Full-stack Web Developer

Job details:

We're looking for full-stack web developers to join our product development team. In this role, you'll be building new features for our existing products and helping build new products from scratch.

Here is a sampling of the products you'll be working on:

• Website Builder: enable pros to quickly launch industry-tailored websites
• Brand Management: enable pros to create, update, and monitor their online business listings
• Reputation Management: automate customer check-ins so our trade pros can be sure their customers are happy with the service they're receiving

Our ideal candidate :

Has very strong web development fundamentals:

• Strong web development basics: HTML, CSS, JS
• Strong JS web stack: React, Node.js, Express
• Strong grasp of HTTP, REST, and integrating with 3rd party APIs

Can work with (or quickly learn how to work with) relational and non-relational databases:

• Experience with RDBMS (like MySQL / Postgres / Aurora and RDS)
• Experience with NoSQL (like MongoDB or DynamoDB)
• Prefer experience with GraphQL

Is comfortable with AWS and basic DevOps:

• Experience with Route53, Cloudfront, EC2, RDS, etc.
• Prefer experience with serverless architecture (Lambda)

Is comfortable with incremental development:

• Strong grasp of Git version control
• Experience with CI/CD

Doesn't need to be a designer, but should think about usability / UX:

• Understands how to build mobile-first responsive interfaces.
• Prefer candidates with Tailwind CSS or Bootstrap experience
• Prefer candidates with experience with Gatsby

Some additional nice-to-haves include:

• Experience with Webpack, Grunt, Babel, or other comparable tools
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)

In concrete terms, you should feel very comfortable accomplishing any of these tasks:

• Register a domain, spin up a React website and RDBMS from scratch using Node.js and Express, configure routing to different pages, and put it behind a CDN.
• Given an API endpoint to get additional content, create a web page with infinite scroll
• Given a design, build a responsive UX in React.
• Create an automation so that we get a Slack notification whenever a new user signs up

Personal requirements include:

• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills. We primarily work in Slack, so the ability to write clearly is key.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and coordinate with colleagues to meet team deadlines.