Junior Platform Developer

Aug 2, 2018

Job Description

The Junior Platform Developer will be part of the team responsible for building and designing Surge, a suite of Ruby applications that underlie Zola’s Web, mobile, tablet and SMS user interfaces and ensure effective deployment to the cloud in a Docker-based continuous deployment cycle.
The Junior Platform Engineer collaborates with Data practice to incorporate its data into the business logic and user interfaces.

Responsibilities

Build the system by writing the code for application programming interfaces and develop the infrastructure system robust enough to handle stability issues
Liaise with Project Managers and stakeholders to define business rules and features / priorities in terms of updating software and the impact on the business
Monitor the system to ensure issues are detected quickly and resolved timeously
Monitor connection to 3rd party integrations (e.g. NetSuite and payment providers), identify and resolve connection failures
Change user interfaces and develop features for specific roles to improve metrics for the business (i.e. modify user interface) and change systems to reduce costs
Liaise with hardware team to provide technical support on features and build software to ensure firmware talks to the services directly
Monitor data usage and hardware specific APIs performance and stability
Drive features back for service and sales by analysing the data and work with Project Managers and stakeholders to turn data in value
Build a new service to evolve OGE APIs from single system to multi-API systems
Identify technological simplifications to support cost reductions and friction of 3rd party integration through documentation availability that is dynamic
Develop algorithms that directly contribute to the value of the company
Mentor and coach junior developers in writing codes for application programme interfaces
Check code quality for junior developers
Carry out code reviews of fellow developers before coming into the system
Participate in Pair Programming during onboarding to assist new developers in writing of codes
Participate in internal knowledge sharing forums to share knowledge and expertise with the team

Requirements

B.Sc / M.Sc in Computer Science, IT Systems or related field
Experience with Test Driven Development
Experience in Background Jobs and cacheing
5+years with web backends
2+ years’ experience in Ruby platform development
7+ years’ experience with web backends
Experience with TDD, Microservices and Performance Optimizations
Experience in production debugging
Experience with DevOps, AWS, DI systems, and / or Domain Knowledge.

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