Back End Developer - FirstFair

You will be building a backend system for a mobile and web app being built in React/ React Native. The backend will be built in Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB/ MySQL. You will closely collaborate with our frontend engineers to build the best API and backend system design to scalably meet the needs. You will build the backend systems that power our application and continuously improve our engineering practices. Above all, this work will help create beautiful experiences for our customers.

What You’ll Do
• Work on building a backend system to support the front end of a mobile and web app. The front end will be built in React/ React Native.
• Collaborate with key internal partners to determine how to design backend systems and APIs to power our mobile/ web app.
• Architect, develop, and operate backend services to be deployed to thousands of users.
• Work with data engineers to build and maintain batch and real-time data pipelines with data processing frameworks.
• Be a technical leader and valued contributor in an autonomous, cross-functional agile team
• Collaborate with other engineers, product owners, and designers to identify and solve challenging problems, creating awesome backend services.

Who You Are
• You have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• You have 2+ years of working experience as a Backend/ Full Stack Engineer. Ideally you have worked with JavaScript, particularly Node.js. Knowledge in Python is a bonus.
• You have experience in building safe backend systems from scratch.
• You have experience working directly with stakeholders to understand, document and develop APIs and systems to meet their requirements.
• You have written distributed, high-volume services and know how to deploy and keep them running in production.
• You have interest in big data processing technologies.
• You love working in an environment where you constantly experiment and iterate quickly.
• You have a deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.
• You care about quality and you know what it means to ship high quality code