We are seeking to hire a Backend Developer, ideally with some background in DevOps & Infrastructure fields, to support the companys tech side. Candidates will have the opportunity to code and develop in multiple programming languages, on a microservice oriented environment, using latest modern tech stack.
The position will work directly under our Head of Technology, but will also need to communicate well and be able to work with other peers and senior colleagues from different departments.
Well Count on You To:
Maintain existing code, solving bugs, implementing changes.
Developing new features, new tools, and working on new green-field projects for new product endeavors.
Help maintaining and keeping the stability of our infrastructure and availability of our services & products.
Building and Improving tech-related support systems such as monitoring, alerts, analytics, etc.
Supporting and helping the PoliSci team and the Sales team when working with internal (non-client facing) systems, usually due to clients demands.
What You Need to Have:
Academic :
BA or BsC in Computer Science, or Software Engineering, or similar degree in the field.
Technical & Professional Experience
At least 4+ years of experience as a backend developer. Significant time working at startups or in a startup-like environment advantage.
Fluent in Ruby On Rails or NodeJS (for Backend development). Experience with the other mentioned language and/or Python strong advantage
Strong data orientation – managing and understanding data pipelines, data storage & management, schema design, etc. Highly experienced working with SQL (PostgreSQL advantage). Some acquaintance with MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch advantage
Regularly working using standard collaborative work practices (i.e. Git, etc)
Good grasp of software engineering and coding best-practices.
Must be able to deliver code at highest quality.
At least basic familiarity with AWS Cloud Infrastructures and working with AWS management console.
Some knowledge and experience with DevOps & Infrastructure related worlds strong advantage. Specifically, with any of the following: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, GitOps, ArgoCD, ArgoWorkflows, Jenkins.
Developing or maintaining algorithms implementations advantage
Familiar with async work distributions, workers & jobs queues, consumer-producer concept advantage.
Languages:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Hebrew.
What Would Make You Stand Out:
Fast learner, eager to learn and expand knowledge horizontally, being a jack of many trades.
Independent, self-sufficient, and self-reliant personality, being able to tackle big tasks with little spec and a lot of uncertainty and see them end to end.
Can fill in gaps in knowledge and requirements with only little help (as opposed to being spoon-fed with all the nitty-gritty details)
Must be comfortable working in dynamic agile environment (not referring to agile methodologies such as scrum, lean, etc, but more like no defined methodology work environment), where tasks and focus can change frequently.
Display exceptional organizational and time/deadline management skills and ability to prioritize among various deliverables.
