Senior Node.js Developer Offline

About Virtido

Virtido is an entrepreneurial and innovative IT company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. We realize ideas and projects - from strategic concept to technical implementation closely alongside our dynamic clients with a strong focus on start-up or fast-growing companies. Since inception in 2015, we have grown rapidly to currently 100+ professionals in Switzerland and Western-Ukraine.

About our Client

Our client is a technology start-up company that improves the global food value chain. They provide professional services for industrial food production sites through a global crowd service platform, using smart real-time technologies to match service technicians and customers. Services provided to customers are ranging from inspections and maintenance to repairs and spare parts as well as specific data-based services. Service technicians in the field are digitally enabled along the whole process through mobile and cloud technology.

Our client is looking for a Back-end Node.js Developer to join our professional and committed development team that creates and maintains state-of-the-art web applications as well as mobile apps. They will extend and strengthen their backend to enable new, modern and innovative business models. In addition, knowledge management is a big topic, as information needs to be provided to service technicians on-site (offline on mobile device) and as training material.

Ideal profile

We are looking for an experienced back-end software engineer comfortable with newest JavaScript technologies, relevant skills include:

- Fluent in JavaScript logic on the back-end

- Experience with Node.js

- Experience building REST services

- Experience with VueJS and/or Angular is a big plus

- Experience with Docker, Linux and/or Kubernetes

- Experience in load balancing, reverse-proxies and networking

- Knowledge about security and how to secure the client and ideally also server endpoints

- Experience with git-based workflows

- Experience with Scrum and Kanban methods for development

- Passionate about high quality code, professional attitude, and high standards.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Upcoming projects

Our client’s goal is to establish a web application as a platform for their customer and service partners to order and orchestrate service products.

For every participant/user they want a suitable web app or mobile app to communicate with the backend. They want to start with a mobile app for supervisors to coordinate teams.

Their technology stack is based on Vue.js, Javascript on front-end, with nginx/node.js as backend, integrated (currently) with various SAP systems through the newest Kyma (kubernetes cloud). As for the mobile framework Flutter or Nativescript is being discussed.

They believe in simplicity and elegance to create attractive and responsive interfaces.

Your role in our team

You work on our client’s newest strategic projects with short development iterations

You are part of a small, cross-functional team where everyone has a voice

You collaborate with the customer to find the best suitable design and architecture to build a high-quality software solution.

What we offer

- Medical insurance.

- Flexible working hours.

- Ability to work from home 20% of your time.

- 25 business days of fully paid annual leave, 10 business days of fully paid sick leave (annual).

- Courses of English and German.

- Comfortable and friendly environment at the office.

We look forward to receiving your application!