gainful.io

Job Description

The Role

We are looking for a passionate full-stack developer who is proficient with JavaScript. You will be involved from conception to completion with various user-facing features across our product. We follow Scrum lightly with somewhat flexible 2-week sprints. We follow feature branch workflow and use Jira, Bitbucket, and Slack to get things done. We review each other's code and run automated tests as a part of our CI pipeline. No daily standups.

What You'll Do

As a full-stack developer in the company, your key responsibilities will be to:

• Develop new user-facing features using Ember and Node.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

Who You Are

Technical requirements

• 2-5 years of experience as a developer at 1-3 software companies before
• JavaScript development skills with frameworks such as Ember/React/Vue/Angular
• Familiarity with modern pipelines and development tools (npm & git)
• Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Great googling skills to figure out stuff on your own

Other competencies

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Ability to work independently
• Pro-active with a ‘default to action’ attitude (vs. inaction) 
• A quick study, passionate about learning new technologies

Bonus if you have

• Empathy, UX understanding
• UI design skills
• Know your way around AWS/Kubernetes

What does this opportunity offer

• Salary package of between US$60k - US$75k as a base salary depending on the level of experience.
• A results-oriented team that’s open, transparent, and happy (read: absolutely no corporate bureaucracy)
• Work in a diverse environment with people from 3 countries
• A generous leave policy (40 days annually inclusive of public holidays)
• Fully remote set-up and flexible work schedules (Although: You should be comfortable working office hours (9 am - 6pm) in the GMT+2 to GMT+10 timezone, or working outside office hours if outside those timezones)
• Monthly coworking expense budget
• One-off home office expense allowance
• Work-life balance, we understand that time spent in front of the keyboard doesn’t equate to productivity
• Regular social events where we have non-work-related fun

If you feel you’d be a good match, complete our application form and include a brief cover letter sharing with us why you'd like to join the team.