Position: Backend (Node.js) Developer
Company: ErgoServ
Category: Node.js
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

**Job Brief**
We are looking for like minded engineers, who are a master of their craft and with experience in leading a team, would like to be a part of the international distributed team of engineers who love what they do; take part in interesting projects; write clean and well-tested code, have a solid attitude towards work; eager to grow professionally.

We look for people with the right cultural fit having what it takes to drive our business forward. We also look for people who are keen to develop new knowledge and skills, because our growth is ultimately dependent on yours.

You will play an important role in driving change within our business, joining a department that is continually on a journey of change. 

**Key Responsibilities**
- Working within the product team to understand, scope and advise on the best approach to achieve a business objective confirming direction around approach and consistency, leading technical discussions and supporting peers. 
- Lead and advise on entire projects, contributing to design and implementation of the overall application architecture, contributing hands on to new and existing codes bases.
- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic, building reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability whilst ensuring security and data protection.

**Required skills, experience and knowledge**
- Experienced and comfortable through the entire life-cycle of a feature, from ideation to delivery.
- Can understand business drivers and make solid proposals for building new features or refining existing ones.
- Are a subject matter expert in at least one programming environment.
- Have typically strong experience in a specific programming domain or language.
- Excellent communications skills (native or strong English speaker).
- Experienced working directly with clients or key stakeholders
- While we understand that good programmers can learn new skills, this role is ideally for someone who has good working knowledge and experience in the following:

**Desired Skills**
- Node (Express)
- Container Technologies (docker / k8s )
- Building API’s 
- Database Frameworks
- Java (optional) Spring

**Day to Day Tasks**
- Discuss and design new systems from the ground-up with strong opinions about software and design principles Develop new and maintain existing systems Write documentation to record and explain decisions around architecture and design. 
- Write unit integration tests as a first-class citizen Perform code reviews and participate actively in discussions, even around technologies you may not be an expert in.

**What we offer**
- Competitive compensation that takes skills and experience into consideration
- Remote work option is available and welcome
- Mandatory and strict code reviews
- A possibility of corporate meetings abroad
- A friendly and informal atmosphere
- Health insurance
- Paid leave (20 days)
- Paid Public Holidays
- Reimbursement for English courses or tutor
- Opportunity to work in the English-speaking team
- Minimum bureaucracy
- General corporate meetings in Kharkov at least twice a year with payment of travel and accommodation for guests of the city
- Birthday presents for employees