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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

NOW HIRING: Mobile Application Developer (Python)

Company: Kickback Rewards System
Website: https://kickbacksystems.com
Headquarters: Twin Falls, Idaho, United States


KickBack Rewards Systems ("KRS") is hiring a Mobile App Developer to develop and maintain our Android and iPhone Apps. You must be an expert in Python, Javascript, HTML. This position works in several technologies. The right candidate is comfortable working with multiple layers of the stack.


About KRS

As a national leader in rewards programs and loyalty solutions, KickBack Rewards Systems develops business solutions that make retail operators smarter, more profitable and helps to elevate their entire organization to learn how to anticipate the growing needs of their customers. With more than 20 years of experience, we’re recognized as the market leader in building rewarding customer experiences that generate brand loyalty, build repeat store visits, and increase bottom-line sales.

KickBack Rewards Systems recognizes that to succeed in today’s competitive retail environment, businesses must be armed with accurate, reliable, and intelligent data. Working with retail operators of all sizes–and across all retail channels–KickBack Rewards Systems provides powerful business intelligence that is guaranteed to help you grow business.

As a company, we have high expectations of each other and work as a team to develop things we are all proud of. That mindset, along with our world-class execution, has allowed KickBack Rewards Systems to develop and implement innovative products and grow into the profitable business it is today.


RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for leading development, design, and maintenance of PWAs (Progressive Web Apps)
  • Develop and maintain application, its shared libraries, and related internal products and tools
  • Estimate work efforts at multiple levels of the project.
  • Work in an Agile environment where you inspect, adapt, and most importantly meet commitments.
  • Developing exciting, compelling, and engaging applications.


REQUIREMENTS

  • Experience using Python, Javascript, HTML, to quickly build powerful applications using
  • Django, Turbolinks, StimulusJS, Javascript
  • An understanding of basic memory management
  • Strong OO design and software development skills
  • An understanding of Xamarin tools to create compelling native UI for iOS and Android.
  • Experience with wire formats such as JSON, XML.
  • Experience communicating with web services (REST, HTTP, SOAP).
  • A strong understanding of Git and the various Gitflow methodologies.
  • A basic knowledge of data structures and database design.


Bonus

.NET, Xamarin


YOU ARE

  • Engaged; Excited; Results focused. You do whatever it takes to ship.
  • Well-written and you are able to work remotely and collaborate using multiple means of communication and tools.
  • Self-starter and are a quick learner when adapting to new tool.


Perks

  • Great PTO Plan
  • Employee Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Awesome Work Life Balance
  • Memberships and access to learning platforms.
  • Monthly Book allowance


Source: Remotely Awesome Jobs, We Work Remotely, Kickback Rewards System

NOW HIRING: Technical Lead

Company: Ukufu Pty Ltd
Website: https://www.ukufu.com
Headquarters: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia


Job description

  • Flexible/remote work friendly environment
  • Greenfield project
  • Technology first company
  • Work with exciting AI & mobile tech
  • Join an experienced tech & product team


There is a proliferation of high quality content on the internet. As the volume of this content increases, finding, organising, and managing this content is becoming more difficult.

We feel that it is time for a fresh new solution to the above problem.

Ukufu* (pronounced oo - koo - foo) is a new AI powered content aggregation and content organisation mobile application for professionals.

Ukufu version 1.0 has recently been launched for Android and iOS!

We recently closed a round of seed funding from a couple of smart and supportive investors, and we are excited for the next stage of our journey!

Watch a short video message from the CEO about this role.

Our mission is bold: Build an intelligence layer around the 10 000 English news-related content pieces that get published every day. Then use this layer to power an easy-to-use category based content aggregation app, that helps professionals efficiently consume, and organise their content across multiple content sources.

We want to enable a content consumption experience that is simple to use, yet comprehensive in depth and breadth of content.

We are already nearly one year into our journey. You can view a video walkthrough of the current version of our mobile application (we are iterating fast) here. Or you can download the app at http://ukufu.com.

Over the next 6 - 12 months, we will be focussed on stage 1, working closely with users to build something amazing that we can then scale up in stage 2.

Our headquarters are in the Sydney CBD but we have team members around the world. Even before Covid-19, our team was distributed across Australia and the world. Thus, post Covid-19, this role can be on-site, remote or a mix of both. This role does require at least a 4 hour crossover with the Sydney time-zone.

Our remote-friendly work culture and processes have been in place for a couple of years (some of our team used to work together on a product that reached over 4 million users) and our distributed team structure is working well.

We work hard at fostering a focused and friendly workplace, where team members are able to do their best work.

We are looking for someone with outstanding technical experience, a mature attitude and a preference for working with a small smart team, to join us in the role of Technical Lead at Ukufu.

This role includes hands-on development work as well as mentoring, building out the team when applicable, code reviews and systems architectural design. You will work directly with the CEO as well as the development and product team.

Our team of 8 currently consists of 2 engineers (excluding the Tech Lead).

Our non-engineering team members include a UX/Design Lead and Product Manager. Our current stack includes Python, ReactJS, Flutter, Containerisation (ECS/Fargate) and Serverless (Lambda).


The role:

  • Strategise with the business and product teams to determine priorities and goals.
  • Lead technical discussions and decisions.
  • Advocate best practice software engineering principles within the team.
  • Drive process in an agile environment.
  • Fill the role of a Scrum master, directing various ceremonies, e.g. Planning sessions, retrospectives, Sprint showcases, etc.
  • Ensure a constant operational awareness of the platform health and team effectiveness.
  • Identify gaps in team capabilities and be involved in the hiring process.
  • Analyse data in order to help identify areas for improvement in the product, process and team.
  • Mentor the team in both engineering and process-related areas.
  • Assist with actively developing the application.


Job requirements

  • At least 10 years of relevant experience in a software development role.
  • Experience designing and building complex software solutions and related infrastructure.
  • Strong understanding of data pipelines in distributed computing settings.
  • Experience with Web scraping, preferably in Python.
  • Experience in handling large datasets.
  • Experience building, configuring and maintaining a mobile-related application stack.
  • Strong background in OO development with a proficient understanding of fundamental principles such as TDD.
  • Familiarity working with Amazon AWS services (e.g.ECS/Fargate, EKS, Serveless, RDS, Elastic Cache and Kinesis, etc).
  • DevOps experience.
  • Working experience with Linux.
  • Mature attitude.
  • Experience leading and managing a technical team.
  • Excellent written and verbal skills.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple high priority projects and tasks.
  • Passion for solving complex technical problems.
  • Enjoy working in a fast-moving environment.


Bonus Skills:

  • Working knowledge of the latest Machine Learning/NLP techniques and technologies.
  • Experience with Dart and Flutter.
  • Has contributed to open source projects (provide examples if available).
  • Experience managing distributed technical teams.
  • Comprehensive understanding and experience with system security.
  • Relevant University degree.


Our application process usually includes an initial chat with the CEO, one technical task, then a chat with 2-3 additional team members.

  • Ukufu comes from the Zulu word Ukufunda, which means “to learn”.


Source: Remotely Awesome Jobs, We Work Remotely, Ukufu Pty Ltd

NOW HIRING: Content Editor

Company: Veeqo
Website: https://www.veeqo.com
Headquarters: Swansea, United Kingdom


Content is one of our main pillars of growth at Veeqo. Reporting to the Head of Marketing, the Content Editor is a pivotal role in our team, responsible for creating world-class content that ranks in search engines and converts website visitors into leads.

The successful candidate will be an excellent writer with journalistic capabilities and strong communication skills. They will be able to show a passion for ecommerce and technology, and be comfortable creating high-quality, well-written copy to tight deadlines.

They will be highly creative, friendly, collaborative and hungry to develop their career in a fast-paced, busy environment.


The Role

Writing new content for the Veeqo blog - Covering a broad range of topics from ecommerce growth, retail marketing strategies through to operational best practices.

Content outreach - promoting new and old Veeqo content by driving backlinks from 3rd party websites. Writing guest posts for other ecommerce sites and linking back to Veeqo. Sharing content across a network of other sites (GrowthHackers etc) and on social media.

Email marketing - Curating and sending our weekly newsletter, sharing our latest blog, webinar and product information.

Writing new case study content - Speaking to our existing users and sharing their experience of using the Veeqo platform.

Tone of Voice - Becoming the “voice” of the Veeqo brand, and developing the tone and copy style we use to communicate our core proposition and values.

PR - Writing press releases and engaging with strategic PR partners from across the ecommerce industry.


The Person

The successful candidate in the role of Content Editor will posses the following attributes:

  • You have impeccable copywriting skills, with an excellent grasp of written English language and a high attention to detail.
  • You are an excellent communicator, skilled in taking complex information and communicating it in a easily-understandable way to a broad audience
  • You “get” SEO. We’re not looking for an SEO specialist for this role, but you should have a good understanding of SEO best practices, and be comfortable writing for targeted keywords in a way that your final content ranks well in Google search.
  • You have strong research skills. Being given a topic that you know little about, becoming an expert in that topic and producing brand new content around that topic is something that massively excites you
  • Your friends describe you as independent and reliable
  • You thrive in a versatile and dynamic team environment
  • You possess a basic understanding of HTML, CSS and Photoshop


About Veeqo

Veeqo is the inventory and shipping platform for ecommerce. Retailers all over the world - including Brompton, BrewDog, Castore and The Harry Potter Store - use Veeqo to help deliver the experience their customers deserve.

Veeqo is growing at an astonishing rate and expanding globally. Joining our team is a unique opportunity to get involved in a world class start up that is redefining the way ecommerce retailers run their business.


Benefits

  • Be part of a fast growth start-up and make a difference
  • Learn more in a few years at Veeqo than you will in any other job
  • Work from anywhere in the world (as long as there is a good amount of crossover with UK working hours)
  • Work in a friendly, cross-functional team, with people who aim to be the best and love to tackle problems
  • Spotify Premium account and share options for every employee


Source: We Work Remotely

NOW HIRING: Product Designer

Company: SelfKey
Website: https://selfkey.org
Headquarters: Port Louis, Mauritius


SelfKey is building a blockchain-based identity system that allows identity owners to truly own, control and manage their digital identity. For more information please read on our website www.selfkey.org .
We are seeking a product designer to join our remote team for a long term collaboration.


Requirements

  • 4+ years cross platform design experience (Web, Android, iOS) building digital products and product features, ideally from an in-house environment.
  • Natural inclination to always think “MVP first“.
  • Experience leading user testing sessions and validating design efforts.
  • Solid understanding of CSS/HTML/Javascript capabilities and limitations
  • Self-starter and ability to lead the design process from idea trough delivery
  • Experience doing Design QA, to make sure what you design was implemented accordingly
  • Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional environment with full autonomy
  • Fluent in English
  • Able to overlap with GMT+7 - GMT+2 business hours


Nice to have

  • Remote working experience
  • Blockchain knowledge


Key Responsibilities:

  • Iterative prototyping and refining designs from low-fi wireframes to beautiful mocks for Web, Android, iOS
  • Employ user-centred design methods to develop user interface specifications such as interaction models and workflows
  • Lead the production process — supporting the idea through the creative process to final sign off and implementation with engineering
  • Work closely with our product managers and engineers to define the best way to approach a problem
  • Support the marketing efforts by providing relevant mockups, product updates and graphical content


Source: Remotely Awesome Jobs, SelfKey

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