Software Engineer (Backend) at Youverify Online Services

Details

• Youverify is looking for a Software Engineer (Backend) to join the Technology team to build the next-generation applications to solving complex problems and work with a world-class engineering and product team to deliver innovative products for our users. 

What a typical week may look like at Youverify

• Design and implement new features and enhancements using NodeJS.
• Fix bugs assigned during the sprint planning process.
• Design, innovate and solve complex problems inherent in operating a high scale classifieds platform.
• Play a key role in reviewing and approving the work of your peers as part of the software development process.
• Interact with product owners, partners and business stakeholders to understand and develop requirements
• Debugging and Improvement of existing systems.
• Expand our micro-services architecture
• Management of all 3rd party tool relationships and integrations from a technical aspect. i.e. SMS providers, Email, APIs, Finance tools, Marketing tools, Business tools, AWS etc.

Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related field
• 3+ years experience working with NodeJS
• Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management
• Intermediate understanding of unit and integration testing, and testing frameworks/libraries - Mocha, Jest etc
• Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understands its importance
• Experience having worked with at least one Web Framework for your language of choice
• Comfort and familiarity with code editor and formatting tools
• Familiarity with at least one web server technology — (ex: Apache, Nginx)
• Working knowledge of at least one CI/CD tool — Jenkins, Travis CI, Circle CI, Github Action
• Working knowledge of gRPC and protocol buffers
• Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
• Familiarity with containerization infrastructure (Docker), Caching (Redis), API gateway (KrakenD), orchestration (Kubernetes), Distributed tracing (Jaeger), Service mesh (LinkerD) and observability
• Knowledge of microservices (or SOA), Docker, and/or distributed systems.
• Good working knowledge of NoSQL systems (MongoDB, Elastic, Cassandra), Relational Database Systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle), Messaging Systems (RabbitMQ), Kafka
• Experience with managing and deploying applications on AWS/DigitalOcean/GCP

In addition to the requirements listed above, all engineers need to possess a combination of the following soft skills:

• Integrity and honesty
• Dependability
• Effective communication
• Open-mindedness
• Teamwork
• Creativity
• Problem-solving
• Critical thinking
• Adaptability
• Organization
• Willingness to learn
• Empathy

What You Get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment where we leverage the latest technology
• Hands-on coaching and professional development
• Medical coverage
• Very attractive Remuneration
• A unique opportunity of growth and having strong impact in building the African identity and data management sector
• Top Range Machines