Lead FullStack Engineer

Join Us to Shape the Digital World. We’re passionate about delivering cutting-edge technology to some of the world’s top startups and companies, powered by diverse and empowered teams of technologists eager to drive change.

As a female-led organization, we are committed to creating a safe, inclusive space where everyone,regardless of their background, is treated with respect and equity.

We value people with strong technical skills who are collaborative, curious, results-driven, and take ownership. We embrace people who want to be themselves, enjoy daily flexibility, and are eager to grow, learn, and make a difference wherever the opportunity arises.

If this resonates with you, we encourage you to apply for the role of Lead Fullstack Engineers. We're seeking exceptional talent to work on immersive client projects that will challenge and hone your skills.

• Advanced English language proficiency is required for the role.
  
  

Technical Skills (Must Haves)

• Design, develop, and maintain new features and improvements in several applications
• Interface with the Product team to design and build new applications○ Web-based applications (React/Vue)○ Desktop applications (Electron/React/Vue)○ API development (Node/Express/Golang/Serverless)
• Implement and oversee testing (Jest), ensuring proper functionality and graceful degradation on multiple browsers
• 8+ years of JavaScript experience required
• 5+ years of AWS experience required
• Core understanding of JavaScript, including ES6/7 and modern building tools such as Webpack, Babel, and NPM/Yarn
• Knowledge of REST API development with Node/Express or similar
• Advanced understanding of SQL and the ability to write efficient, performant queries
• Extensive knowledge of Web technologies like HTTP(S), CDNs and server-side caching techniques, working directly with the DOM, and experience working with modern JavaScript Frameworks
• Demonstrated knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3 features, polyfills, graceful degradation, and embedded 3rd party scripts
• Extensive experience with cross-browser compatibility and browser developer tools
• Experience with Git, automation tools and command-line style of work
• Proven track record of designing and building both web-based and desktop applications
• AWS Lambdas / Serverless
• Knowledge in additional languages beyond Node Js *GoLang or C#
• Strong at SQL
• Recent experience with PostgreSQL
• Strong System design experience
  
  

Soft Skills

• Experience Managining teams
• Experience with Agile Methodologies
• Interface with the Machine Learning team to enforce data collection requirements in the applications you build
• Interface with Machine Learning team to solution algorithmic training pipelines
• Work with Engineering to improve and maintain a rapidly growing datastore
• Perpetually work to identify and improve usability in all applications
• Provide outward-facing technical support to both clients and partners
• Act as a technical mentor and offer appropriate guidance to Engineering
• Enthusiasm for exploring new technologies and a strong ability to learn on the job
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent communications skills - both technical and non-technical
• Humble, intelligent, and positive attitude
  
  

A happy team makes a huge difference, that's why we provide the following:

• Payment in USD or your local currency
• A truly flexible work schedule
• An excellent Non-working pay days policy
• Performance Bonus
• Learning Budget
• An opportunity for you to help create change in the industry
• And more!
  
  

Athenaworks is an inclusive safe organization that only considers your technical ability, work experience, ability to collaborate, capacity to grow to the next level of your career, and ability to deliver great work. This means that we also embrace/welcome self-taught people as well! We will NEVER consider any other personal or professional aspects of your life. We hope you choose to have a conversation with us today and find out what makes us different from any company you have experienced.