Back-end Developer Node.js (Long Term Project) (offline) $1000-1500

IMPORTANT! Updated on 9th of November 2022. 1 position vacant.

A Long Term Project (NDA) requires a powerful Back-end Developer (2−3 years of experience). Our company has been working with a client for the 7th year. You will work in a dedicated team for this project (~15 guys). Communication and technical documentation in English only (written English required). The client and his team are strong technical specialists, the tasks on the project are interesting and complex. Big traffic. Big budget. Big responsibility. A lot of work (100% workload). Interesting? Then we are waiting for you.

Test assignment: (1)
Link to the test task by request.

By clicking on the link (company name) in the vacancy header, you can find brief information about our company, video, photos, contacts of the HR manager and a link to our website.

Our working conditions
- First two month will be a paid probation period;
- Traineeship period paid as fixed monthly payment in UAH;
- Stable salary;
- Hourly rate is set in $;
- Official employment (by contract);
- Full work load of 160−200 hours per month and hourly rate ensuring all (extra) hours are paid;
- Revision of the hourly rate every six months by 5−50% (see more details in the «Opportunities/benefits» section below);
- Quarterly bonus, project performance based;
- English classes 2 times per week (groups of two people, after work hours);
- MacBook Pro 13/16, 4K monitor, stand, mouse, keyboard, headphones, comfortable chair, company branded T-shirt and mug;
- 75% of the salary is also paid for «bench». «Bench» means standby time — when you don’t have project and you work on your IDP or other personal/internal tasks to improve your knowledge and skills;
- Working day from 8:00 to 17:00 (2);
- Breakfast, lunches and other things in the kitchen at the expense of the company (coffee, tea, cookies, sweets, yogurts and drinks in the refrigerator);
- Work in one of two offices: 7 minutes from Osokorki metro station: 8 minutes from Lukianivska metro station or 15 minutes from Kontraktova Square metro station. (In a month, a new office is starting its work, 7 minutes away from Taras Shevchenko metro station).

Requirements
- 1−2 year’s experience;
- Strong knowledge of JS and Typescript;
- Experience with relational databases (particularly PostgreSQL);
- Experience with NoSQL databases (particularly Redis);
- Confident working with the Git version control system;
- Understanding basic design patterns and being able to apply them;
- Understanding and organizing CI/CD processes.

Would be a plus
- Knowledge of the Nest.js framework;
- High-loaded applications experience;
- Experience in working with large data sets, statistics;
- SQL queries optimizing experience;
- Minimal frontend development experience;
- Out-of-the-box thinking :)

Current Technology Stack
- Typescript / Nest.js;
- PostgreSQL;
- Redis;
- Influx DB;
- Heroku / AWS / GCP;
- Kubernetes;
- Cloudflare workers;
- Grafana;
- New Relic;
- React / Vue.js;
- Pug / SCSS;
- Webpack;
- Adguard SDK;

Opportunities/benefits
- Each employee has a mentor and together with him develops an IDP (Individual Development Plan) to improves skills and knowledge in different areas;
- Revision of the hourly rate happens every six months and depends on the implementation of the IDP and other performance indicators;
- Opportunity to learn NodeJS, modern frontend frameworks like Vue/React, iOS/Android React Native apps development or browser extensions development as part of the HW (Home Work) program. After that you can participate in our projects also as a NodeJS developer, frontend developer, - - React Native developer and/or browser extension developer.
- Experienced colleagues ready to help with complex tasks. Technically savvy PMs who do task decomposition and know how to work with both the client and developers. No broken telephone game and no estimates handed down from the top;
- Mandatory peer code review and test coverage of important functionality, efficient QA process and task acceptance procedures;
- Opportunity to study related areas/technologies (frontend, browser extensions, nodejs) — not abruptly, but systematically as if working on a complete mini-project; being guided by a mentor and according to a plan drawn up with a mentor, with the tasks accepted by a QA, etc.

(1) The Company may, at its sole discretion, not provide applicants with the reason for being rejected and technical details of the test completed.

(2) The plan for the day is made at the stand-up meeting and must be accomplished (considering common sense) within the day according to the checkpoints. After accepting the work, the PM finalizes the working day.

About abz.agency®

abz.agency® is a a software development company. Our core business is developing complex and unique solutions based on web technologies, browser extensions, applications, high-performance and high-loads solutions.

Since 2005 abz.agency® has been working in the area of web development and work with clients from all around the globe. As a global outsourcing provider we have 75+ employees in 6 offices (Tallinn, Estonia and 5 offices in Kyiv, Ukraine).

The main activities of the company is the development of complex and custom web applications. The company also develops web sites. Providing a full cycle of work from the development of technical documentation, design, full-stack development to implementation and support. In recent years, the company has mastered the development of browser extensions. That allows you to actively expand the range of services.

The main technical stack in development is: PHP, Laravel, Node.js, React.js, Vue.js, React Native. In design, we actively use wireframing and mockuping: WireframePro, Figma. The company also actively uses paid services and licenses for work: Google, Jetbrains, Adobe and other providers. The offices created good conditions for productive work: modern equipment, including Mac Books Pro and 4K monitors, meeting rooms, a kitchen, staff lunches.

The company continues to grow with its employees. Mastering new versions of the current technical stack. Learning new technologies. The application of best practices and the use of technical specifications. All this creates the foundation for a quality product, which the customer then receives.

Company website:
https://abz.agency/