns to optimize conversion rates. You are happiest when surrounded by data and are comfortable extracting information and summarizing it in appropriate levels of detail for different members of the business. As an extra bonus, you have experience creating ads yourself using the Adobe suite (or similar).


About the team

Toggl is a distributed team of 75+ people working remotely from 30 countries. We take pride in our professional, learning-oriented and friendly working environment that values work-life balance and constantly doing our best in every aspect of our work. You can work from anywhere in the world, because we know great people do awesome work wherever they are. Every few months we travel to meet up somewhere in the world and spend some quality time together. Our business is profitable with a healthy margin and we are built with no outside investments, so you can count on a stable working environment.


Some benefits

• Freedom to choose when and where you work from.
• 28 calendar days of paid time off a year, plus your local holidays.
• 2 company retreats and 2 team meetups a year (expenses covered) for team-building.
• Laptop and a €2,000 budget to set up your home office.
• Reimbursement for co-working space rent or internet service at home.
• Opportunities to attend trainings, workshops or conferences.
• Monthly reimbursement for gym membership, massage and other things to improve your health.
• Support for buying a phone, eyeglasses or tools you need for doing your best work.

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Source: Remote Global, Toggl

NOW HIRING: Senior Android Engineer

Company: IRL
Website: https://www.irl.com/
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States


Imagine being part of a nimble team where your ideas and input have the potential to impact millions of lives. IRL aims to solve technology addiction by bringing people together in real life. Our goal is to help our users engage more with friends in-person to boost their overall happiness, encourage curiosity, and make the task of organizing hang outs a breeze.

Our team is focused on building an intuitive social calendar that will be a ‘one stop shop’ for all your calendar, event, and planning needs while still incorporating other platforms and methods of communication. We're looking for self-motivated engineers who have a passion for building high-quality consumer-facing applications.


Job Summary

The Senior Android Engineer will work remotely with the team to add new features, fix bugs, and help design the roadmap of the product.


Responsibilities

• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Translate high fidelity wireframes to produce stellar UI
• Optimize applications for maximum performance and scalability

Requirements

• Experience with Java and the Android SDK
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Proficient understanding of versioning tools, such as Git and GitHub

Desirable Experience

• BS degree in Computer Science or the equivalent hands-on experience
• Android mobile app deployment and management
• Experience with PHP, LAMP, MySQL
• Team player with a track record in developing high-quality software in complex technology environments
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with gathering and documenting technical requirements and specifications

Ideal Candidates will also have

• Experience with cross-platform mobile development frameworks
• Experience with cloud-based systems such as AWS
• Ability to mentor other developers and provide technical direction on application architecture
• Familiarity with Software and Interoperability Techniques and Standards
• Experience with responsive design techniques and tools (CSS3, Material UI, Vuetify)
• Deep familiarity with software engineering best practices
• Experience working in an Agile and SCRUM environment
• Strong problem-solving capabilities

Benefits & Perks

• Full coverage health insurance
• Dental
• Paid Holiday
• Remote work

Additional Details

• Open to full-time or contract applicants
• Open to international applicants (benefits may vary)

CLICK HERE TO APPLY


Source: We Work Remotely