Full Stack Engineer

SUMMARY:
Full Stack Engineer

POSITION INFO:

We work with studios across the globe - from Addis Ababa to Sofia to New York City - to level up their games and scale them in dynamic, new markets. To serve our customers in Africa, we’ve built out a proprietary payments and ecommerce experience which gives our users the ability to pay for digital content, even when they don’t have a credit card.

Now we’re looking to scale multiple titles to hundreds of millions of users - leveraging the payments and CRM technology we''ve built to best serve the market. We''re looking for a full stack engineer to accelerate the development of our platform and build innovative, high-quality tech.

Requirements:

What makes you a great candidate?

• Experience with Java 8+, Spring, Spring Boot

• Experience with JavaScript (React JS), HTML5, and CSS

• Experience with microservices and dynamic routing

• Experience building progressive web apps

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or relevant IT qualification

• Self-motivation, problem solving, and ability to work in a distributed team environment

• Bonus: Experience with Native Android, Kotlin, React Native, iOS

• Bonus: Experience developing or integrating with payment systems

What will you do?

• Build, maintain, and improve the next generation of Carry1st products in mobile web, Android, iOS

• Design & build mission-critical backend microservices solutions to support the growth of the platform

• Collaborate with team members to ensure we deliver in a fast, agile manner with high quality code

Our Stack

• Backend code written primarily in Java, and one application in PHP

• Hosting in AWS with use of KOPS, ECR, EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, ElastiCache, ElasticSearch, Route53 --- managed with Terraform IaC

• DevOps/CI implemented using Jira, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker,, Bitbucket, Prometheus, and Grafana

• Caching is implemented primarily via Redis

• Queuing is implemented via RabbitMQ

Benefits:

What will we offer you?

• A unique opportunity to work with cutting edge technology

• Ability to lead and contribute to our decision-making process

• Ability to touch millions of users with the technology that you build

• Training and support to transition into a senior leadership or beyond

• Equity ownership

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