Position: Experienced Backend Developer
Company: Very Big Things LLC
Experience required: 3y
Category: Ruby
English level: upper
Published: 2020-10-01T00:00:00+03:00

**Very Big Things (VBT)**, an international award winning digital product agency is looking for **experienced Backend developers**. We have offices in US (Miami), Croatia (Zagreb) and Ukraine (Odessa) with our core business being development of web and/or mobile apps we create for our US clients - most of them greenfield. **We are hiring for our Odessa (Ukraine) office.**


As an agency, we have different clients with different problems, making **work at VBT always dynamic and exciting**. Apart from the work, another thing that sets us apart is our tech stack which leans towards **functional programming** and therefore our language of choice for the BE team is **Elixir**.


Our main focus is **building kickass web/mobile apps and platforms as well as VR experiences.** Some of the awesome and challenging projects **we’ve built that make a difference** include:
- helping a client with digital transformation by building a tele-health platform enabling them to provide healthcare to thousands of users in the time of global health crisis
- building a mobile app for the premier boat rental company in Florida, allowing users to effortlessly rent a boat from the palm of your hand
- helping the #1 health-tech company provide clarity in a global crisis by building a COVID-19 Map using complex data to help individuals make critical decisions for themselves, their families and their employees
- building a first ever real time all-inclusive wellness application, providing everyone with an elegant and simple solution to live a healthier life
- peer-to-peer platform connecting college students to the elderly, solving life's problems. Like taking out the trash, walking the dog, or having a pleasant conversation.

Even if you have **no knowledge of Elixir** but have willingness to learn, try out something new and a strong foundation in another language **feel free to apply** - our senior team are **top-notch experts and will gladly help you master Elixir.**


**Experienced BE developers responsibilities as we see them:**
- Building APIs for frontend developers
- Integrating various 3rd party systems (like payment systems, healthcare systems, etc.)
- Analyzing and breaking down features into tasks and components
   - developing and implementing the required feature
   - knowing when to hand-off smaller tasks to junior colleagues as a 
     mentoring/learning opportunity for them
- Clear and direct communication with Project managers and other project team members
- Recognizing when there are issues in work and either escalating or working together to solve the issues
- Providing estimates to the best of their ability
- Mentorship and PR reviewing for junior colleagues

**What you will be doing:**
- Shipping Elixir code
- Collaborating using Github (including code reviews)
- API design and implementation (GraphQL and REST)
- Relational database design
- Setting up and maintaining build and deployment pipelines

**What we expect from you:**
- 3+ years experience in Elixir/Phoenix, or similar web development language 
  and framework (Ruby on Rails, Python+Django, etc.)
- Good grasp of relational management database systems, design practices 
  and SQL anti-patterns
- Comprehensive knowledge of web ecosystem
- Familiarity with Cloud concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
- Familiarity with CI/CD and Docker based workflows
- Familiarity with Cloud hosting providers and their services
- (Optional) Familiarity with basic Kubernetes or Heroku concepts

**What we offer:**
- Work and gain experience in an international team using an exciting new programming language
- Support from our more senior developers and Elixir gurus will have you switching over to functional programming in no time
- Projects mostly greenfield - architect and own your code from the start, no gravedigging in other’s legacy code
- Different clients from different industries, each with their own product - no boredom, always different approach
- Flexible work hours and ability to periodically work-from-home (even when there is no global pandemic)
- Fun and relaxed company culture where we care about teammates
- Office in Odessa's center

**For additional info on our projects check out our website.**

**Please apply via the following link:**https://verybigthings.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=26&source=aWQ9MTI%3D

Looking forward to your application!