About the role
Why join Vimbly Group?
Founded in 2011, we are a profitable and rapidly growing company looking to welcome new amazing individuals to our team. We believe that by nurturing and investing in our people, the path towards career growth is limitless. At Vimbly Group, you'll be empowered to take ownership of your work, asked to voice your opinion, and cheered on with every creative approach you take. You'll work side-by-side with proven talent, creative intelligence, and smiley faces (with firm but non-painful handshakes) -- out of our office in the heart of Manhattan, New York City. You will be given significant responsibility. You will be challenged. We are looking for a team player with a burning curiosity, a passion for building great products, a track record of writing maintainable code, and a reputation for being reliable and efficient. The best candidates for this role will have experience developing, testing and deploying frontend, backend, infrastructure, and API features.
Responsibilities
- Work directly on project teams to build platforms that affect thousands of customers everyday
- Develop scalable and robust back-end systems (e.g., analytics, scheduling, payment processing)
- Apply methodical, data-driven approaches to create and optimize workflows
- Work closely with front-end and design teams to build enterprise-class software
- Take ownership of multiple projects and learn new technologies over time
Requirements
- Knowledge of modern JS (ES6)syntax and best practices
- Experience working with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Understanding of Node.js environment, promises, and event loop
- Knowledge of Git version control
- Exemplary attention to detail
- Candidate for Bachelor's degree (or better) in computer science, engineering, or equivalent
Optional Bonus Points
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience interfacing with popular JS front-end frameworks (React, Angular, etc.)
- Experience working with large datasets
- Experience with process efficiency optimization
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive pay
- Personal movie outings (you'll get more pairs of movie tickets than you're able to use — so you'll know the contrast from a Vimbly activity!)
- Unlimited Amazon reading budget to buy any book you please