Participate in the entire application lifecycle of implementing digital applications from plan, design, build, test, deploy and maintain
Work as part of a dynamic, interactive Agile team developing and delivering digital services while also able to work independently
Write complex backend programs, analyze code changes and make suggestions to improve code complexity for maintainability, and scalability
Reason logically and creatively, identifying problems, drawing valid conclusions from the data available, and developing effective solutions while applying creative thinking in the design and development of high performing web applications.
Gather and address technical and design requirements.
Collaborate with Front-end develops to integrate user-facing elements with server side
Liaise with developers, designers, and system administrators to identify new features
Create NodeJS applications using REST APIs in support of specific deliverables
Make extensive use of REST APIs across platforms
Maintain databases across different platforms
Write clean code to develop functional web applications
Develop APIs for consumption by other web applications
Learn fast, excel, and deliver at a quick pace
Troubleshoot and debug applications
Technical Requirements
Experience in Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 is mandatory
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Commercial experience with NodeJS and ExpressJS or equivalent
Experience with relational databases PostgreSQL
Experience with NoSQL databases like Google Firebase or MongoDB
Ability to create and maintain backend REST API
Ability to integrate different REST API from a wide ecosystem
Understanding of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
Additional Experience Considerations
Previous experience on eCommerce platforms e.g. Magento, Shopify
Previous experience on any sort of booking, listing platforms
Familiar with Javascript coding standards
Experience with AMP HTML a plus
Experience with Search Engine Optimization a plus
Experience with PMO tools like Jira
Advantage with have background in setting up AWS services e.g. EC2, S3
