Position: Intermediate / Senior backend developer at London startup
Company: innerworks
Category: JavaScript
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Summary 

innerworks is an assessment technology company. We are an early stage start-up based in Londo. We have an MVP, a growing user-base, a full time CEO & CTO and a part-time developer team of freelancers in Ukraine. We are currently raising investment to employ a full-time remote team. The first hire we want to make is backend engineer with basic frontend skills. The first tasks will be to help us manage the current stack and advise us on the next hires. 

Product background 

We have developed a new model to accurately measure personality. You can find our prototype on innerworks.me . It is an early stage free version for individual users. 

Our product backlog 

Includes functionality that business will pay to use: an internal feedback tool and a hiring tool. 

The backlog functionality may not use same tech stack as MVP 

 

Required experience 

Fluent English 

Intermediate experience (4+ years) in remote development teams 

Agile development process 

Jira (or equivalent) 

 

Current tech stack requirement 

Essential 

B/E:  java core, spring, good understanding of OOP , Jelastic, Postman, MongoCompass, LayerShift, Gitlab  

DB: mongo dB - NoSQL database 

F/E:  HTML/CSS/JS 

F/E: Some level of traditional front-end development Vue.js, Angular, React or Bootstrap 
 

Desirable 

Preferably Vue.js (current dev is in Vue) 

More in-depth F/E development experience 

Large data sets (commercial-grade apps) 

App store app production (Android and iOS) 

 

 

Other skills 

Self-starting  

Problem-solver 

Determined and driven 

Takes ownership and has initiative   

Proactive communicator 

Flexible 

Honest 

Reliable   

Meets deadlines 

Can admit defeat and ask for help 

 

Working environment 

Entrepreneur contractors 

Remote working in an international team.  Very flat reporting structure, initially with one other local Developer and reporting directly to CTO and/or CEO. 

Minimum hours per week: 40 hours 

Flexible on time-management 

May require extended meetings elsewhere in Ukraine I.e. 1-week offsite 

Opportunity to use and learn new technologies 

Open-minded and creative environment  

 

Package 

Circa $25-30k per annum for the right person 

Performance bonus in equity options 

20 days paid holiday  

Opportunity for international travel