Current Stack: Express Node.js, Java 8, Elasticsearch, SQL, Spring framework (Spring-boot, Spring data, Spring security, Spring XD), Redis, Angular
Senior Backend Engineer Job Requirements:
- 6+ years experience in software development
- 4+ years experience with Python
- Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A python ninja obsessed with clean interfaces and maintainable code
- Ready to tackle challenges end to end and learn new skills
- Excited to develop, coach, and lead future team members
- Passionate about establishing good dev practices and improving the code base
- You enter conversations with strong opinions, weakly held
Roles for the Senior Backend Engineer Job
- You will develop the next generation Hivisasa CMS.
- Your first task will be to explore and evaluate python CMS platforms and to drive the discussion on which one we choose.
- You will also participate in the design of where in our infrastructure the new CMS system will live and how it will interact with our other services.
- You will then work to extend the chosen framework to match our requirements.
Experience:
- Heroku, ElasticSearch, Continuous Integration, Angular, Linux, Redis, Opera Mini, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Kibana, Facebook Ads, Facebook APIs
- Ad networks (Google Ads, Monetize More, Taboola)
- News media or blog sites and related challenges such as time sensitive SEO
- Experience working on sites with millions of pageviews per day, load testing, scaling
We are:
Tech at Hivisasa is a very small team. We expect you to take an active role in architecting solutions and evolving the tech team culture / best practices. We already have a product with > 3 million uniques per month, 100,000’s of page views per day. This is a great testbed on which to iterate new features. You will have the opportunity to make a direct impact across the organization and our user base immediately!
What is Hivisasa:
Hivisasa is a place for African audiences to create, discover and share content. We are driven by our mission to elevate local and national debates by informing readers, providing a rewarding discussion platform, and decentralising the flow of information. Media is very controlled in this part of the world and the internet offers a chance for people with different voices to come together and get heard.
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