Position: Senior Backend Node.js Developer
Company: Forte Group
Category: Node.js
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent
Published: 2023-03-01T00:00:00+02:00

Come help the climate technology startup that is radically shifting the trajectory of global sustainability!

We're building a SaaS product to help the world’s largest companies increase the sustainability of their global supply chains. We know that business can create benefit for all its stakeholders including the environment, but that this requires a new kind of corporate intelligence. Our product enables that intelligence, it tracks environment indicators, define what needs to be done, and channel resources to where they are needed most. This could mean helping the world’s largest brands to change farming practices in India, wind down coal power plants in Africa, or increase the re-usability of packaging materials in Europe.

Our company is working with global category leaders in private equity, FMCG, food service and logistics, and we are currently facing a massive, growing demand base.

To support that growth, we're backed by some of the world’s most recognizable names in sustainable investing to, including the founders of multiple successful tech ventures, former chairs of Barclay’s Bank and UBS, and multiple CEOs from the private equity/asset management industry.

We believe in strong teams of self-motivated people, working in flat hierarchies with the opportunity for everybody to weigh in. And as individuals we're all very much driven to make positive change in the world and for ourselves.

If this excites you, then please join us as an Experienced Back-end Developer to go on this journey together.

**The role:**

We’re looking for a backend developer who has more than enough experience to take on this role without needing much coaching and oversight.
We expect you to work independently, taking the lead in collaboration with our team, and asking for help when blocked, while delivering excellent code and solutions.
You will join a product squad, working closely with the product manager and lead developer, on epics and features that will have a real impact on the world. 

**For this role, you will need:**

●** Strong proficiency in Javascript and Typescript
● Experience designing REST APIs in Node, both for private and exposed APIs.
● Experience scaling Postgres, optimizing tables, queries and data models.**
● 5+ years of experience in Software Development 
● Experience with caching and security
● Experience with TDD / automated testing (Jest, Mocha)
● Bonus: experience with Python application development
● Bonus: contributed to open source or have developed your own projects.
● Strong problem solving and analytical skills. Our product is defining a new category of SaaS tooling for businesses, with lots of abstract questions to understand and resolve.
● Strong communication skills, including being **proficient in English**, to be able to collaborate closely with other devs, designers and product managers.

**What the job involves:**

● Be part of a multi-disciplinary product squad, working closely with other developers, data engineers, designers the product manager.
● Take ownership and implement new epics and features following Scrum methodologies.
● Help with architectural and infrastructure decisions to make sure these features work smoothly while we’re scaling up fast.
● Collaborate to build a fun culture of engineering excellence that executes quickly and safely through fast iteration, clean code, and high-quality development.
● Write tests and robust code.
● Actively contribute to fighting climate change and make the world a better place.

**We offer:**
● Experience working with colleagues locally and abroad
● Opportunities for self-realization working on challenging projects using new technologies and tools
● Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
● Social and corporate events
● Possibility for career development
● Participation in professional trainings, meetups
● Medical & family care programs
● Various sport activities coverage
● Fully paid by Forte 5 sick days during working year
● Internal English courses provided by Forte Teacher
● Comfortable and fully equipped workplace