Software Developer

How would you spend your time?

• Attending daily 10:00 am standups
• Helping with work planning / designing features and breaking them down into doable work
• Implementing features
• Diagnosing and fixing the sadly inevitable bugs and minor mismatches in design expectations
• Preparing and monitoring production environments for customers

Minimum qualifications

You:

• Are a generalist; you know a broad swath of the web development domain
• Are an intermediate web programmer, likely with 5-10 years of experience ( please apply if you meet the requirements)
• Take high level direction (goals-of-the-week level)
• Are very strong in Unix/Linux, stitching systems together
• Have excellent written communication skills; you write lucid, short English and get the point across
• You are willing to critique work and have your work critiqued
• You understand basic Javascript, HTML, CSS without transpilers (ie. can work below level of Babel/SCSS when things go south).
• You are familiar with React / Redux / Ramda
• Have a willingness to learn new things, problem-solve, ask for help, admit your mistakes and share your expertise generously

Nice-to-haves

(If you have experience with any of the following, be sure to mention it in your cover letter):

• Clojure/Clojurescript
• Functional programming
• Python + Django
• Javascript
  • React + Redux for current work
  • Backbone for legacy work (maps)
  • Vega / D3
  • Leaflet.js
• Ansible
• Postgresql
• Docker
• Web authentication
• Solid understanding of the production architecture of web applications
• Test-driven development (mostly unit-testing level)
• Browser acceptance testing in Cucumber
• Both object-oriented and functional programming experience
• Prior knowledge of the architecture, engineering and construction sector

How can you apply?

Please send the following to info@opentech.eco with the subject line Last Name, First Name, Software Developer.

1.   A one-page resume showing relevant experience
2.   A brief cover letter that explains how you meet the requirements and why you are interested in working with OPEN