Jobs at Black Pen Recruitment

Job Type: Full time (Work from home position)
Industry: Trade and Services

Job Description

• Do you have software development experience? Are you looking for a remote job? Then we have the opportunity for you!
• We are looking to hire a Flutter Developer located within Africa, to join their exciting remote team. They are one of the first movers in bringing Cryptocurrency to the masses in Africa and the Middle East.
• As a Flutter Developer you will have the responsibility to link together the world of design and technology and will be responsible in building mobile applications across different mobile platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, debugging, implementing and supporting the solution
• Working as part of a team of Developers in the design, development, and implementation of front-end using React, Mobx and Redux
• Coding and testing of web applications
• Integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application
• Expanding and scaling the application according to the business needs
• Compile necessary documentation
• Taking part and proposing proactive actions in code review processes
• Maintaining and monitoring the products and fixing and troubleshooting as necessary
• Work on back-end API if necessary, to create endpoints to retrieve the necessary data

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2 years of experience using Flutter (Android and iOS)
• 1-year minimum experience in native application development  
• Proficient in Swift, Objective-C, Xamarin, React Native, Kotlin, Flutter, Dart, Java
• Understanding of Native Application APIs and available interface mechanisms  
• Ability to "think outside the box" while identifying problems and developing creative solutions  
• Extensive experience with industry-standard web and application design, hands-on knowledge of current wireframing, web markup, and scripting languages, dynamic or active web content, site architecture, database management, and application performance and security optimization
• Experience setting up development environments, rapidly learning new technologies

Software:

• Flutter, Kotlin, Swift  
• HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript  
• Azure, AWS, and other cloud-related services  

Remuneration
Salary + Benefits

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Job Type: Full time (Work from home position)

Job Description

• Do you have excellent backend development experience? Are you looking for a remote job? Then we have the opportunity for you!
• Our client, an American based remote company, is looking to hire a Senior Backend Engineer located within Africa, to join their exciting remote team. They are one of the first movers in bringing Cryptocurrency to the masses in Africa and the Middle East.
• As a Senior Backend Engineer you will make an extremely high impact on a small, fast scaling team. You'll have the ability to help build a product used by thousands of people with taking full ownership of the product. They are looking for someone who has experience not only with their tech stack in a successful SaaS company, but also with agile methodologies and web development. 
• The idea candidates are ones that have previously worked within a FinTech/ Crypto company and who are clear communicators who are highly self-motivated; eager to collaborate, exchange knowledge, apply new skills and pitch in for whatever the team needs to ship new code.
• The company’s current technology includes: NodeJS, VueJS, Serverless Framework, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, AWS SQS, AWS IoT, AWS EC2, ELK Stack, Jest, Flutter and more.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and own the architecture and implementation of features 
• Provide guidance and assist in helping knock down walls and clear path towards work completion 
• Lead a group of engineers and cross-functional team members in the implementation of new and existing features 
• Provide clear and concise communication regarding feature development statuses to the team and stakeholders 
• Plan, supervise and manage releases for the work the squad is performing 
• Empower team members - including other developers as well as Technical Support and QA - through technical mentoring, contributions to the team's documentation, libraries, and providing automation for manual tasks where appropriate 
• Define and adhere to internal coding standards, development processes, and design best practices 
• Ensure quality by performing thorough testing and leveraging peer reviews for your work and the work of cross functional teams 
• Help scope, estimate, and prioritize work 
• Embrace and demonstrate our values: humility, creativity, and independence 
• Write and maintain clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for the future (and present) of the company’s platform 
• Participate in mandatory weekly calls.

Requirements

• 3-5 years’ work experience as a Backend Engineer/Developer  
• Experience in a software development environment, with capability in back-end development 
• Strong experience working in AWS, with a strong desire to further one’s skills 
• In-depth experience with Node.js, possessing broad knowledge of JavaScript in general and Node.js internals 
• Serverless Framework experience advantageous 
• State Machine and Step Function experience advantageous 
• You have experience driving technical projects, prioritizing work, identifying 
• dependencies, facilitating technical decisions and cross-functional team discussions. 
• You're experienced in designing and implementing application architectures and code that are highly scalable, available, maintainable, and performant. 
•  You can work independently while also putting an emphasis on mentorship of those around you. 
• You're comfortable collaborating closely with product managers, product owners, and stakeholders, providing estimates or product ideas that will influence your team's roadmap. 
• You're a thoughtful communicator—some teams are partially or fully distributed so effective written communication is key. 

Salary

• Salary + Benefits