Back End Developer
Yourco
Looking for a talented Senior Backend Developer to join the Yourco team!
Yourco is a B2B SaaS platform that establishes an internal communication and automation infrastructure for organizations with a non-desk workforce. Think "Slack" for traditional, blue-collar industries.
Selected by SXSW 2023 as one of the top 5 future of work technologies around the world, our customers include small businesses and Fortune 500 enterprises in manufacturing, construction, transportation, warehousing, healthcare, agriculture, real estate, and other industries the employ a non-desk workforce. We're a highly efficient, high growth startup that recently became venture backed by top VCs in order to staff up and build even faster.
Come and join a pure SaaS business that already serves a large customer base and has facilitated millions of non-desk employee connections.
In this position you will (Responsibilities):
- Develop and implement new microservices to add functionality and gradually transition our main monolithic application to a microservices architecture.
- Oversee and ensure the reliability and robustness of the backend codebase, addressing bugs, performance issues, and other anomalies quickly and efficiently.
- Participate in Error Analysis meetings.
- Conduct code reviews for peers to maintain high coding standards, readability, and maintainability of the codebase.
- Implement and advocate for best practices in coding and architectural design, focusing on backend technologies.
- Work with the frontend development team to design and optimize API interactions for frontend functionality, ensuring seamless data exchange and application performance.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive backend testing frameworks.
- Participate in agile development practices, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives, contributing to continuous improvement of the development process.
Required Skills:
- Application Frameworks: Express.js
- Languages: Javascript, Typescript
- Databases: MongoDB, Redis
- Testing Frameworks: Jest
- Experience with microservice and monolith architectures.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Application Frameworks: Next.js, NestJS
- Languages: Python
- Databases: PostgreSQL
- Cloud Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform
Do not apply on this LinkedIn application. Send an email to ben@yourco.io with your resume and any relevant information that will help us assess your skills. This is your first test.
What we offer:
- Competitive Comp and Benefits Package
- Stock Options
- Massive Market
- High Impact Role and Opportunity for Growth
- Work Directly with the Founders Every Day
- Office on the Chicago River in the Civic Opera Building, a couple blocks from Union Station and Ogilvie (office also has a private gym)