Backend Developer ( Remote Working)

Descrizione

About BEE

BEE - a business unit of MailUp Group - provides best-in-class tools for designing emails and landing pages, online at beefree.io and embeddable in SaaS applications. 

BEE stands for "Best Email Editor," and that's the ambitious goal chosen for this project. Made with lots of passion between the United States and Italy, BEE is becoming a standard for email creation. The editor is used by hundreds of thousands of people every month at beefree.io and embedded in over 500 SaaS applications.

Your impact

As a Back End Developer, you will report to the Team Leader Back End in the Development Team. You will collaborate with other development teams in order to improve services useful for the proper functioning of the BEE project.

Your core responsibilities will be:

• work on the maintenance and expansion of all the services connected to the BEE editor.
• participate in the analysis and development of appropriate solutions to respond to customer needs on a specific roadmap.
• be focused on making the implemented solutions modular, reusable and scalable, frequently comparing them with the team that is responsible for the development of BEE "core" modules
• work with different programming languages ​​and with different technology stacks
• collaborate with other Group teams supporting them in QA activities, second level support tickets, technical documentation, creation of sample code, etc.

What we offer

• A fast-growing, exciting project with worldwide recognition
• A dynamic team, geographically dispersed (Italy, USA), working with a startup mindset
• Yearly team retreat, often in Italy
• Many opportunities for professional development. 

What we are looking for

• Passion for new Technologies: you love what you do, you go the extra mile, eager to tackle challenges and solve problems, really interested in the technological evolution of web applications
• Open Mindedness: you embrace change and you love to learn and keep up-to-date You value other people’s point of view
• Proactivity: you are proactive and independent in carrying out your activities and finding information
• Interpersonal skills: you can build quality relationships with everybody, be diplomatic and capable of resolving disputes in a responsible manner
• Curiosity: attitude to continuous updating (Report in the CV some sites / blogs / update sources details!)
• English knowledge: you read, write, and speak in English

Technical qualifications

• You have knowledge of Python 2 and 3 and/or Nodejs
• You have excellent knowledge of Database: PostgreSQL
• You have experience with AWS services, including: Lambda, API Gateway, Cloud Formation, S3, Route 53
• You have knowledge of Linux OS
• You have experience in REST API 
• You have experience with git versioning system

Nice to have

• You have knowledge of the Django Web Framework and/or Nodejs Framework
• You are able to write unit tests and end-to-end tests
• You have experience in drafting technical documentation

Location & Travel

• Remote and we may ask you to join us in Cremona for in-person sessions from time to time
• Some travel will be required for our yearly team retreat(s). Between travel and meeting time, the retreat typically requires about a week of your time. In 2019 we had one retreat in early June. In 2020 we may have two: one in the early summer and another (shorter) in the winter. We will provide ample notice so that you can plan for it.