Developer (Front-end team)
Location: GR, I, Athens
Department: Engineering
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Not Applicable
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Engineering
Company profile: Workable is a venture-backed startup making cloud-based recruitment software for fast-growing companies around the world. We're looking for people who want to change the way companies and people meet each other.Life at WorkableAt Workable we are creating an environment that has all the excitement and intellectual stimulation of a startup, minus the fads and pretension. We don't work 80-hour weeks, but we do work in an efficient and disciplined manner. We don't have ninjas and rock stars, we have people who are outstanding at what they do. We don't think it's old fashioned to have a sensible business model and we enjoy working with smart people.> learn more about Workable and our employee benefits
Description: Workable is a product-driven software company. With thousands of enterprise users and millions in venture funding, we're building the best recruiting software in the world. A frictionless, usable, robust and highly scalable product that helps companies find and meet great people. The quality, design and usability of our software is what sets us apart from the competition. It's good to be an engineer in a company that values good engineering above all.We have a team of remarkably talented and friendly developers, a strong engineering culture and a dogged emphasis on customer-centric design. We're working on all sorts of exciting areas of application development: web, mobile, infrastructure, performance, ui/ux design, integrations with dozens of web services, API development, modern front-end frameworks, scalability, video, natural language processing, data science and usability engineering. Agile methodology and test-driven development are not things we read about in blogs, it's what we do every day.Our technology stack consists of a Rails app and a Java app running PostgreSQL and HBase DB on the Heroku and AWS. Our MVC architecture relies on REST APIs to connect internal building blocks and external systems. Some of the development and platform tools we use include jQuery, Backbone, Websolr, Redis, Braintree, Papertrail, New Relic and Mailgun.We're looking for developers in all fields of SaaS application development. We have several teams working on different areas from the core application to mobile/tablet applications, integrations, natural language processing, data science and video technology. We will find the right team for you depending on your skills and technology interests.We invest in training junior engineers (you will learn from the best) and re-training experienced developers in the technology stack we use. If you're an exceptionally good engineer who wants to work in a world-class software company, you're in the right place.
Requirements: To be considered seriously, you will also have:Built and deployed commercial Web applications (show us!) Good working knowledge in at least one object oriented web framework (preferably but not necessarily Rails)A demonstrable knowledge of Javascript and CSS A firm grasp of multi-threading, database contention, and object-oriented design Experience with user-centered interaction designA relevant B.Sc./B.A. degreeExtra credit if you have always had vague suspicion that you should have gone into graphical design and read Tufte when no one is looking
Benefits: Our goal is to create a company where employees enjoy benefits that make them more productive and contribute directly to the development of their professional skills. We want to be able to attract the best of the best, and make sure they keep getting better. On top of an exciting, vibrant and intellectually challenging workplace and a competitive salary, we are offering:Stock option planPrivate health insurance planMobile telephony and data planFree meals, snacks and beveragesWorkstation hardware of your choiceLicenses for the software and working tools of your choice Educational expenses for buying books, online seminars, etc, so long as the educational benefit is related to our workAttendance expenses paid for at least one developer conference or workshop of your choice per yearLending support to your personal experimentation and research projectsFlexible working hours, ability to work from homeWorkable is most decidedly an equal opportunity employer. We want applicants of diverse background and hire without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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