Backend Engineer Job Nairobi

Job Description

Easyship is revolutionizing logistics for eCommerce. With our all-in-one cloud based shipping software, businesses of all shapes and sizes have the tools needed to scale globally. At Easyship we believe in accelerating borderless commerce. We’re proud that a diversity of small business owners, crowdfunding campaigns, and global brands trust Easyship as their gateway to the world. To learn more about us click here.

Job Title: Backend Engineer – Mid and Senior.

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Location: Kenya – Remote

Key Relationships: Marketing, Support, Engineering, Product.

Job Purpose:

To build and maintain the back-end of our web applications, which includes scaling up our RESTful API, optimizing the response time of the API and the proprietary algorithm, and creating a new product that will integrate with the existing platform. Our tech stack is Ruby on Rails, Elixir / Phoenix, PostgresQL ,Redis / Sidekiq, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch, Git / Github,Docker / K8s / GCP.

What you’ll do:

• Participate in the entire product life cycle
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Drive the development of a new product internally
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Work closely with our CTO and product team to establish priorities and manage our technical road-map
• Help to mentor junior developers
• Bring new development ideas to benefit the business and grow your own skills

Who you are:

• Strong software development experience, incl. 2+ years of strong experience with Ruby on Rails and SQL databases
• Strong experience building highly scalable systems
• Ability to hold the team to high standards for security and data privacy practices
• Familiar with Git and Git flow; familiar with modern project management tools
• Write high standard, beautiful, maintainable and reusable code
• A background working in product teams at startups

What you’ll get:

• Competitive Equity Package: Earn more than just a competitive salary. Receive equity shares to gain wealth as the company grows.
• Gym & Wellness Reimbursement: Training for a big race? Don’t sweat it. We offer gym reimbursement for all employees.
• Generous Vacation Policy: We think time off is essential… and we encourage it!
• Duvet Day: Perfect for those cold winter days, when you don’t want to escape the warmth of your bed!
• Mental Health Day: You deserve a day off! A chance to recharge and enjoy ‘Me Time’
• 4 weeks of ‘Work from Anywhere’: Whether you’re working from the beautiful beaches in the Bahamas or by the fireplace on your ski trip in Switzerland – just make sure to send us a picture!
• Professional Development: We’re here to help you hit your career goals to help get you where you want to be.
• Company issued laptop: Who wants to work from their personal laptop? Let’s keep work and personal life separate!
• Unlimited Coffee, Drinks & Healthy Snacks: Because we love spoiling our team!
• Flexible Working: We offer you an autonomous environment to perform at your highest level!

Headquartered in London with offices in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Toronto, and Taipei – our team is global and growing. We encourage you to apply if a challenge excites you. Come and join the Easyship team!

Don’t take it from us, take it from Cristina. One of our longest serving backend engineers.

Easyship

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya