We are looking for a mid to senior level backend JavaScript developer, with experience in building resilient and scalable systems. You would be working primarily on YouGov Chat, an engaging chat platform that allows people to share their opinions on important matters daily. There will also be opportunities to work on product lines across the YouGov ecosystem.
You will be responsible for planning, building and implementing functionality into the Chat interface; debugging; testing; and ensuring the quality of the finished product. We run as a cloud native platform and embrace a DevOps mentality on our development process taking ownership over development and infrastructure changes.
Overall role objectives:
- Contribute to building and maintaining the product
- Have an active role in backlog and roadmap planning and refinement
- Write readable and maintainable code
- 5+ years experience in engineering scalable and performant applications
- Familiarity with security and data protection
- Experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS and Serverless Framework)
- In-depth knowledge of Javascript/Typescript
- Experience and understanding of code testing methodologies
- Experience in working with real-time web applications
Who you are:
- You are a team player - you believe that we can achieve more as a team than as an individual.
- You believe that code quality matters, and you can produce high-quality code.
- You can make conscious compromises in order to be fast to adapt and fast to deliver.
- You innovate, take savvy risks. You don’t follow the crowd.
- You do the right thing as an engineer, as a colleague, and as a citizen.
Here's what you receive from us:
- A full-time, 100% remote role based in any worldwide YouGov Office, or country in which we have a legal entity
- Flexible working hours (we are a global team of remote first developers operating in European, Indian and US/Canada timezones)
- Ability to focus on what you do best
- Stable employment at a global company
- Clear development plan and career ladder
- 6 weeks off/annum (30 working days)
Our stack:
- Frameworks: Vue.js (Node.js, Serverless, Nuxt.js - nice to have)
- Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript
- Ops: Gitlab CI, AWS Docker/ECS, Lambda, S3, Cloudfront
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