Job Summary
Back-End Developer
Minimum Qualification:
Others
Experience Level:
Entry level
Experience Length:
3 years
Job Description
What You’ll Do
Yokunbo Engineers are masters of consistent execution. They reliably deliver technical and professional value to our teams and our partners.
Specifically, you’ll:
Use your knowledge in your core technology to delight our partners around the world.
Mentor and onboard junior engineers, by consistently displaying sound judgment, setting expectations, and working effectively, both independently and as part of a global team.
Collaborate excellently with peers and stakeholders in fast-paced distributed teams, through a love of constructive feedback, dedication, and universal respect.
What You’ll Bring
All Yokunbo engineers go above and beyond. To find out more about additionally suggested competencies, check out our engineer framework.
Experience
A minimum of 3-7 years of professional experience, during which you’ve built technical expertise and professionalism.
Required
Intermediate-level understanding of at least one core backend language: Python, JavaScript/Node, PHP, Ruby, Java
Working knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming concepts i.e Classes and objects, Inheritance, Encapsulation, and Polymorphism.
Good understanding of fundamental database concepts – relational (SQL) database, non-relational (NoSQL) database and ORMs/ODMs
Working knowledge of core data structures
Experience working with software engineering collaboration tools
Experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact.
Familiarity with at least one cloud hosting platform –(ex: AWS, GCP)
Preferred
Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management
Intermediate understanding of unit and integration testing, and testing frameworks/libraries — PyTest, Nose, Jasmine, Mocha, Jest
Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understands its importance
Experience having worked with at least one Web Framework for your language of choice
Comfort and familiarity with a code editor and formatting tools
Familiarity with at least one web server technology — (ex: Apache, Nginx)
Working knowledge of at least one CI/CD tool — Jenkins, Travis CI, Circle CI
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration techniques
Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
Knowledge of unit, integration, e2e and UI testing, with at least one relevant testing framework
Familiarity with containerization infrastructure and orchestration
Awareness of the capabilities of applicable languages/frameworks/libraries as well as the inherent differences between them in order to understand trade-offs and make recommendations.
