What You’ll Do 

• Our Yokunbo Software Engineers are masters of consistent execution. They reliably deliver technical and professional value to our teams and our partners. 

Specifically, you’ll:  

• Use your knowledge in your core technology to delight our partners around the world. 
• Mentor and onboard junior engineers, by consistently displaying sound judgment, setting expectations, and working effectively, both independently and as part of a global team. 
• Collaborate excellently with peers and stakeholders in fast-paced distributed teams, through a love of constructive feedback, dedication, and universal respect.

What You’ll Bring 

• All Yokunbo engineers go above and beyond. To find out more about additionally suggested competencies, check out our engineer framework. 

Experience

• A minimum of 3-7 years of professional experience, during which you’ve developed technical expertise and stellar professional skills.

Requirements

• Intermediate understanding of the core features of Javascript at least one backend language: Python, JavaScript/Node, PHP, Ruby
• Intermediate understanding of JavaScript core language concepts — DOM manipulation, Fetch API, ES6+ features 
• Working knowledge of at least one complementary front-end languages/frameworks (ex: React, Angular, Vue ) as well as experience with responsive design interface development
• Intermediate understanding of at least one Web Framework for your language of choice: Flask/Django for Python; Node/Express for JavaScript, Rails for Ruby, Lumen/Laravel for PHP. 
• Strong understanding of fundamental database concepts – relational (SQL) database, non-relational (NoSQL) database, ORMs/ODMs and Web storage API (front end) 
• Experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact. 
• Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understands its importance
• Familiarity with at least one web server technology — (ex: Apache, Nginx)
• Familiarity with at least one cloud hosting platform –(ex: AWS, GCP)
• Working knowledge of tools and editors— (ex:  Grunt, Sublime, Atom, JSLint)
• Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management

Preferred Skills

• Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
• Knowledge of unit, integration, e2e and UI testing, with at least one relevant testing framework
• Familiarity with containerization infrastructure and orchestration 
• Awareness of the capabilities of applicable languages/frameworks/libraries as well as the inherent differences between them in order to understand trade-offs and make recommendations.