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Back End Developer
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The challenge

The Back End Developer will work closely with our platform architects and other members of the development team to implement core services for our Vidflex on-line video platform. This is an intermediate to senior level position requiring strong enterprise-level software engineering skills and knowledge of computing infrastructure and networking.

Responsibilities

The specific responsibilities for the Back End Developer include:

 

  • Design and implement web applications and services to support the functionality of our Vidflex video platform
  • Ensure solutions are well engineered to meet enterprise-level requirements for performance, scalability, robustness and security
  • Assist the Product Owner(s) and platform architects with feature definition and refinement
  • Work closely with the application developers to ensure alignment with their feature requirements
  • Develop functional tests and test plans where appropriate
  • Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the ongoing innovation of the platform
  • Assist with task generation, estimation and project planning
  • Stay up to date on web development technologies and competitive market trends
  • Write developer level documentation

Your skillset

In order to successfully respond to the challenges of the role, the Back End Developer will be a highly committed and energetic individual with the following characteristics:

 

  • Strong team player with a proven ability to work openly, honestly and collaboratively with others
  • Ability to work in the fast-paced environment of a start-up organization
  • Ability to plan and develop to a schedule, and complete work in a timely manner
  • Ability to gather, refine and understand requirements, and deliver solutions that meet them
  • Ability to contribute to and influence the direction of projects and feature development
  • Ability to consult with others, investigate on your own and make decisions as needed
  • Strong and creative problem-solving skills
  • Dependable, passionate and self-driven with a “make it happen” attitude
  • Good organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks
  • Strong command of the English language with good written and verbal communication skills
  • A great work ethic and a strong desire to produce quality, innovative code
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  • Strong and creative problem-solving skills
  • Dependable, passionate and self-driven with a “make it happen” attitude
  • Good organizational and time management skills
  • Strong command of the English language with good written and verbal communication skills
  • A great work ethic and a strong desire to produce quality, innovative code

Your qualifications

The Back End Developer will have the following qualifications:

Education

  • B.Sc degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent.

Skills and Experience

  • 4+ years of experience with OOP web development technologies such as PHP or Java
  • 4+ years of experience with MVC frameworks
  • 4+ years of experience with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • 4+ years of experience developing REST APIs
  • Solid experience with queue management (eg. Kafka, RabbitMQ)
  • Solid experience developing applications within a large-scale, enterprise environment
  • Experience developing unit, integration and/or automated software tests
  • A solid understanding of the product/software development lifecycle
  • Experience with open-source software development and licensing
  • Experience using Git or other revision control systems
  • Experience with Agile development methodologies and tools such as JIRA

Nice to have

  • Experience with Linux, Apache, Nginx and basic DevOps tools and principles
  • Experience with other databases such as MongoDB, Redis and Elastic Search
  • Experience with GoLang and gRPC
  • Experience with web video players, video streaming and/or encoding/transcoding
  • Experience with application security and penetration testing (eg.  OWASP)
  • Experience with container management (eg. Docker/Swarm, Kubernetes)
  • Experience with cloud storage and/or computing (eg. AWS, Google Cloud)
  • Experience with infrastructure and network management

Daily stand-ups

Bi-weekly sprint planning and backlog grooming

Monthly roadmap update

Quarterly one-on-one with manager

How to apply

If you fit the candidate profile and skill requirements outlined above and are interested in applying for this position, please e-mail a copy of your CV/Resume along with a cover letter to careers@worldplaynetworks.com with Back End Developer in the subject line.

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