Back End Engineer

Going Merry

• $120K — $145K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency in JVM-related languages with 3+ years experience
  • Experience with relational databases like Postgres or MySQL
  • Familiarity with building RESTful or GraphQL APIs
  • Experience using distributed source code management tools like Git
  • Comfortable with independent work but open to seeking help when needed
  • Appreciation for test-driven development and code review culture

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of a core part of the scholarship platform
  • Maintain the development roadmap and plan new features
  • Oversee the deployment of new features and improvements
  • Collaborate with the engineering team on architectural direction
  • Ensure code quality through testing and reviews
  • Contribute to a culture of well-structured and maintainable code
  • Engage with stakeholders to understand product requirements

Benefits

  • Opportunity to join a fast-growing startup
  • Chance to take ownership of product development
  • Work in a supportive, collaborative engineering environment
  • Potential involvement in strategic decision-making
  • Learn from a team of experienced engineers and entrepreneurs
Full Job Description
Job Description

Going Merry is looking for a Software Engineer to help building the world's best scholarship platform. We are looking for an engineer to take full ownership of this part of our product - maintaining the roadmap, planning new features and seeing them through to deployment.

An ideal fit would be a candidate with a computer science background, who perhaps plans to be a co-founder and wants to get a deeper understanding of early stage startups. Or you'll be a more experienced engineer with some JavaScript experience, who is keen to join a growing engineering team and make a real difference. Either way you'll be excited by the opportunity to join a fast-growing start-up, in a role where you'll be able to take ownership of a core part of the platform.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent work experience

Proficiency in JVM-related language(s) with at least 3+ years of experience

Experience with relational database, such as Postgres or MySQL, caching mechanisms, and async processing

Experience building API, either via RESTful API or GraphQL

Experience with distributed source code management tools such as Git, Mercurial, etc.

Does not mind working fairly independently, but are not afraid to ask for assistance

Appreciation for a test-driven, code review culture that produces well-structured, easily maintainable, well-documented code

Will be comfortable to help leading the direction of our core engineering and architecture.

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