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Friday, July 31, 2020

NOW HIRING: Fullstack Ruby on Rails Developer

Company: Checkout X
Website: https://www.checkout-x.com
Headquarters: Sofia, Bulgaria


Checkout X is a self-funded startup with a global vision that has achieved market validation and is now getting ready to scale. Our products are used by thousands of stores worldwide and we're responsible for ~€200,000,000 worth of e-commerce transactions annually.

We're building the Ultimate Checkout Solution for e-commerce by focusing on effective Upselling and CRO techniques. By using the power of 🔮 Magic (technology), we provide a better checkout experience for customers and a complete checkout toolkit to merchants.

Our team currently consists of 10 people ( in 5 countries 🌍 ) and the plan is to keep growing fast! Meet the product at www.checkout-x.com and the team at www.checkout-x.com/about_us


Who we're looking for

We're looking for a Mid/Senior FullStack developer to join our Product Development team.

Our current stack is: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, jQuery, Alpine.js, Tailwind

You need to feel comfortable doing both Backend tasks and also implementing Frontend views with provided designs. We work with lots of external API's, so you need be a quick learner and be able to quickly make your way with unfamiliar documentation.

We currently have tens of millions of records in our DB and thousands of stores that depend on Checkout X to process their sales. So you need to be comfortable to work with a large scale app in which downtime is simply unacceptable.


Why join

😴 Arrange your time to suit you. Do your job, 'when' is up to you.
🌴 ️ Work anywhere you like
🖥 Co-working space, if you want one.
✈️ Two team retreats per year
🤑 Competitive Salary
💰 Company shares


Responsibilities

👍 Writing production-ready code.
🤜 Designing scalable codebase & architecture
👌 Ensure that your code does the right thing. You do business analysis.
🤞 Ensure that your code works. You do testing.
💪 Be ready to get your hands dirty and refactor 💩.


Requirements

🙊 Fluent English ( our team is international )
🤓 Extensive experience in Ruby on Rails.
🤓 Extensive experience in JavaScript.
👻 No fear of HTML/CSS.
😇 Don't be an asshole. Beyond that, you do you.
🕐 Available around standard CET working hours


It's also appreciated if you are:

🦄 Proactive
😹 Funny
📑 Organised
🌊 Easy-going


Salary: $60000 - $72000

Location : 🌏 Worldwide


How do you apply?

Say hi at ruslan@checkoutx.com with:

  • A general overview of your skills/experience - CV / LinkedIn / Site / Github
  • A short/medium message that shares a bit about you

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NOW HIRING: Data Engineer

Company: Chef Software
Website: https://www.chef.io
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States


Chef Software is the industry leader in IT automation and DevOps solutions. We develop the world's best products for managing applications and infrastructure at scale, and we deploy them against real problems in all kinds of industries. We’re writing the rules of the cloud -- rules the world’s top engineers live, breathe and contribute to. Our platform is used to enable hundreds of millions of people around the world to chat, fly, present, bank, game, shop, and learn. Chances are the web applications you use every day have infrastructure built, deployed, secured and ran with our code.

We are a dynamic and rapidly growing software company with a strong sense of dedication to our customers and the Chef community. We work hard but try not to take ourselves too seriously. This is a very collaborative and inclusive work environment. Individuals, strong on aptitude and attitude, will have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology and talented developers in the business. We provide competitive compensation, generous benefits, and a professional yet relaxed atmosphere.

We are seeking a highly motivated, results oriented individual with strong data engineering skills and experience in cloud technologies to join our platform architecture team. This person will play a key role in developing advanced analytics products for Chef customers. They will also have a key influence on our future processes and architecture.


What you'll do:

  • Take ownership for designing, developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines and data models.
  • Lead the data engineering work of the platform architecture team, helping to define and guide the work of others.
  • Provide technical expertise and leadership as a member of the data engineering team.
  • Design, construct, install, test and maintain data management systems.
  • Develop data ingestion and integrations processes.
  • Ensure that all systems meet the business/company requirements as well as industry best practices.
  • Integrate up-and-coming data management and software engineering technologies into existing data structures.
  • Develop set processes for data mining, data modeling, data ingestion, and data production.
  • Contribute to the design of new product offerings based on data analytics.
  • Create custom software components and analytics applications.
  • Research new uses for existing data; design experiments and analysis to answer key business questions.
  • Employ an array of technologies, languages and tools to connect systems together.
  • Collaborate with members of your team (eg, architects and engineers) on project goals.
  • Recommend different ways to constantly improve data reliability and quality.


Who you are:

  • You have a minimum of a Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field, plus 5 years of experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience). Masters degree in a relevant field is advantageous.
  • You have demonstrable software development skills in at least one language such as Rust, Go, C#, C++, Ruby or Java.
  • You have expertise in architecting, designing and implementing data solutions in a cloud-native environment (AWS preferred).
  • You have experience with a variety of data technologies and structures that includes relational databases, NoSQL and graph.
  • You’re well-versed in working with big data.
  • You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • You like to dive in, learn new things, and want to build awesome products.
  • You have experience building and operating high-performance data systems.
  • Working experience with Containers and Container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes is a huge plus.
  • You’ve had experience working with APIs (graph, specifically).
  • You enjoy collaborating closely with product management and internal engineering teams to understand their complex issues, solve their problems and elicit frequent feedback on the solutions you provide
  • You believe quality is part of the development process and not an afterthought


Our platform architecture team is remote and distributed. Allowing us to not only live where we will be most productive, but enables us to create a work environment that celebrates all of our humanity. We celebrate the difference of perspective this brings and the barriers it removes.

Benefits are awesome - a competitive salary, equity for all, solid medical/dental benefits, 401(k), telecommuting, flextime, a variety of interesting projects, and brilliant co-workers.

At Chef, we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our products and our community to flourish. Chef is honored to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or Veteran status.


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NOW HIRING: Senior Python/Django Developer

Company: Reckon Digital Ltd
Website: http://www.reckondigital.com
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom


Reckon Digital is a London-based software company. We create state-of-the-art business software solutions and provide consultancy in the areas of enterprise operations optimization, artificial intelligence and security within manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and NGO.

We are looking for an accomplished developer to join our team remotely to work on high profile projects with clients such as the United Nations and General Electric.

You must have at least 4 years of experience working on medium or large scale enterprise level software, a degree in Computer Science or related subjects from a reputable university and speak fluent English.

Beside being highly fluent in Python and Django, the ideal candidate will be familiar with Git, Python testing tools and techniques, Docker, PostgreSQL, RESTful services, GNU/Linux systems.

Knowledge of data science and machine learning libraries a plus.

We have a wonderful office in the City of London but nearly half of our team has always been remote, and with the current pandemic situation persisting, we are looking to expand our operations with more great remote developers.

This position is to join a team is of 7/8 developers which are part of a larger team of 30/40, working on a logistics and admin application for a large humanitarian organisation.

This is a challenging full time position that requires being online continuously and actively during working hours, collaborating with colleagues, being in meetings, and generally being responsive between 10am and 6pm UK time. This is not the type of job where one gets a brief for a website, and codes it on a beach in their own time.

It is also not a small, short term engagement. For the right candidate, the work will last indefinitely. We have been going on for 5 years on that project, and there is no sign of it ending. We require someone to guarantee that they can work reliably for about 200 days a year. In other words we are looking for a stable relationship with someone who can work on a team with the highest degree of professionalism, albeit remotely.

The candidate will need to provide excellent academic qualifications in CS or a related discipline, that will be checked by our client.

Monthly legal invoices need to be issued and the candidate will have to demonstrate that they have a regular tax position where they reside and that they pay taxes according to the law.

If this is of interest, and if you think that you have what it takes to work with us, please send a CV and cover letter to the address below.


Desired Skills

  • Django
  • Django REST Framework
  • Docker
  • Git
  • Linux
  • PostgreSQL

APPLY

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NOW HIRING: SQL Developer

Company: GreatAuPair
Website: https://www.greataupair.com
Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States


GreatAuPair is seeking a professional SQL developer who will be responsible for the design, development, and support of multiple MS SQL databases and servers, ensuring their stability, reliability, and performance. Your primary focus will be working with other database and application developers to assist with data migration, development, maintenance and performance tuning efforts for all business units. Collaborate with other developers to establish best practices and optimize SQL statements as necessary. Efficiently resolve database usage issues, provide solutions and advice to prevent such problems in the future. You must be an active listener and an excellent communicator with a point of view and the experience to back it up.

GreatAuPair is a global online international job matching service, designated by the US Department of State as a sponsor of the US Au Pair program.

GreatAuPair is recognized as one of the Top 15 Remote Employers. Join our team or share this with someone you know who might be interested.


Requirements

This is a remote contract position, convertible to full-time remote work with benefits for the right professional. As a SQL Developer, you must have at least 5 years of progressive experience and responsibility in SQL database development. Candidates must demonstrate high levels of proficiency with:

  • Strong proficiency with MS SQL Server and its variation among popular databases
  • Experience with MS SQL Server Reporting services
  • Skilled at optimizing large complicated SQL statements and stored procedures
  • Knowledge of best practices when dealing with relational databases
  • Capable of configuring popular database engines and orchestrating clusters as necessary
  • Ability to break down project requirements from high level specifications
  • Capable of troubleshooting common database issues
  • Familiar with tools that can aid with profiling server resource usage and optimizing it
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
  • The ideal candidate will have at least a technical B.A. degree, solid organizational skills, be confident, fast and efficient with all tasks and must be an excellent, open communicator.

This is a remote, free-lance position that could lead to a permanent post. You must have your own work space, systems, software and high- speed Internet connection and be familiar working as a critical part of a highly motivated, fast-moving virtual team.


Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Design and develop Microsoft SQL database systems including statements, procedures, functions, views, and indexes
  • Ability to learn business rules and processes and apply to system design
  • Design and create interactive reports using MS SQL reporting services based upon customer needs and feedback
  • Excellent problem and troubleshooting skills
  • Ensure performance, security, and availability of databases
  • Effective time management and ability to float between multiple projects
  • Assist with common database procedures such as upgrade, backup, recovery, migration, etc.
  • Profile server resource usage, and optimize and tweak as necessary
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with application developers to balance app and database needs, answer questions about data models, help in performance tuning, and offer suggestions
  • Work with QA and other resources to address issues and changes as they arise


Source: Remote Global, GreatAuPair

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