Backend Engineer

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking talented server developers to join our growing team in Curitiba, Brazil. As a backend developer at First Foundry, you will be working in close collaboration with web and blockchain development teams to create scalable cloud solutions with ledger technologies and web products. Our dApps division is focussed on building secure decentralized mobile & web products. We need driven individuals who are ready to take on difficult challenges in frontier technologies.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, develop, and maintain high quality backend services that interact with blockchain technologies.
• Collaborate with internal and external product and design teams to implement scalable and secure backend services.
• Work with other backend engineers to solve difficult problems across multiple services and products.
• Aid in the design, architecture, and implementation of complex REST, RPC, and GraphQL APIs for highly intuitive web services.
• Work with technical leaders to design high traffic web and mobile applications from the ground up, through all aspects of the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with colleagues to maintain high code quality through code reviews, technical feedback cycles, unit testing and architectural audits.

REQUIREMENTS

• Ambition, eagerness to learn, a positive attitude, and the ability to work within a team environment.
• Passion for making excellent products in real world conditions.
• At least 4 years experience working on web-api development projects.
• Practical experience with and a strong understanding of data storage methods and building intuitive interfaces to access them (SQL, noSQL, Redis, etc.).
• Experience designing and evolving APIs for live products.
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to communicate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software development tools and processes relevant to one of the following languages (C, C++, Java, Go, Python, Node).
• Strong competence of version control systems and industry standard workflows (GitFlow, GitHub Flow, etc.).
• Familiarity with development environment best practices.
• We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas at this time.

BONUS ATTRIBUTES

• Experience developing or designing distributed technologies and managing distributed systems.
• Experience with known blockchain technologies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.).
• Experience with financial systems or other highly security services.
• Experience communicating with remote teams.
• Unix/Linux development environment experience.
• Shipped products using Python, Ruby, Node.js, Java or other backend technology.

ABOUT CURITIBA

This is an on-site full-time position in our Curitiba, Brazil office spaces. Curitiba is known as the “Model City” in Brazil, surpassing São Paulo in the “Connected Smart Cities 2018” ranking. The city has also been awarded the “Global Sustainable City Award” for its excellent urban infrastructure and high coverage of green areas. Curitiba also has the most affordable cost of living among the capitals in the prosperous south region of Brazil.

COMPENSATION

This position provides a globally competitive base salary (DOE) and project bonus eligibility, as well as relocation assistance and healthcare benefits.

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